To think the reintroduction of the wild Wolf to Belgium is insanity?

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Wild Wolves have been reintroduced into Belgium over the last couple of weeks. This has led to the great dismay of the local farming community and outrage from the country as a whole. I am personally thinking about the many farmers who will lose cattle and sheep to the wolves and the impact it will have on their livelihood. Also the impact it will have on the wider ecosystem as a whole which could see various creatures such as rabbits, hares and other small mammals hunted in large quantities.

Wolves have a very inefficient digestive system as do most carnivores which means they need large quantities of meat to survive.

Its a very interesting one but I think this needs resolving urgently as a matter of urgency.

You can blame the bloody Schengen zone for that. Thank god for Brexit. If those bloody European wolves try to migrate here, Suella has lined up luxury facilities in Rwanda for them.

Very funny post OP. Just loving the idea of wolves, presumably in sheep's clothing, coming across the Channel.

well, I dont know why you are meddling around "trying to eradicate invasive species" when according to your posts, you are not able to identify an "invasive" species, and have incorrectly identified several.

Wolves are native to Europe, and bring stability and balance to European ecosystems. They have always lived here, and hopefully always will. No "reintroduction", just the ebb and flow of natural populations

Well that little red riding hood had best watch out if those big bad wolves are going to be booking ferry tickets.

Deer populations and the damage they do are a much bigger problem for nature and the environment than wolves. The damage deer are doing is appalling. Do you know how many deer are culled in Ireland alone? You need to do some better research and get tour knowledge from more reliable sources.

Thanks for the early morning laugh strawman! This made me laugh out loud.

I honestly can't work out if the OP is being genuine or if this is a massive piss take.

Thanks to this thread I now want to see a film about wolves taking over and having the ability to cross big rivers aka the English Channel-

Just in case the Wolves also master the internet...all hail our lupine masters!

I'm so happy I opened this thread. Haven't cried from laughing in ages.

They were re introduced to Yellowstone (I think) and apparently they do amazing things for the environment.

Yes the my kill animals but those animals eat the plants and trees, allow the trees and plants to grow and biodiversity increases, more types of plants grow, more insects arrive, more birds arrive to eat the insects, more small creatures arrive, it's weird but amazing.

I'll try and find the article I read about it.

Rewilding Yellowstone www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/25/yellowstone-wolf-project-25th-anniversary

When the reintroduced the wolves to Yellowstone it has a very positive impact on the ecosystem as a whole.

www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem/

There might be plans to introduce them to Scotland too!

ukwct.org.uk/files/reintroducing.pdf

I'm glad you bit! 😂

How would wolves get to the UK?

I for one welcome our new wolf overlords.

That's made me chuckle, thank you 😀

PMSL at the image of wolves sitting on a Belgian beach staring across 20km of sea to Dover and swimming it in the hopes of rich pickings at the end.

the reintroduction of wolves do Yellowstone had an amazing effect on the ecosystem there, it absolutely flourished.

Anyway, it’s the bison you want to be worried about

Belgium is landlocked on all sides including the side which faces the uk (landlocked by the UK as it covered the entirety of the border meaning the country doesn’t have a clear view out into the ocean)

Dammit someone beat me to it

Humans are different as they are a species which is aware of what it is doing and are trying to reduce the impact of their invasive nature. Crayfish do not care and are considered to be slowing killing all lakes and rivers especially previous gravel pits which are now used for fishing.

@WolfieWolfie I think @CornedBeef451 beat me to it as well.

What I want to know is are you both geography teachers who use this as an example of ecosystem change as well?

It is illegal to release invasive species once captured and the group I am apart of captures squirrels and crayfish and therefore has to then humanely remove them and euthanise for the good of the countryside and all other wildlife. We have tried containment but due to the vast quantities we catch it is just not viable.

The main issue is that the species of wolves are non native to Belgium and that is what I am trying to say. Whereas Belgium is landlocked the wolves will be able to walk from country to country spreading as far east as Russia and euro Asia.

The evidence is that Humans are indeed aware of what they are doing but are carrying on regardless, the destruction we have wrought on the environment far exceeds anything wild animals have done.

Interesting you say Crayfish are killing off lakes/gravel pits used for course fishing, a sport, not for food... totally unnecessary.