European Wolves

[peter]

WOLF CENTRE IN THE NETHERLANDS 

In our country, wolves were exterminated a little over a century ago. There were no protests when the last wolf was killed, as they had hunted humans every now and then. Farmers took over and people forgot about wolves. A century passed.

In the last decades, wildlife has made a comeback in Europe. Switzerland reintroduced lynxes, France and Germany have a few brown bears, goshawks breed close to large cities and the European wildcat is now breeding in regions where they disappeared a long time ago.

Wolves also did quite well. They recolonized Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands. Recolonization takes a decade only, but ecosystems need more time. Same for humans. People need time to get adjusted, that is.

As the number of wolves is quickly increasing, problems have to be expected. At first, the focus was on wolves killed by cars in rural parts of the country. This resulted in curiosity. Today, the focus has shifted to sheep. So much have been killed, that they're now talking about measures. One of these is a wolf centre, where losses can be reported. In the long run, this should result in more awareness, more knowledge and sound decisions.   

The article below is about the new wolf centre. It's in Dutch:   
   
https://nos.nl/artikel/2210563-wolvenmeldpunt-moet-getroffen-schapenboeren-helpen.html Reply