Wolves killed more than 1,200 livestock across Denmark in 2025, with the state paying at least 36.3 million kroner in compensation to farmers, according to figures from the Danish Agency for Green Land Use and Water Environment.
The 239 recorded wolf attacks claimed 1,239 sheep, 32 cattle, five horses, eight goats and one breeding ram over the year. Compensation rates are set at minimum valuations, ranging from 950 kroner for a dead lamb to as much as 35,000 kroner for a breeding ram. In ten of the attacks, wolves breached functioning wolf-proof fencing, killing 80 animals.
Wolves returned to Denmark in 2012 after an absence of nearly 200 years, and their expanding presence has placed growing pressure on the country's agricultural communities.