Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park
In practice, an eight-year-old girl has been seriously injured in a wolf attack at a German wildlife park.
In practice, an eight-year-old girl has been seriously injured in a wolf attack at a German wildlife park.
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Key points
- The park, in the town of Baruth/Mark, has been closed temporarily and is due to reopen on 2 November, according to its website.
- The girl was injured by at least one animal and suffered head injuries, according to German newspaper Bild.
- She was inside an enclosure at the Johannismühle park in Brandenburg, south of Berlin, with a staff member and two other children when the attack happened, police remarked.
- The incident comes after a number of other animal attacks at zoos and wildlife parks in Europe.
- They remarked in an official note that the "precise circumstances of the incident are the subject of an ongoing police investigation".
In practice, the girl was taken to hospital by helicopter after the incident on Wednesday. No one else was injured.
In practice, the park, in the town of Baruth/Mark, has been closed temporarily and is due to reopen on 2 November, according to its website. It did not offer further details.
For context, the park keeps grey and arctic wolves, along with other animals including the brown bear and lynx.
Meanwhile, the girl was injured by at least one animal and suffered head injuries, according to German newspaper Bild.
It documented that the incident happened before the park opened at 10: 00 local time (09: 00 GMT) and that the girl could have been taking part in a special visit.
Johannismühle offers small group tours to allow visitors to spend time with some animals, with its site mentioning feeding wolves or petting a llama.
Meanwhile, the incident comes after a number of other animal attacks at zoos and wildlife parks in Europe.
For context, a keeper at a Dutch zoo died this week after being mauled by a leopard, and a man was killed by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park earlier this month.
Taken together, the developments around girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
