Overview

• Brandenburg’s agriculture ministry and state hunting association plan to reduce the region’s 58 confirmed wolf packs by introducing hunting quotas under a lowered protection status.
• The EU’s June decision to reclassify wolves from “strictly protected” to “protected” enables German states to implement stricter population controls.
• Since January, Taskforce Artenschutz reports receiving 39 anonymous tips and carrying out 28 undercover operations targeting suspected illegal wolf killings.
• Landesjagdverband director Kai Hamann accuses the activist group of vandalizing hunting towers and removing wildlife cameras, charges the group denies.
• Official state data record 22 wolves found dead in Brandenburg this year—18 killed in traffic incidents—and 210 pups born in the 2023/2024 wolf year.