Wolf Bites Woman in Hamburg, First Attack in Germany

0:00It's March 31st. This is Global News Today, your AI-powered source for world news. A wolf bit a woman right in the middle of a busy shopping street in Hamburg's Autona District on Monday evening. This happened near an IKEA store on Grossbärtsstraße and is the first such attack in Germany since wolves started coming back around 19, 98. The woman tried to guide the confused animal away from the crowd, but it went for her face before bolting. She got rushed to the hospital, but was released soon after. No major long-term issues reported. Meanwhile, cops spotted the wolf late that night splashing around in the Beninolster lake. They fished it out with a rope, then spent about an hour wrestling it down with shields before securing it. Folks are stunned because wolves vanished from Germany for 150 years after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, then trickled back from Poland. Now they roam forests across many states, but run-ins with people are super rare. Recent sightings of this wolf popped up in the city's west side over the past few days.

1:03Authorities have the wolf safe now, getting vet care, and their consulting experts on what to do next. Last week, Germany's upper house Greenlit New Rules, letting hunters target wolves from July 1st through October 31st to protect livestock. Like sheep, living with wolves means balancing nature and farms as the Environment Minister put it. No chasing them out, just smart coexistence moving forward.