Terrible stroke of fate for Ursula von der Leyen: As the media unanimously report, a wolf tore the EU Commission President’s favorite pony. The 30-year-old pony Dolly grazed with several other animals in a pasture on Ursula von der Leyen’s estate in Beinhorn near Burgdorf. The terrible thing: Dolly only succumbed to her injuries after a long agony!
According to the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, the family of the former German defense minister was “terribly upset” in a statement.
Whole von der Leyen family shocked by deadly wolf attack
According to reports in the Bild newspaper, Heiko von der Leyen in particular seemed very concerned. According to the current status, the wolf must have torn the pony on Friday night, but the exact circumstances are still unclear. Dolly was discovered dead in the pasture next to the property in the morning. According to neighbors, there should be several pools of blood in the paddock, which could indicate an agonizing death of the pony.
Fortunately, a second pony in the pasture was spared from attacks. Likewise a horse with a foal a paddock further. In the morning, the Chamber of Agriculture took over the crack assessment in Beinhorn.
Wolves killed in the city of Hanover
The State Ministry for the Environment in Hanover did not want to comment on the case on Friday. In the past few weeks, cracks in the district of Wittmund and sightings of a wolf in the city of Hanover have caused a stir.
Environment Minister Olaf Lies (SPD) has been demanding for a long time that the federal government should create a legal framework for faster interventions. “The current very strict legal framework on wolves is neither suitable for a quick response to wolves in the cities nor for adequate protection of livestock in rural areas. The current law must be adapted to the exponentially increasing wolf population,” Lies (SPD) explained.
