Naya’s ‘death’ leaves August a lone wolf

NAYA, a female wolf, arrived in Belgium in January last year. She was the first wild wolf there in a hundred years. A male followed in August, the month for which he is named. He was seen bringing food to her. The pair had cubs together and she may have become pregnant a second time.

Born over 500km away, in eastern Germany, Naya was electronically tagged, but the batteries became exhausted. Five months ago, August stopped bringing food to the den; Naya had disappeared. The last footage of the pair together was recorded by night-vision cameras, on the Dutch border, in May.