Overview
- Ascel reported that the juvenile male found in La Pernía was killed by gunfire and filed a complaint under Article 334 with SEPRONA and the Environmental Prosecutor.
- The regional government countered that a Dec. 9 necropsy identified fatal bite injuries to the glottis and head consistent with an attack by another canid.
- Environmental agents recovered the carcass on Dec. 6, transferred it to Burgos on Dec. 7, and veterinarians recorded the animal as an Iberian wolf of roughly six to seven months and 26 kilograms.
- Officials said saliva swabs were taken from the bite areas to seek genetic confirmation of the attacker and noted that results have not yet been returned.
- According to the government’s account, radiological imaging found no metallic projectiles and it suggested the event may be linked to another nearby juvenile wolf death with similar lesions.