In the German state of Hesse, the Christian Democrats have announced that, if they win next month’s state elections, they’ll back hunting licenses for wolves. The centre-right Free Democratic party has promised to do the same. Germany has around 1,000 wolves. Last year, the EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s pony was killed by one. Dolly was a 30-year-old pony and a beloved member of the family, who live in German state of Hannover. Von der Leyen is now proposing to relax regulations for wolves’ protection throughout the EU and animal rights activists are accusing her of seeking revenge on Europe’s wolf population for the death of her beloved pony.
The Netherlands came up with an unusual tactic of deterring wolves without killing them; the people of Gelderland tried using paintball guns
As in the US, the reintroduction of wolves has become a divisive political issue. But in Europe, the number of wolves per person is much higher than in America.
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