In addition to covering the costs, Versteegh van Schaapskudde Doorn believes that applying for the subsidy should be a lot easier. “The process is intensely complicated. Many shepherds have almost broken their laptop in half during the application,” he explains. Wolf expert La Haye also believes that it should be easier: “Make the threshold as low as possible, also financially. If there is too little enthusiasm, as appears to be the case, then the scheme is apparently insufficient.”
Wolf fence not popular with livestock farmers: ‘Many shepherds almost broke their laptop in half’
