Wolf monitoring · Wolf management
Large carnivore conflict management – science-based and practical
Advice, monitoring and knowledge transfer on living with wolves.
Michael Ohlhoff
Michael Ohlhoff is an Academic Wildlife Manager (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna) who studied in Bremen and is an experienced practitioner in wildlife management. As a wolf advisor to the NLWKN and a member of the EU project LIFE Wild Wolf, he works at the interface between science, hunting practice and conflict management with large carnivores.
He is a falconer, a certified game meat sommelier and a lecturer in the wolf working group of the Bavarian Hunting Association (BJV) and at the German Hunting Academy (Deutsche Jagdakademie). As an author, he focuses on practical, animal-welfare-compliant solutions for human–wildlife conflicts, particularly those involving wolves.
- Wolf advisorLower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
- Academic Wildlife ManagerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
- DJA JagdwirtGerman Hunting Academy (Deutsche Jagdakademie), 2025
- Certified Game Meat SommelierButchers’ Trade Training Centre Augsburg, 2025
Next event
06.–07.03.2027
Sat 9 am – 6 pm · Sun 9 am – 3 pm
Wolf management – expertise for hunters and game wardens
Compact seminar (in German) · €150 members / €170 non-members · coffee and snacks included · max. 30 participants
Venue: ÖSSM Winzlar, Hagenburger Straße 16, 31547 Rehburg-Loccum, Germany
Organiser: Lower Saxony Game Wardens’ Association (Verband der Jagdaufseher Niedersachsen e. V., VJN)
- Legal framework
- Behaviour, ecology & population dynamics
- Monitoring & wolf detection
- Kill assessment & damage analysis
- Hazing & hunting measures
Topics
Wolf monitoring
Recording and assessing evidence of wolves according to the national monitoring standards.
Conflict management
Managing conflicts between wolves, livestock farming, hunting and the public.
Aversive conditioning
Hazing wolves that show conspicuous behaviour: methods, legal situation and international experience.
Talks and training
Talks, seminars and training for hunting associations, authorities, organisations and livestock keepers.
New book · published December 2026
Aversive Konditionierung
Wolf (Canis lupus)
Wildlife management and human–wolf conflicts: the targeted use of paintball markers as a hazing tool
By Michael Ohlhoff. With a contribution on the legal situation in Germany by Monika B. Hähn, lawyer and notary, Lübbecke.
Bear Family Records · paperback · 270 pages · German/English · ISBN 978-3-89916-713-9
Recent publications
Waidgerechtigkeit am Limit – Der Wolf und die Jagd in Deutschland zwischen Schutzauftrag und Jagdpraxis
Ohlhoff, M. (2026): Waidgerechtigkeit am Limit – Der Wolf und die Jagd in Deutschland zwischen Schutzauftrag und Jagdpraxis. Jagdwirt-Alumni, 21.03.2026 (online).
Warum Wolfsmonitoring so wichtig ist
Ohlhoff, M. (2025): Warum Wolfsmonitoring so wichtig ist. JAGD IN BAYERN 11/2025, S. 16–21.
Rückblick Wolfsschulung
Ohlhoff, M. (2025): Rückblick Wolfsschulung. JAGD IN BAYERN 11/2025, S. 52–53.
In the media
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ARD · Y-Kollektiv
Wolf vs. Schäfer – Wie gefährlich ist der Wolf in Deutschland? (German)
Documentary in German, 22 min · 25 Aug 2025
Nordwest-Zeitung online · 22 May 2026
Statistik vs Gerüchte: Wie viele Wolfsangriffe gab es in der Wesermarsch tatsächlich?
Report, NWZonline, Wesermarsch (German).
Nordwest-Zeitung online · 8 May 2026
Neues Jagdgesetz: Jäger aus der Wesermarsch warnen vor praxisfernen Wolfsregeln in Niedersachsen
Report, NWZonline, Wesermarsch (German).
Hamburger Abendblatt · 30 April 2026
Mit Paintball-Pistolen auf Wölfe schießen? Das sagt ein Experte
Lepél, S.: interview, Hamburger Abendblatt online, Harburg district (German).
Talks and training
For hunting associations, authorities, organisations and livestock keepers.