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Girl seriously injured after being attacked by wolf in Germany

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Booth, R. (2026, October 29). Girl seriously injured after being attacked by wolf in Germany. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/wolf-attack-girl-germany-johannismuhle-b3075360.html

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The Independent · collected 2026-10-29 · by Rich Booth

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An eight-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was attacked by one or more wolves inside an animal enclosure at Johannismühle wildlife park in Baruth/Mark, Germany. The park has temporarily closed following the incident. Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the attack. This event follows another recent wolf attack in Hamburg and a series of other zoo-related incidents across Europe, including fatal attacks on keepers in Holland and a visitor in Yorkshire.
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Story summary

An eight-year-old girl was seriously injured on October 26 when she was attacked by a wolf at Johannismühle Wildlife Park in Baruth/Mark, south of Berlin. The incident occurred inside an enclosure before the park opened for regular visitors and involved a special children's program with zookeepers. Emergency services airlifted the child to a trauma center; she suffered head injuries but no other individuals were harmed. The park has since closed temporarily pending investigation.

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Rich Booth
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Baruth/Mark Berlin Dutch German Hamburg

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Dutch NORP · 3× Hamburg GPE · 2× Baruth/Mark GPE · 1× Berlin GPE · 1× City of Doncaster Council ORG · 1× German NORP · 1× Germany GPE · 1× Hilvarenbeek GPE · 1× Persian NORP · 1× Yorkshire GPE · 1×

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Police said: "The girl was attacked and seriously injured by at least one wolf within an animal enclosure while she was there with two other children and a staff member."
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2026-10-30 · The Independent
Girl seriously injured after being attacked by wolf in Germany · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 0 hedged)

An eight-year-old girl has been airlifted to hospital by after being seriously injured in a wolf attack at a German wildlife park, police said. asserted
police → airlift → park
The attack happened in Baruth/Mark, a town south of Berlin. asserted
attack → happen → Berlin
Neither the employee nor the other children were injured. asserted
employee → injure → ?
The incident happened inside an animal enclosure at Johannismühle that offers small group tours. asserted
that → happen → tours
Police said: "The girl was attacked and seriously injured by at least one wolf within an animal enclosure while she was there with two other children and a staff member." asserted
she → say → children
They added in a statement that "the precise circumstances of the incident are the subject of an ongoing police investigation". asserted
circumstances → add → investigation
The park houses brown bears, lynx, and grey and arctic wolves, its website states. asserted
website → house → bears
It has temporarily closed without providing further details. asserted
It → close → details
In March this year a wolf bit a woman in a shopping area in Hamburg, in what is believed to be the first such attack since wolves returned to the country in 1998. asserted
wolves → bite → 1998
Emergency services at the time said that the woman was taken to a Hamburg hospital after the unusual encounter. asserted
woman → say → encounter
The attack took place in a shopping area near the Altona station, west of the city center. asserted
attack → take → center
The latest incident in Germany comes after a number of other animal attacks at zoos and wildlife parks across Europe in recent weeks. asserted
incident → come → weeks
A keeper at a Dutch zoo died after being mauled by a leopard. asserted
keeper → die → leopard
The woman, whose name has been withheld in accordance with Dutch privacy law, passed away on Tuesday, the park in the southern Dutch town of Hilvarenbeek said. asserted
park → withhold → Hilvarenbeek
She had suffered serious wounds to her head and neck on Saturday while working in an enclosure with two male Persian leopards. asserted
She → suffer → leopards
The woman began working at the zoo when she was 17. asserted
she → begin → zoo
In Yorkshire a man was killed by a tiger at Wildlife Park earlier this month. asserted
man → kill → Park
The man was seen wearing headphones and "pacing around" near the enclosure before he went in. asserted
he → see → enclosure
City of Doncaster Council launched a health and safety investigation into the death. asserted
Council → launch → death
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