According to Wilbert Nijlant, manager of the Den Treek estate, the closure of the area will cost “hundreds of thousands of euros”. These are not only the costs of placing the fences and enforcing them with enforcement officers, but also lost income for entrepreneurs in the area. “Den Treek is a reasonably strong organisation, we can do without money for a few months. But for the entrepreneurs it is different, they are really dependent on the tourists and recreationists”, says the estate manager.
Entrepreneurs in ‘wolf estate’ miss out on income, government investigates compensation
