Overview

• City officials and the Ortenau district wildlife officer said the animal was safely captured and transferred to Wildpark Pforzheim.
• Park management identified the moose as a May 2024 twin from their collection and emphasized it had not escaped from its enclosure.
• A specialized transporter was scheduled to move the animal to the Bavarian Forest on October 1, and the handover was conducted professionally according to the park.
• Wildpark leaders said they will take the animal back into care so the young moose can recover in a familiar setting.
• Wildlife experts had deemed long-distance natural migration from countries such as Czechia or Poland highly unlikely, and the district’s Instagram vote gave the moose the name Erwin.