A woman was attacked by a wolf in central Hamburg on Monday, in what authorities say is the first such incident since the endangered predator was reintroduced to Germany nearly three decades ago.
The attack took place near an Ikea store in the Altona district. According to local media, the woman was attempting to guide the animal — which appeared disoriented and had repeatedly run into a glass wall — out of the area when it bit her in the face.
After receiving medical assistance at the scene, the victim was transported to a local hospital where she was given stitches prior to being discharged. The wolf, meanwhile, fled the scene and roamed the city until its capture on the shores of Lake Binnenalster. Authorities said the case remains under investigation.
“It is the first such case since wolves were reintroduced in 1998,” a spokesperson for Germany’s Federal Agency for Nature Conservation said.
