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Originally Posted by lewiso  in austria they have recenty began to populate there after hundreds of years and have been welcomed back( |
The one bear that wandered into Bavaria (who have the bear on their flag) did not last 2 months before he was shot by the authorities because of the "risk".
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Originally Posted by eeyore that isnt the experience in canada or norway or other places that have wolf populations - when there is a human attack it is normal to shoot the wolf responsible (not least because the biggest cause of such attacks is rabies - not an issue in the uk) but it doesnt lead to a knee jerk slaughter of whole packs or populations. |
The Norwegian government was very happy to cull wolves despite all sorts of international outcry.
The threat to humans from healthy wolves is minimal, but the worries for livestock and pets are very real. I have experience of 2 large horses being killed by wolves in Romania and it is quite unnerving when you were feeding the horses only the day before. And dogs will be easy prey too. You'd have to take strong & expensive measures to protect domestic animals and especially pets, and then have the public support to accept and compensate for the inevitable losses.
I am certainly in favour. It won't be easy to overcome the prejudices, but we should try.