Overview
- Official monitoring for May 2024 to April 2025 counts 276 wolves, up 12 year over year after a previous increase of 58.
- Recorded livestock losses fell to a nine-year low with 48 incidents and 159 animals killed.
- Fifteen dead wolves were logged, including two pups euthanized, six traffic fatalities and four confirmed illegal killings, with three causes unresolved.
- Environment Minister Armin Willingmann backs adding the species to federal hunting law to permit removals where adequate herd protection is overcome, and he says rapid-removal rules still face practical hurdles.
- An attempted cull in Wittenberg was halted by the Administrative Court of Halle over inadequate fencing, and the report—based on more than 6,000 submissions—notes territories eased from 39 to 38.