Overview
- State forensic labs detected fox and dog DNA on the dismembered kangaroo carcasses and confirmed bite patterns consistent with a large wild predator.
- On April 15 and 18, two female kangaroos were found decapitated at Tierpark Fauna and the joey from the first animal died shortly after rescue.
- The Wuppertal public prosecutor has formally closed the homicide investigation, concluding there is no evidence of human involvement in the killings.
- Authorities continue to pursue criminal trespass charges against the individual captured on surveillance entering the kangaroo enclosure in May.
- Tierpark Fauna maintains overnight indoor housing and night-vision watches for its kangaroos and has added two females from Neunkirchen and Hamm to strengthen the herd.