Just 1 Wolf

[bobo]

You were lucky, what was the inspector said when he came to one of my friends who’s sheep had had a visit from the wolf last night. The game camera shows there where only one wolf, so the damage was not too bad.
6 sheep dead, 1 partly eaten, and “only” 5 sheep needed treatment from the vet.

So, asked him: Do you feel lucky?
He has “wolf proof” fence, but like we seen before they get in anyway.


Wednesday a bunch of 7 wolves where walking trough the outskirts of Oksbøl village, the residents there filmed them.
If that bunch get into a field full of sheep, cattle, or horses, they will really have a great day.
Many “naturists” who mostly live in the big cities are trilled by the big increase in our wolf population. They say wolves are not dangerous to humans and keep their distance. That’s not our experience, they come very close and don’t show any fear of people, we think its only a matter of time before first confirmed attack on a human. The cases so far, where folks had to flee into car, shed and one incident into a bus full of school children, has been dismissed as “hysterical” uneducated rural residents fantasy.
We who live here, do not share the same “happiness” about the large wolf population. Problem is if we dare to say something against the wolves, we get accused to be “stupid farmers who just don’t care about nature”.

I know there are people in the UK, who wants to introduce Wolves to Britain.
We who live here in the rural areas of Jutland, will be happy to help you and hand over our wolves to you, in fact we will gladly give every single one our wolves to you, Just promise you won´t send them back.

 

[vmaxphil]

Buy the wolves a rubber boat

 

[FrenchieBoy]

Buy the wolves a rubber boat

Filled with "Boat People" to sustain the wolf during the crossing - No on second thoughts maybe not, the "Boat People" might eat the wolf during the crossing!

 

[Smellydog]

SSS....

 

[Malxwal]

Reintroduce wolves to those SE English coastlines, with wolf proof fencing limiting wolves to the beach areas.

 

[opticron1]

The OP gives a perfect example as to why we should never re-introduce Wolves into the UK in any shape or form..... The last time wolves were present was in a time when the population was tiny and we didn't have as many sheep, cattle, pigs, pets, children, adults and the threat to life and limb was far less. Added to that, it would be farmers who pay the price as the Wolves will go for the easy prey every time.
As has been noted, the only folk who wish to re-introduce them (like bloody Lynx) don't have any skin in the game and just think they can treat the wilder bits of these Isles as a nature reserve - usually the wilds of Scotland, because there's no-one there obviously!

 

[bobo]

This man decided to do something about it himself.




He did not know wolf enthusiasts where out filming that day.
After that incident, and the fact that several wolves disappear every year, wolf fans, accused hunters to be responsibly for the missing wolves.

Then a large project was made, and is still running, where wolves are caught and get GPS in them. This has shown hunters are not responsible for the missing wolves.
The ones that are missing either get killed on roads/railways or just run to Germany. A young male wolf had run more that 1000km over a 2-week period.


But typical of those “nature-tourists” to blame the farmers and hunters for shooting the missing animals, luckily this has now been resolved.
Our farmers association do pledge for a legal way of regulating the wolf population, this will most likely also reintroduce the fear of humans to our wolves.

 

[BryanDC]

The problem with that guy was.
1. He shot the wolf illegally.
2. He shot from a vehicle illegally.

Regardless of the like or dislike of wolves or the need to control or not control them. The public are generally quite accepting of hunting in Denmark. This idiot gave the public an extremely poor view of us.
Quite rightly he was prosecuted, got 40 days in jail and lost his jagttegn which he will never get back.
It's morons like him that put my hunting at risk.
It was completely unacceptable what he did.

 

[spanj]

This man decided to do something about it himself.




He did not know wolf enthusiasts where out filming that day.
After that incident, and the fact that several wolves disappear every year, wolf fans, accused hunters to be responsibly for the missing wolves.

Then a large project was made, and is still running, where wolves are caught and get GPS in them. This has shown hunters are not responsible for the missing wolves.
The ones that are missing either get killed on roads/railways or just run to Germany. A young male wolf had run more that 1000km over a 2-week period.


But typical of those “nature-tourists” to blame the farmers and hunters for shooting the missing animals, luckily this has now been resolved.
Our farmers association do pledge for a legal way of regulating the wolf population, this will most likely also reintroduce the fear of humans to our wolves.

We have the same issue with our charities and celebrity naturalists and their BOP obsession

 

[Mr. Gain]

The problem with that guy was.
1. He shot the wolf illegally.
2. He shot from a vehicle illegally.

Regardless of the like or dislike of wolves or the need to control or not control them. The public are generally quite accepting of hunting in Denmark. This idiot gave the public an extremely poor view of us.
Quite rightly he was prosecuted, got 40 days in jail and lost his jagttegn which he will never get back.
It's morons like him that put my hunting at risk.
It was completely unacceptable what he did.

All of this , plus he underesimated its speed and didn't give it enough lead. Worse still, he didn't confirm his backstop.

 

[VSS]

.
If that bunch get into a field full of sheep, cattle, or horses, they will really have a great day.
Many “naturists” who mostly live in the big cities are trilled by the big increase in our wolf population. They say wolves are not dangerous to humans and keep their distance. That’s not our experience, they come very close and don’t show any fear of people, we think its only a matter of time before first confirmed attack on a human. The cases so far, where folks had to flee into car, shed and one incident into a bus full of school children, has been dismissed as “hysterical” uneducated rural residents fantasy.
We who live here, do not share the same “happiness” about the large wolf population. Problem is if we dare to say something against the wolves, we get accused to be “stupid farmers who just don’t care about nature”.

I know there are people in the UK, who wants to introduce Wolves to Britain.
We who live here in the rural areas of Jutland, will be happy to help you and hand over our wolves to you, in fact we will gladly give every single one our wolves to you, Just promise you won´t send them back.

A naturist is something different altogether, although one can be a naturist and a naturalist.

 

[bobo]

Thanks for correcting.

There are several things in English I learn along the way, like a Bullock and Bol...., now i know: If there is 2 of the second kind, the animal is not the first.

 

[wanderer]

Easier for a wolf to eat a naturist..

 

[Cootmeurer]

They have become quite troublesome in the USA as well. I personally have no issues with having wolves restored to the landscape, as long as they can be managed as any other game animal. Unfortunately that’s not the way they are managed. They are given protection and more protection even when the population reaches and exceeds the agreed upon threshold in the recovery plan.

In sections of the upper Great Lakes, it has become hazardous to hunt with dogs (bird dogs or hounds) as the fully protected and therefore non-man fearing, wolves kill them.

I doubt I’m the only one, but if I’m armed with even so much as walking stick, I wouldn’t let a protected wolf attack my dog without fighting back.

 

[Smellydog]

Easier for a wolf to eat a naturist..

I'd start them on a vegan diet. Three guesses who they chew first..

 

[Mountain Bug]

This man decided to do something about it himself.




He did not know wolf enthusiasts where out filming that day.
After that incident, and the fact that several wolves disappear every year, wolf fans, accused hunters to be responsibly for the missing wolves.

Then a large project was made, and is still running, where wolves are caught and get GPS in them. This has shown hunters are not responsible for the missing wolves.
The ones that are missing either get killed on roads/railways or just run to Germany. A young male wolf had run more that 1000km over a 2-week period.


But typical of those “nature-tourists” to blame the farmers and hunters for shooting the missing animals, luckily this has now been resolved.
Our farmers association do pledge for a legal way of regulating the wolf population, this will most likely also reintroduce the fear of humans to our wolves.

Only thing he did wrong was being careless enough to get caught.

No worries about wolves though, "They only kill what they need to eat, and the old, sick and weak"

I raised a wolf from a pup. Was my best bud for 14 years, and can tell folks more about wolf behavior than any of these so-called experts. Bad news they are.


Scott

 

[BryanDC]

Only thing he did wrong was being careless enough to get caught.

Absolute b**locks.

He broke the law in at least two ways and he got everything he deserved.

Do what you want in your own back yard but don't do it in mine and jeopardize my hunting by being a idiot.

I am not arguing for or against wolves but he broke the law.

 

[wytonpjs]

 

[finnbear270]

Lousy shot, wonder if he followed it up.

 

[bobo]

I see there is plenty of room for green spots in UK .
The man on the movie breaks the law, and that’s wrong, don´t know him, but I think he does so out of desperation.

We do have problems regarding the wolves, but they are not overwhelming (some farmers may disagree on that). If we compare the number of livestock killed by wolves to the wolf population the worst problems are actually where the wolf population is thin.

Jørgen who lost the 6 sheep last week is now waiting for compensation, paid out after DNA sample confirms it was a wolf. He will only get compensation for the killed sheep. The vet bill is his own, and those vets take good payment for their trade (I know because I used to be married to one).

Last year at the town of Bække a sheep farmer lost 35 sheep to a single wolf during 1 night, but cases like this is luckily seldom, so much for killing only the weak and what they eat.

The wolf here is not reintroduced, but came back by itself, and I don’t say we should kill them all, but a general system of regulation, like they have in Sweden, would make good sense, and reintroduce the fear of humans.
At the place “Klosterheden” they have a pack of 10 wolves, in an area with a lot of red deer, and therefor a lot of hunting, many driven hunts a year including Royal family driven hunts. Somehow, the wolves in that area have learned to fear of humans.
If there where a system of regulating the wolf population like they have in Sweden I think they would become fearful of humans, and that way solve most of our wolf problems.

Where I live, we have an 8-wolf pack, and they don’t really have fear of humans, maybe because this area don’t get hunted so intensive as “Klosterheden”. We se attacks on livestock regularly, but so far never from the pack, but rather individuals.