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A poacher was up to mischief in Tyrol last fall - as has only now become known. The unknown man killed an ibex, cut off its head, placed the carcass in a hollow and covered it with a layer of stones. A hunting dog found the decomposed carcass.

The unknown person is believed to have struck between October 20 and November 7, 2023 in the Sulztal hunting area in Längenfeld (Imst district) and shot the twelve-year-old ibex. "After the head was professionally cut off, the carcass was placed in a depression at an altitude of 2,700 meters and covered with a layer of stone around 30 centimeters thick," the police said.

Several tens of thousands of euros in damage
The carcass of the ibex was tracked down by the tenant's hunting dog on Sunday. The damage to the 63-year-old hunting tenant is considerable - the police put it at a low to mid five-figure euro sum.

Please send any useful information to the police in Sölden (Tel. [phone]).