Overview

• The two-meter, 90-kg Wels that bit five bathers at a June 20 music festival was deemed a public safety risk and shot by police before being handed to anglers.
• Gasthof Zum Goldenen Lamm’s filleting yielded 120 filets priced at €22.50 each, all of which have now been served to diners.
• Guests praised the firm, tender Wels meat and compared its flavor to veal.
• PETA has denounced the fish’s killing as unnecessarily cruel and is preparing a criminal complaint despite no charges filed so far.
• The case spotlights management challenges of large Wels catfish during spawning season in man-made reservoirs subject to local removal rules.