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Luxembourg at a glance
Wolves are repopulating areas near Luxembourg and are now being spotted there.
The European Wilderness Society said this on its website in 2017:
“It is now official, the wolf has returned to Luxembourg. The Ministry of Sustainable Development & Infrastructure and the Ministry of Nature & Forest administration released that in a statement today. Genetic analysis confirmed that a wolf killed eight sheep last July. German scientists performed the analysis, results show that the wolf originated form the wolf population in the Alps. Other wolves from that population have already been recorded in France and Germany.”
In 2020, it was announced that more than one wolf had been in Luxembourg. See this story for more.
Any signs indicating the presence of a wolf in Luxembourg should be communicated to the Nature Administration by email (wolf@anf.etat.lu).
Species Information
Species
Common Names: gray wolf
Current Wolf Population, Trend, Status
Number of wolves: No established populations, but wolves are passing through Luxembourg.
This page was last updated in 2020.
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Press coverage on the return of the wolf to Luxembourg
