Overview
- Official data for May 2024 to April 2025 confirm 276 wolf territories nationwide—219 packs, 43 pairs and 14 territorial singles—with at least 1,636 individuals.
- Niedersachsen led with 63 territories, followed by Brandenburg (60), Saxony (46), Saxony-Anhalt (38) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (34), with territories detected in all states except Saarland.
- Authorities recorded 163 dead wolves during the year, including 124 road fatalities and at least 16 illegal killings, plus a small number of management removals and natural deaths.
- Brandenburg reported declines to 54 packs and 60 territories, down from 60 packs and 73 territories in the previous monitoring year.
- Saxony’s population remained stable at 35 packs, ten pairs and one solitary female with 17 deaths including two illegal killings, while Bavaria logged six packs, four pairs and two territorial singles across 12 territories with fewer pups than last year.