Overview
- Authorities tallied at least 1,636 wolves as of November 10, 2025, with adults, yearlings and pups confirming ongoing reproduction.
- Territorial units comprised 219 packs, 43 pairs and 14 territorial singles, concentrated from Lower Saxony through Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and into Saxony.
- Lower Saxony recorded 63 territories and Brandenburg 60, followed by Saxony with 46, Saxony-Anhalt with 38 and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 34.
- The mapped range expanded by roughly five percent, with denser occurrences in core regions and scattered new footholds in the south and west; all states except Saarland reported territories.
- Monitoring logged 163 wolf deaths in 2024/25, including 124 road fatalities and at least 16 illegal killings, with a small number of animals removed for behavioral concerns.