Frayer Thursday in Elm, in the canton of Glaris. A wolf approached very close to a 4 -year -old boy who was playing outside with his sister near their farm, says their mother in the “Südostschweiz”.
According to her, she chatted with her mother-in-law and a friend in front of the stable. “Sebastian was sliding into the snow on the slope behind the building. Around 11 am, I suddenly noticed that two wolves stood 50 meters above him, “she explains in a letter she addressed to the Glaronian Council of State.
The mother then shouted very hard to call her son. “We ran to three to meet him by shouting everything we could. Sebastian was afraid and ran to us, ”she continues. One of the wolves would still have followed him 30 meters away, while the other animal stopped to observe the situation.
-The canton of Glaris said on Friday in a statement that the shot of the two canides had been ordered with immediate effect. “Since mid-December, wolves have been observed in the villages of Matt, ENGI and ELM, in the immediate vicinity of inhabited or very frequented areas,” he said, confirming the incident told by the mother. “According to the various documented observations, it is clear that wolves are not afraid of humans,” he said.
“According to the Swiss wolf concept in force, we consider that the behavior of the wolf is problematic when some animals appear regularly near the dwellings and adopt a behavior directed against man or his dogs,” recalls Glaris. He added that the canton’s safeguard will have 30 days to shoot the two predators in a defined perimeter.
