Overview

• The exemption permit for lethal control of the jackal expired on July 31 and will not be renewed.
• Schleswig-Holstein’s environmental office granted the rare permit in early June after DNA confirmed at least 76 lamb losses in mid-May.
• Two court injunctions in June halted hunting operations before the Higher Administrative Court upheld the permit on July 4.
• Hunters have recorded no sightings or new sheep predation since early June, with the jackal last observed just before Pentecost.
• Officials say the jackal may have died of natural causes but remain alert for any signs of its return.