A juvenile wolf bit a 65-year-old woman in the face in Hamburg on Tuesday, marking Germany's first confirmed wild wolf attack on a human since the species returned in 1998.The animal roamed through the Altona district and city center before police captured it in the Binnenalster lake using a loop and subsequent sedation.Experts believe the undernourished wolf was searching for territory and became stressed by the urban environment after being spotted in western suburbs like Blankenese.The incident occurs as the
EU manages rising wolf populations, which grew to over 20,000 in 2023, prompting
Germany to ease restrictions on shooting problem animals.