CRY WOLF: Reintroduced Predator Bites Pensioner in the Face in Busy German City

The danger is back.

In the 1990s, environmentalists reintroduced wolves in Germany after decades of hunting had reduced wild populations to almost zero.

Whatever the result for the ecosystem balance, it was just a matter of time before the surging lupine populations turned into a danger for humans.

And there we have it: a wolf bit a female pensioner in the face, not in a forest, mind you, but on a busy Hamburg street.

This was the first recorded attack since the predators of old returned to Germany.