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Friday, August 14, 2026 • 4:15 PM UTC - in Denmark

After the wolf has been shot: Tonight, Conny will sleep in her own bed again

For weeks, the wolf has robbed the animal park owner of her sleep

Conny Engholm, owner and animal keeper at Dyrehaven Engholm (Photo: © Bo Bechsgaard, DR) 12 minutes ago

For three weeks, Conny Engholm has not slept in her own bed. But that is over now. After the problem wolf near Nørre Nebel has been shot, she no longer fears for her animals' lives.

- I assume it is the wolf that has been causing trouble, so now I can go back and get my night's sleep again, says Conny Engholm.

She is the owner of Dyrehaven Engholm near Nørre Nebel, where the now euthanized problem wolf had, among other things, been close to humans in three private gardens. The wolf also visited Conny Engholm's animal park, where she has goats, sheep, rabbits, and alpacas. She managed to chase the wolf away, but since that day three weeks ago, she has slept in a shelter among the animals to protect them.

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Can sleep safely

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The authorities say that with overwhelming probability, the problem wolf has been shot. Based on pictures she has seen in the media, Conny Engholm believes it is the same wolf that visited her.

- As a business owner, I am glad that I can sleep safely again, but it is also sad that it was shot, because it is a magnificent animal, says Conny Engholm.

- I will protect my animals at any cost, and this wolf had been approaching so many times that there was nothing else to do. This wolf should have been shot a long time ago, so the lesson from this must be that one should intervene much earlier, says Conny Engholm.

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