Experts drop recommendation to kill wolf: "did not go for child"
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts drop recommendation to kill wolf: "did not go for child"

Dutch News  

Utrecht provincial authorities will press ahead with their efforts to get permission to shoot a wolf thought to be implicated in two incidents involving children, despite experts now arguing against the plan. It had previously said the wolf that had pushed a three-year-old girl to the ground in the Utrechtse Heuvelrug area on Wednesday and showed “ worryingly atypical behaviour”. However, talks with the girl’s father have since revealed that the animal did not attack the girl but had gone for a dog that was also present, the organisation’s wolf expert Dick Klees said. “That puts a different and less serious slant on the story, and that means our recommendation to shoot the wolf has been adjusted too,” Klees told broadcaster NOS.

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Dutch provinces shoot down their own wolf management plan
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Dutch provinces shoot down their own wolf management plan

Dutch News  

Dutch provinces have shot down their own plan to introduce new guidelines about the management of wolves ahead of the vote on Thursday. BBB deputies in Gelderland, Groningen, Overijssel and Drenthe, and Friesland’s ChristenUnie deputy said “a clear framework” is missing from the plan. The BBB is in favour of shooting “problem wolves” but the plan, which was two years …

Animal organization says there was no direct danger in boy’s confrontation with wolves
4 weeks ago

Animal organization says there was no direct danger in boy’s confrontation with wolves

NL Times  

There was no direct danger during a confrontation between a boy who was cycling and wolves in Woudenberg, Utrecht, last week Thursday, the Dutch Mammal Society has said. However, the organization did say that the situation was a problem as the wolves were within 30 meters of the boy, the province of Utrecht reported. The Dutch Mammal Society analyzed the …

Little girl was knocked over by a wolf, DNA test shows
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Little girl was knocked over by a wolf, DNA test shows

Dutch News  

An investigation into DNA found on the clothes of a three-year-old has shown that she was knocked over by a wolf, the Utrecht provincial authorities have said. The Utrechtse Heuvelrug is home to a wolf pair with cubs and a lone wolf has also been seen to roam the area. The nearby Den Treek estate in Leusden, where a girl …

Little girl was knocked over by a wolf, DNA test shows
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Little girl was knocked over by a wolf, DNA test shows

Dutch News  

An investigation into DNA found on the clothes of a three-year-old has shown that she was knocked over by a wolf, the Utrecht provincial authorities have said. The Utrechtse Heuvelrug is home to a wolf pair with cubs and a lone wolf has also been seen to roam the area. The nearby Den Treek estate in Leusden, where a girl …

Experts drop recommendation to kill wolf: "did not go for child"
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts drop recommendation to kill wolf: "did not go for child"

Dutch News  

Utrecht provincial authorities will press ahead with their efforts to get permission to shoot a wolf thought to be implicated in two incidents involving children, despite experts now arguing against the plan. It had previously said the wolf that had pushed a three-year-old girl to the ground in the Utrechtse Heuvelrug area on Wednesday and showed “ worryingly atypical behaviour”. …

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