Overview

• Wolf GW3559 may be killed within the Helmstedt district until the end of 2025 after repeated livestock attacks.
• Authorized culling is limited to within five kilometers of confirmed attacks and must occur within one month of genetic identification.
• Only specially commissioned personnel may carry out the killing under exceptions to federal and Lower Saxony hunting and conservation laws.
• The decision reflects the EU’s recent downgrade of wolf protection status and targets areas including Lehre, Königslutter, Grasleben and Velpke.
• Landrat Gerhard Radeck said the permit followed careful deliberation and expert advice to maintain healthy human-wolf coexistence.