Overview
- A wolf attacked an eight‑year‑old girl inside a predator enclosure and emergency teams flew her by rescue helicopter to Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin‑Marzahn after the incident on Wednesday.
- The girl had been taking part in a booked 'Tierpflegertag', a program that lets children accompany keepers during routine care of animals, when the attack happened while wolves were being watered.
- A park employee intervened and prevented harm to two other children who were in the enclosure, and four people received support from emergency chaplains at the scene.
- Police have opened a criminal investigation to determine whether negligence played a role and the county Veterinäramt will carry out animal‑health and enclosure safety inspections before the park can reopen.
- The case will test rules for supervised access to predator enclosures and could prompt tighter checks on staff procedures, enclosure maintenance, and permissions for close‑contact programs at similar facilities.