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Wolves

The following articles have been tagged with "Wolves":

First wolf in Rhineland for 120 years shot dead

National: 23 Apr 12
The first wolf seen in the Rhineland for more than 120 years has been found shot dead, probably by a hunter, it emerged on Monday. READ »

Germany's top myths and legends

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 12
This week’s Local List explores the more mysterious side of Germany’s dark and winding past, as we share with you our favourite myths and legends. READ »

Wolves 'dine on deer, shun sheep'

National: 13 Mar 12
Wolves which have resettled in Germany are rarely hunting sheep, instead eating wild dinners of deer and boar, according to scientists who have been studying their poo. READ »

Bayern cling to Liga lead on goal difference

Sport: 29 Jan 12
Bayern Munich stayed top of the German league on Saturday as Mario Gomez claimed his 17th goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg - but Shinji Kagawa-inspired Borussia Dortmund are hard on their heels. READ »

Babbel booted out of Hertha Berlin

Sport: 19 Dec 11
Hertha Berlin sacked coach Markus Babbel on Sunday amidst a war of words, while Borussia Mönchengladbach remain fourth after their 1-0 win over Mainz on the last German league weekend of 2011. READ »

Dortmund in second after win over Wolfsburg

Sport: 6 Nov 11
Japan star Shinji Kagawa and Germany teenager Mario Götze turned on the style on Saturday, as Borussia Dortmund hammered VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 to keep the pressure on German league leaders Bayern Munich. READ »

Wolves likely to spread across Germany

Society: 28 Oct 11
Wolves are doing so well in Germany, and adapting to so many different habitats, that they are likely to spread from their current strongholds in the eastern parts of the country to become part of the natural landscape nationwide. READ »

Mönchengladbach trounce Wolves

Sport: 20 Aug 11
Borussia Mönchengladbach continued their storming start to the season with a Marco Reus double helping them to a 4-1 victory over Wolfsburg and top spot in the Bundesliga on Friday. READ »

Dortmund crash, Wolves fume in the Bundesliga

Sport: 14 Aug 11
Defending champions Borussia Dortmund crashed to a 1-0 defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday while Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath demanded the introduction of video replays to correct referee blunders. READ »

Wolfsburg scrape to safety on last Bundesliga day

Sport: 15 May 11
Coach Felix Magath admitted feeling an empty sense of relief after avoiding German league relegation for the fourth time in his career thanks to VfL Wolfsburg's 3-1 win at Hoffenheim. READ »

Schalke fight back for draw at Bremen

Sport: 17 Apr 11
Champions League semi-finalists Schalke 04 had to come from behind to rescue a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen on Saturday night when they returned to German league action. READ »

Wolfsburg squeak out of relegation zone

Sport: 4 Apr 11
Former Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg moved a step closer to safety on Sunday with a late equaliser to draw 1-1 at home with Eintracht Frankfurt, despite having been reduced to 10 men. READ »

Bayer beat Mainz to close in on Dortmund's lead

Sport: 14 Mar 11
Brazil midfielder Renato Augusto trimmed Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga lead to nine points with an excellent strike on Sunday to give second-place Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win at Mainz. READ »

Wenders and Herzog take art-house cinema 3D at Berlinale

Society: 13 Feb 11
Art-house cinema broke into the next dimension at the Berlin film festival Sunday with hotly awaited 3D premieres from European veterans seeking to reclaim the format from Hollywood blockbusters. READ »

Lone wolf attacks 15 sheep overnight

Society: 9 Feb 11
Authorities urged farmers in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to secure their fences on Tuesday after determining that a lone wolf likely killed and severely injured a total of 15 sheep in a single field overnight. READ »

Lone wolf stokes fears in Bavaria

Society: 25 Oct 10
Bavarian farmers and authorities are debating what to do about a “problem wolf” that has already killed 21 sheep and is allegedly roaming ever-closer to populated areas. READ »

Dortmund takes second place as Schalke wins first game

Sport: 23 Sep 10
Dortmund moved up to second in the German Bundesliga Wednesday, hammering Kaiserslautern 5-0 while bottom side Schalke 04 ended their point famine with a 2-1 victory at Freiburg. READ »

Lambs likely killed by wolves in Brandenburg

Society: 20 Aug 10
German farmers have been warned to get used to living with wolves after 15 lambs were killed and another 20 animals were severely injured in an attack in Brandenburg this month. READ »

Scientists find 'oldest' dog remains

Science & Technology: 2 Aug 10
German scientists have found that fragments of a dog's skull and teeth discovered in a cave in Switzerland date back more than 14,000 years in what could be the oldest known remains of man's best friend. READ »

Lynxes clawing back a bit of German wilderness

Society: 26 Apr 10
Go for a walk in the wooded Harz region and you could end up face-to-face with a wild lynx. Hannah Cleaver reports on the efforts to reintroduce the tuft-eared cats to German forests. READ »

Hunters urge calm as wolves return to Bavaria

Society: 26 Feb 10
The ÖJV ecological hunters’ association urged Bavarians on Friday to remain calm following confirmation that a lone wolf has been spotted near the southern community of Brannenburg. READ »

Bayern hopes for eighth straight win against Wolfsburg

Sport: 5 Feb 10
Bayern Munich are expected to be without French midfielder Franck Ribery when they hunt their eighth straight Bundesliga win against defending champions Wolfsburg on Saturday. READ »

Kroos takes Leverkusen back to top of Bundesliga

Sport: 25 Jan 10
Rising star Toni Kroos was both chief playmaker and goalscorer on Sunday in Leverkusen's 3-0 win over Hoffenheim that knocked his parent club Bayern Munich off the top of the table. READ »

Walton Ford's lusty menagerie debuts in Berlin

Lifestyle: 22 Jan 10
For the first time ever in Europe, US artist Walton Ford’s vivid, sometimes pornographically violent animal paintings are on display in Berlin at an exhibition. READ »

The Local's year in review

National: 31 Dec 09
As 2010 kicks off, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention during the past year in Germany. READ »

Mecklenburg wolves allowed to devour €150,000 in livestock

Society: 9 Dec 09
The five wild wolves in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania can gorge themselves on up to €150,000 worth of sheep and other livestock, Agricultural Minister Till Backhaus said on Wednesday. READ »

Depleted Wolfsburg held to draw against Besiktas

Sport: 22 Oct 09
Ten-man Wolfsburg were held to a goalless draw by Turkish side Besiktas in the Champions League on Wednesday to leave the race for second-place in Group B behind Manchester United wide open. READ »

Wolf pup killed by car in Saxony

National: 5 Oct 09
A five-month-old wolf pup has been run over by a car in the state of Saxony, officials in Rietschen reported on Monday. READ »

Wayward elk ‘Knutschi’ found dead

Society: 2 Oct 09
Germany's only known wild elk was found dead in the sate of Hesse on Friday, only days after officials tranquilised and moved the animal called ‘Knutschi’ by his fans. READ »

Wolfsburg's Grafite scores hat trick in Champions League debut

Sport: 16 Sep 09
VfL Wolfsburg got off to a winning start on their Champions League debut in Group B as Brazil striker Grafite scored a hat trick to seal a 3-1 win over Russian side CSKA Moscow on Tuesday night. READ »

Four wolf pups spotted in Brandenburg

National: 7 Aug 09
A new litter of four wolf pups has been discovered in Germany’s Lausitz region, Brandenburg Environment Minister Dietmar Woidke said on Friday. READ »

Scientists find short-leg gene for dachshunds

Science & Technology: 17 Jul 09
US scientists announced this week they have discovered the gene that causes one of Germany’s iconic dog breeds, the dachshund, to have such short legs. READ »

Hunter faces charges for shooting wolf

National: 8 Jun 09
A German hunter faces prosecution after shooting one of two wolves known to live in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, officials said on Monday. Its mate and cubs are now in danger. READ »

Wolves humiliate mighty Bayern

Sport: 5 Apr 09
Wolfsburg strikers Edin Dzeko and Grafite both struck twice on Saturday to inflict a humiliating 5-1 defeat on defending champions Bayern Munich, putting their side top of the Bundesliga. READ »

Reward offered for hunter who killed wolf

Society: 10 Mar 09
The hunter has become the hunted in Saxony, with a reward of €10,000 being offered for information leading to the prosecution of whoever shot and killed a rare wolf. READ »

Who's afraid of the Saxon wolf?

National: 23 Feb 09
Two centuries after being hunted to extinction, the wolves have returned to Germany. But not everyone is welcoming them – David Wroe heads to Saxony to track down the country’s most controversial canines. READ »

Film confronts rapes of German women in WWII

Society: 28 Nov 08
One of the long-ignored chapters of World War II hit German screens this month with a harrowing account of the mass rapes of German women by Russian soldiers as the Nazi regime crumbled around them. READ »

Frankfurt animal lounge caters to furry frequent fliers

Society: 26 Oct 08
Anyone who thinks air travel is a jungle should trek through the Frankfurt Animal Lounge, Europe's most modern airport site for just about everything from worms and fish to wolves and hippopotamuses. READ »

The fox nose

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 08
Berlin's mayor calls the German capital "poor but sexy." Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, might argue "poor but foxy" would be more apt. READ »

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