Predators Uri game warden shoots wolf after sheep killings

A wolf released for shooting by the canton of Uri was shot by gamekeepers on Tuesday night in the municipality of Hospental UR. The predator had previously killed nine sheep in an area protected by an electric fence.

The canton issued a shooting order after the livestock killings. Wildlife authorities shot the wolf in the night from October 14 to 15 within the shooting perimeter on an agricultural area in Hospental, the Uri Department of Security announced on Wednesday.

The shot wolf was transferred to the Center for Fish and Wildlife Medicine (FIWI) in Bern for pathological examination. The genetic examination will be carried out at the Laboratoire de Biologie de la Conservation at the University of Lausanne.

SDA