On Sunday, May 7, we reported that wolves attacked in Gromadka and killed 20 sheep. The sheep had their throats torn open and their flesh ripped out around the abdomen. The wolves ate the internal organs of their victims and gnawed the meat from their limbs. According to district veterinary officer Joanna Ligór-Tkacz, they must indeed have been wolves, because smaller predators, such as foxes or feral dogs, could not have caused such extensive losses.
As Ryszard Bryliński, district gamekeeper of the Polish Hunting Association in Legnica, says, the problem with wolves may become increasingly serious: “There are more and more of them. They have plenty of food, so they are reproducing.”
As a result, in the gamekeeper’s opinion, the number of old and infirm animals will grow—those that have neither the strength nor the desire to chase roe deer. They will increasingly approach human homes. People probably have no reason to worry, but domestic animals should be kept under constant supervision.
As we have established, the breeders from Gromadka will probably receive compensation from the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Wrocław. RDEP representatives will prepare a report and take photographs on site.
What is more, training for breeders and farmers is planned in June in the Osiecznica commune. It will focus on how to protect oneself from attacks by wolf packs. As environmentalists emphasize, wolves were here before us, and the forest must be shared.
We will return to this subject.