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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - The wolf "Billy", known for numerous cracks in sheep and calves in the Eifel, is dead. He was shot with official permission at Le Val-d'Ajol in the southern Vosges at the end of September 2020, the Rhineland said - Palatinate Environment Ministry on Wednesday in Mainz.
Proof of identity has now been successful using genetic samples.
The wolf, born in 2019, comes from the Herzlake pack in Lower Saxony - and was noticed by numerous farm animal cracks.
After his wandering south through the Netherlands and Belgium, "Billy" was first recorded in a sheep rupture in Rhineland-Palatinate on July 16, 2020.
In a total of four events up to the end of July, the animal killed 14 sheep and two calves in the municipalities of Arzfeld and Südeifel.
Four other sheep survived their injuries.
After that his trace was lost in Rhineland-Palatinate.
When a wolf appeared in the French departments of Vosges and Haute-Saône in mid-August, it was assumed that it could be "Billy".
After the wolf had killed a calf in an open stall in the Vosges and also carried out other attacks on sheep and calves, "Billy" was officially released to be shot there.
The genetic analysis subsequently brought clarity: it was about this wolf - with the identity GW1554m.
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There are two wolf prevention areas in Rhineland-Palatinate: Eifel West and Westerwald are possible areas with wolf occurrences.
This means that keepers of sheep and goats can apply for funding to secure herds with wolf-proof fences and dogs.
Livestock cracks will be 100 percent compensated if they can be proven to have been caused by a wolf.
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