Paintballs to be shot at Dutch wolves in bid to make them less tame

Wolves successful parts of the Netherlands tin beryllium changeable with paintballs successful a bid to marque them little tame, authorities say.

There are fears that wolves are becoming truthful unafraid of humans that they could go a superior danger.

The determination by the provincial authorities successful Arnhem comes aft a video posted connected societal media shows a wolf strolling past a household successful the region's Hoge Veluwe nationalist park.

Paintballs person been chosen truthful that rangers tin spot which person been hit.

It is hoped that it volition besides promote wolves to enactment astatine slightest 30m (100ft) distant from people.

A spokesperson for the state told DutchNews that 1 of the wolves successful peculiar appeared to beryllium looking for people.

Environmental organisation Faunabescherming has accused parkland officials of feeding the wolves due to the fact that if they go excessively tame they tin beryllium classed arsenic "problem animals" and culled.

DutchNews reported that the park's owner, Seger Emmanuel baron van Voorst tot Voorst, denies the allegation but has antecedently said that wolves person nary spot successful the Netherlands.

According to a study published successful June determination are astir 20 big wolves surviving successful the country.

The announcement from the section authorities does not mean that anyone with a paintball weapon tin caput to the parkland and commencement firing astatine wolves. No day has yet been fixed for erstwhile the measurement volition commencement and it volition beryllium carried retired by radical authorised to bash so.