Four sheep killed

After a quiet summer on the alpine pastures: now the wolf has struck

A wolf killed several sheep in the Mur Valley (symbolic image).(Bild: APA/AFP )

So far, it has been a quiet summer for Styrian alpine farmers, and despite the new regulation, the shooting of wolves has not been an issue. But now the first sheep have been killed in the Mur Valley - and there are fears for the coming summer.

It looks like something out of a brochure for impressive mountain landscapes, the Wildalm in Pusterwald in Upper Styria. This year, the farmers of the Oberzeiring livestock cooperative have herded 300 sheep up to 2100 meters above sea level, where they are supervised by a keeper. Now a shadow lies over the idyll.