Since the last incident recorded in Odèn in late summer 2019, no specimen of this species had caused damage to livestock in the region. However, so far this year, two attacks have been documented on a livestock farm in La Molsosa, where sheep grazed in an eight-hectare enclosure. In these episodes, ten animals died in one and twelve in the other, mainly due to asphyxiation and crushing while fleeing the predator. In addition, some sheep suffered gestation interruptions due to stress.
The third attack, which resulted in about twenty victims, occurred against a flock grazing in the Pinós forest without the protection of any enclosure. Initial investigations by the Agents Rurals suggested that dogs might be the culprits, but necropsies of the animals and DNA analysis confirmed that the same wolf specimen was responsible for the attacks.
“"The Generalitat cannot wash its hands: if it protects the species, it must bear the consequences."
In this case, the affected farmer has received compensation for the losses and has been provided with an electric shepherd, an electrified fence that is installed at night to protect the livestock. After the wolf's authorship was confirmed approximately two months ago, the Pinós town council issued a statement to alert residents about the animal's presence in the area. Most of the livestock farms in the municipality are intensive and located in closed barns, except for that of the affected shepherd.
Solitary wolves are usually young specimens, less than three years old, looking to mate and form their own pack, or adults that have been expelled from their pack due to hierarchical changes.
