Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The wolves are back! But that means more farm animals are being killed as the predators spread through Western Europe. So this year, the EU decided to bring hunting back too. Scientists and the courts are calling this unjustified. We look at the case in Germany to figure out the best way to handle the carnivores in our backyard.
#PlanetA #wolves #hunting
Credits:
Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Neven Hillebrands, Florian Kroker
Video Editor: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Adam Baheej Adada
Fact Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Camera trap images belong to Siegfried Kenner
Thank you for background interviews to:
Annette Siegert
Faustine Bas-Defossez
Naomi Louchouarn
James Brückner
Ola Miklasińska
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Wolf country
03:33 The role of wolves
04:30 A wolf in sheep territory
07:37 Politics of fear
8:23 The fascinating lives of wolf packs
9:57 Hunting is back
11:16 The shepherd who lives with wolves
14:25 Is there a happily ever after?
Read More:
The in-depth Analysis by the European Union describes wolf monitoring in member states, the role of the wolf in ecosystems and impacts on society. It looks at available measures to improve coexistence: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5d017e4e-9efc-11ee-b164-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
A look at the different philosophical approaches to nature and how they play into our ways of coexisting with a focus on wolves: https://docenten.science.ru.nl/drenthen/publicaties/Sharing-Landscapes-With-Wolves.pdf
Exploration of the social conflict around wolves and potential ways of solving: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10694
Theories around destabilizing pack structures and the arguments against removing carnivores lethally: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320723002070
The wolves are coming back: The politics of fear in Eastern Germany (Book by Pates & Leser 2021): jstor.org/stable/jj.7551608
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la...
The wolves are back! But that means more farm animals are being killed as the predators spread through Western Europe. So this year, the EU decided to bring hunting back too. Scientists and the courts are calling this unjustified. We look at the case in Germany to figure out the best way to handle the carnivores in our backyard.
#PlanetA #wolves #hunting
Credits:
Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Neven Hillebrands, Florian Kroker
Video Editor: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Adam Baheej Adada
Fact Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Camera trap images belong to Siegfried Kenner
Thank you for background interviews to:
Annette Siegert
Faustine Bas-Defossez
Naomi Louchouarn
James Brückner
Ola Miklasińska
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Wolf country
03:33 The role of wolves
04:30 A wolf in sheep territory
07:37 Politics of fear
8:23 The fascinating lives of wolf packs
9:57 Hunting is back
11:16 The shepherd who lives with wolves
14:25 Is there a happily ever after?
Read More:
The in-depth Analysis by the European Union describes wolf monitoring in member states, the role of the wolf in ecosystems and impacts on society. It looks at available measures to improve coexistence: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5d017e4e-9efc-11ee-b164-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
A look at the different philosophical approaches to nature and how they play into our ways of coexisting with a focus on wolves: https://docenten.science.ru.nl/drenthen/publicaties/Sharing-Landscapes-With-Wolves.pdf
Exploration of the social conflict around wolves and potential ways of solving: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10694
Theories around destabilizing pack structures and the arguments against removing carnivores lethally: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320723002070
The wolves are coming back: The politics of fear in Eastern Germany (Book by Pates & Leser 2021): jstor.org/stable/jj.7551608
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la...
