In the district of Kitzbühel

Another wolf released for shooting in Tyrol

(Bild: APA/AFP)

A dead cow was found in an alpine pasture area in the municipality of Kirchdorf in the district of Kitzbühel on Tuesday. Four other cattle were injured. Following an assessment by the local official veterinarian, it is suspected that a wolf was involved.

"In accordance with the legal requirements, the Tyrolean provincial government immediately issued a shooting order for a wolf. The ordinance will be announced on Thursday and will come into force at midnight. It applies for a period of eight weeks within a radius of ten kilometers from the location of the incident. The responsible hunters have already been informed," the province says.

Wolf already detected eight times
In the district of Kitzbühel, a wolf has been detected a total of eight times this year. In the municipality of Kirchdorf, a wild animal was last killed at the end of January - in mid-February in the municipality of Fieberbrunn. At the end of April, a wolf was found in the municipality of Westendorf. In the municipal area of Hopfgarten im Brixental, a wolf has been detected five times so far this year, three of them by wildlife camera and two by scent.