Overview

• Olga has remained at large in Brandenburg since her mid-December escape and was last confirmed in early June about four kilometres from the park.
• Wildpark Schorfheide announced on July 20 that it has halted active search efforts to avoid causing stress or injury to the elk.
• Officials say Brandenburg’s pine forests supply ample forage and cover for the roughly 200-kilogram elk, with wolves identified as her main natural threat.
• Park director Imke Heyter believes Olga is unlikely to return voluntarily since the enclosure never became her home.
• A post-escape safety audit upheld the 2.3-metre fence and other measures as sufficient, attributing her extraordinary fence breach to residual transport sedation.