Tag: Wolfresistant
Number of wolf attacks almost doubled, only among farmers without a wolf-resistant grid
After a wolf first struck a sheep farmer in Bunschoten in 2018, wolves killed at least 160 more animals in the province of Utrecht. Usually it concerns sheep. BIJ12, the…
Sheep farmer stops using wolf-resistant donkey after a flood of criticism
Through a website he came up with the idea of letting a donkey graze among the herd. He hoped the donkey’s braying and scent would deter wolves, but experts were…
Utrecht farmers make little use of subsidies for wolf-resistant measures
Some livestock farmers do not want to take measures on principle, says Maurice La Haye, wolf expert and team leader for land and marine mammals at the Mammal Society. “They…
Subsidies for wolf-resistant fences are not popular, farmers who want them are sometimes threatened
Since this year, the number of wolf attacks has increased sharply. In almost all cases, livestock farmers did not have wolf-resistant fences, a fence that a wolf cannot go through,…
Wolf-resistant grids cannot cope with “wolf exhibiting unnatural behavior”
Sheep herder Jan Crets and his partner are completely fed up with it. After a wolf apparently attacked their flock of sheep several times this Easter long weekend, they spent…
Wolf-resistant fences appear to work, but ‘only with naive wolves’
A wolf-resistant fence, that sounds impressive. But actually it’s just five electrical wires. However, there are strict requirements for those who want to install such a grid. Anyone who does…