In all, only 0.3 percent of the more than three hundred surveyed wolvendrollen were the remains of cattle was found, it appears from a recently published German study, reports of Wolves in the Netherlands NU.nl. The main part of the menu of wolves consists of wild game, such as roe deer, red deer and wild boar.
For the study, which was conducted by the university of veterinary medicine Hannover, for a total of about three hundred shit of the wolf in the German state of lower Saxony were investigated. The feces were collected in the period from 2013 to 2017.
in the past few years the wolf in the Netherlands is reported. Sheep farms are, therefore, concerned about their livestock.
as of march 2015, close to 250 sheep, by the wolves that killed it. The vast majority of them were not in the Dutch nature reserve was established.
That’s according to Hugh Jansman, wolvenonderzoeker, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is the same as what the roaming wolves behave. “Wandering far away, on draught, and food is above average, more livestock than the well-established wolves,” explains Jansman out.
“They have to stand up for the first time on their own feet, and you can compare them with those students who are the first to go, and a lot of food to eat.”
Wildcamera create unique images of the wolf on the Sallandse Heuvelrug national park Deer at the top of the menu of the wolf
At 47,9 percent, in lower Saxony, examined the droppings, were the remains of red deer have been found. In one-third of the wolvendrollen came to the wild boar, as well as in other deer species.
Also, hares, rabbits, and other small mammals, took more than 10 per cent of the digestive system of the wolf, and birds, and fruit were made by the predator, the more is eaten than cattle.
In the Netherlands, five wolves
In december, it turned out that at this moment, there are at least five wolves in the Netherlands. Four of them are located in the park.
Jansman, does not doubt that there are those of wolves and plenty of wild game available. “We make 70 per cent of our pigs and 50 percent of the red deer. The population is so much larger than what a wolf may eat it.”
