Article 65DV6 Dutch authorities allow firing of paintballs to scare ‘too tame’ wolves

Dutch authorities allow firing of paintballs to scare ‘too tame’ wolves

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Jon Henley Europe correspondent
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Action comes after social media video shows wolf strolling past family in Hoge Veluwe national park

Dutch provincial authorities have authorised the use of paintballs to scare wolves they say have grown so unafraid of humans that they could become a serious danger.

We're dealing with wolves that have become too tame," a spokesperson for Gelderland province in the eastern Netherlands told the broadcaster Omroep Gelderland. We have to make them frightened of people again."

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