Will there be a Limburg wolf family in Germany? August and Noëlla’s cub wandering around Europe

Will there be a Limburg wolf family in Germany?  August and Noëlla’s cub wandering around Europe

For humans, it is a 38-hour walk from Limburg to Borken, a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. But for a wolf it is peanuts, “he can easily cover 80 kilometers per night,” says Jan Loos of the non-profit organization Welcome Wolf. “They can reach about 15 kilometers per hour at a trot.” … Read more

Wolf walks calmly among the cars in the Netherlands: “Possibly fed”

Wolf walks calmly among the cars in the Netherlands: “Possibly fed”

Remarkable images from the Netherlands. There, a motorist was able to film how a wolf walked around for a while near some cars. Normally wolves stay far away from people, but this animal didn’t seem to be afraid at all. The images were taken last Thursday evening, April 18, in Ermelo, a municipality in the … Read more

Tim De Wolf quits as Brussels Public Prosecutor “for personal reasons”

Tim De Wolf quits as Brussels Public Prosecutor “for personal reasons”

Justice The Public Prosecutor of Brussels, Tim De Wolf, will relinquish that position from April 1 “for personal reasons”. He only fulfilled that position on an interim basis. “After a career of 10 years as a deputy public prosecutor, of which the last three years as acting public prosecutor, I have decided for personal reasons … Read more

Farmer Discovers Thirteen Dead Sheep on Property in Otterlo, Suspects Wolf Attack

Farmer Discovers Thirteen Dead Sheep on Property in Otterlo, Suspects Wolf Attack

Press agency HeitinkThe dead animals on the farmer’s property in Otterlo In association with Omroep Gelderland NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 16:59 Sheep farmer and farmer foreman Bart Kemp found thirteen dead and two injured sheep this morning on one of his pastures near Otterlo. Kemp speaks of “a battlefield”. He assumes a wolf is the culprit. It … Read more

French Start-Up Luko Faces Liquidation as Online Home Insurance Business Falters

French Start-Up Luko Faces Liquidation as Online Home Insurance Business Falters

The French start-up, which offers 100% online home insurance, is on the verge of judicial liquidation, Argus de l’assurance learned on Thursday. Back to square one. The French start-up Luko is looking for a new buyer. Placed in safeguard procedure since June 13, the online home insurance specialist will not be bought by the British … Read more

Bettina: A Documentary on the Life and Music of Berlin Singer-Songwriter Bettina Wegner

Bettina: A Documentary on the Life and Music of Berlin Singer-Songwriter Bettina Wegner

Berlin. Her voice is noticeably brighter than today. She also sounds a little intimidated, but yet determined and precise. When the “defendant Wegner” has to answer. What her name is. Where she lives. And why she distributed leaflets in Berlin mailboxes after the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968: “I immediately found that wrong. … Read more

German Public Opinion on Including Wolves in Hunting Laws

German Public Opinion on Including Wolves in Hunting Laws

The number of wolves in Germany continues to increase. At the same time, there are repeated calls for wolves to be included in hunting law. But a forsa survey from Baden-Württemberg shows that a majority of the local population still rejects inclusion in the hunting law. In March and April, 1,011 residents of Baden-Württemberg were … Read more