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Wolves settled in Hungarian Börzsöny
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In addition to the recent news about bears wandering around, Hungary now also seems to have a newly acquired wolf population, as Sokszínűvidék reports. For the first time, they were also captured on camera.
The wolves were believed to live in Börzsöny, a mountain range in Northern Hungary. The webpage talked to Péter Bedő, who posted the first picture about the wolves and is the researcher of predators at the Börzsöny Foundation.
Is the photo reliable?
Péter Bedő emphasised that, due to the close link between wolves and dogs, their appearance and their footprints can be impossible to distinguish sometimes.
So, basically, any wolf footprint or camera image could be a dog as well, and the only 100% evidence is DNA.
The expert shared that he found traces clearly left by wolves last December, and another nature reserve guard found other signs in January. Later in February and March, they found more signs: fresh footprints and other signs of life, such as recently killed preys and urine. “We sent all these to the biotechnical laboratory in Gödöllő for analysis” – Péter Bedő explained.
What does the DNA say?
Péter Gombkötő, the expert in charge of zoology from the National Park of Bükk, gave more information on the results: