The return of wolves to the Netherlands : a fact-finding study

Wolves have become increasingly common in the Netherlands since 2015, and since 2019 the country has once again been home to a pack of wolves with young – the first in around 150 years. The government intends to review the current Interprovincial Wolf Plan, a process that will start in 2021. This report provides an answer to 25 research questions formulated by the government. These questions relate to five themes: (1) distribution, occurrence, origin and ecological carrying capacity; (2) behaviour and the relationship between wolves and humans; (3) policy, damage, monitoring and management; (4... Mehr ...