If those were wild sheep, and the wolves came there on their own like the other comments said, isn't that just nature working as intended?

If those were private sheep, shouldn't they be better guarded?

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defrost an hour ago | parent [-]

As a livestock owner not in the Netherlands, yes, people should guard their stock.

That's somewhat distinct from going further beyond their boundaries to wipe out threats not directly on their land.

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KaiserPro an hour ago | parent [-]

I think the issue is that for a number of generations parts of europe have not been used to apex predators.

In the UK we've not had wolves for >200 years. Which means techniques for dealing with them have been lost, and more importantly didn't evolve with land use change. hearders used to carry weapons, and guard dogs. some places had fainting goats.

I'm not sure how wolves would work in the netherlands, as the parts that I know are all way west of the ijssel. I don't imagine that wolves are fen/polder dwellers, but I might be wrong. Again looking at the norfolk/cambridge fens there are plenty of folklore tales https://www.norfolkfolkloresociety.co.uk/post/the-spectral-w...

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Razengan an hour ago | parent [-]

The UK is just sickening for exterminating so many animal species, and now they're after badgers. What the hell is wrong with that country? Who will scold Toad out of his motorcar addiction??

	▲	defrost 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You appear to be equating guarding stock with exterminating species, and further making a sweeping generalisation about all(?) landholders "going after badgers". When I answered your question above I was pretty specific in the wording, perhaps you're letting some personal PoV read to much into what others are saying.