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REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DISAPPEARANCE OF RARE BELGIAN WOLF

BY AILA SLISCO ON 10/4/19 AT 11:39 PM EDT


European conservationists are offering a €30,000 ($33,000) reward for information about the presumed death of the first wolf to appear in Belgium for more than 100 years.

The wolf, called Naya, was born in Germany but became the first wolf to be seen in Belgium in over a century, after being spotted in the country in January 2018. She gained a male companion in August 2018, who observers of the animals named August.


Naya had been fitted with a collar and tracked along with her cubs for several months, but she was last spotted in May, and observers completely lost track of the group by early summer. Conservationists noted that August began exhibiting behavior typical of a solitary wolf soon after they had lost track of Naya. On Wednesday, it was reported that the wolves were feared dead, and likely killed by hunters.

The award is being offered by three conservationist groups and one individual. One of the groups, Bird Protection Flanders, released a statement about the award and the investigation of the disappearance.

"What counts is that the person who did this will not get away with it," the statement reads. "Everything shows that people no longer accept that some have the right to decide on their own which animals are allowed to live and which are not. Prior to the reward, the investigation was in decline."


The Bird Protection Flanders statement suggests that illegal hunters are likely at fault for the loss of the wolves. It also states that the investigation into the disappearance of Naya and her cubs has already uncovered numerous instances of poaching, and offenses by hunters that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.

A Belgian hunting group reportedly claims that the accusations that illegal hunting is to blame for the disappearance of the wolves are defamatory, and have threatened lawsuits against conservationist groups.


While wolves were once abundant in Europe, by the twentieth century they had almost gone extinct. Efforts by conservationists, including a hunting ban that began in the 1970s, led to the reemergence of the animals. Around 12,000 wolves are now thought to roam the continent.


Although many animal lovers have welcomed the return, not everyone has been thrilled with the comeback. Farmers in particular have complained that the wolves are killing their livestock in unacceptable numbers. Some countries controversially began to allow a limited amount of culling to keep the population under control.

Although some countries may believe they have too many wolves, others have had too few. Belgium had been the last country in continental Europe thought to be without even a single wolf, until the initial sighting of Naya. After her disappearance, three other wolves continue to be tracked and are confirmed to be living in the country, including Naya's former companion August.

All of Europe is/ will suffer from wolves soon and wild game populations will decrease badly if the greenies won’t allow hunting of them.

It was a running joke on German drive hunts that if you shot a wolf, that you should just turn the rifle on yourself.

you could change the name of 'where' on any of these stories and the accounts are exactly the same.

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It was a running joke on German drive hunts that if you shot a wolf, that you should just turn the rifle on yourself.

A leader for a Finnish moose hunting team killed him self after the police found they had killed a wolf.

That is very sad.

The political BS of wolves is really wild.

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
That is very sad.

The political BS of wolves is really wild.

3S

Shoot, shovel, shut up.

All I read is an accusation. There is no evidence cited that the wolf was killed by anyone.

Just saw in Sweden a high ranking member of Naturvårdsværket, Swedish Nature and Enviro Bureau, had given out info on 1000 predator hunters bear,wolf,lynx etc to Ara friends ,so lot of police reporting going on now.


Not good when a community or a nation worship the predator like a god ,and the pagan religion around it is used to control people as a matter of fearmongering and threats.

Just like then they gave the database job for the the drivers licence and vehicle register to unautorised forain IT tecnitians, some who had worked for military intelligence services. Even the security police and military vehicles were given away.