REWILDING BRITAIN - Will a Wolf Kill You?
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I am from Ontario Canada and would like to share story of one of my encounters with timber wolves to give you an idea of what its like. I went into the woods not far from my house to check on my weed plants. as I am looking at the weed plants I hear a twig break 15 feet behind me. I turn to the noise and see 2 big timber wolves trot out of the woods and they both just walk right by me getting around 7 feet from me. thing is they never did anything but walk by and pretended I was not there. the reality of this encounter was nothing more then a smug display of their intelligence and sneaking ability. they are amazingly smart and know not to mess with humans and never in my entire life living around them have I ever feared getting attacked by them.
You are doing n Canada... So Why do you talk feet, instead of meters?
Hello from Madrid, Spain! From our own experience, we've had the luck of seing the return of the wolf since 2009 as part of their natural expansion to the south from their stronghold in Northwest Spain towards our region in the centre of the country after being extinct for more than 70 years because of hunting. In 2021, we oficially have 5 packs with about 40 individuals living within the province and coexisting with a population of 7 million people that lives in the Metropilitan area of Madrid. No one has been attacked since they arrived 12 years ago, despite the mountain ridge where these animals are settled is just 38 km away from the City of Madrid and people goes to visit the area by docens of thousands every weekend to enjoy nature. If the Iberian wolves have been able to thrive in such a hostile environment full of people without anyone being injured, imagine what could be achieved in an area like the Scottish Highlands if they are finally reintroduced, with way more suitlable and not fragmented land, wich is also the least densely populated area of UK
38km from Madrid, that seems so close!! This is exactly the kind of evidence the UK should be looking at to understand how the wolf coexists with people. Thank you for you sharing your insight Jorge, deja curioso amigo! 🌿
I want to add that in recent years the wolf has come back in Norway even as close as the forests right outside of Oslo. Many people use these forests all the time, but there have been no attacks on humans. There have been dogs who have been attacked though and killed. The argument about wolves have long been that farmers say people in big cities and dense populated areas who are for the wolf would never know what it’s like having them near, but now we are becoming familiar with them. They will mostly steer away from humans as studies show.
In certain parts of the North of Spain, Zamora, leon, Galicia and Asturias, people have coexisted with wolves for hundreds of years.
Farmers have huge mastiffs to protect their livestock and some even use donkeys to ward off the wolves!
We have a healthy population of about 2000 wolves and the Wolf has just being declared a protected species and therefore cannot be hunted.
Thats fantastic news! 🌿
That sounds epic,
Donkeys/mules are used more in the southern United States than dogs to protect livestock. You don’t have to train them and they will stay with the flock to protect them.
Please come and teach my countrymen how to use dogs to protect sheep. It’s so depressing that Norway have so few wolves, lynx, bears and wolverines because our farmers do not shepherd their herds. We still have a lot of nature in my country, and we could just leave our predators alone and they would naturally increase. Not many European nations have this expanse of wilderness left.
I want to walk at night and hear AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Haha, me too!!
No wolves near me, but there are coyotes. it seems like once or twice a month they have a K9 "opera" near my home. The show is over by 10pm. The are considerate of "bedtime." :) Still they are annoying.
I'm all for having them back! Good video lad
Thanks for watching man!
Most people in areas inhabited by wolves never see them, Ive tracked them in Croatia and Sweden they are elusive !! Great vid buddy, have a new sub!! JP
Even if they don't see them, if wolfs are living close to humans, they can "invade" the farm land and kilk sheeps/dogs/cows ect.
thank you 🙏 tracking wolves sounds like a fun adventure 🌿
yes. the issue with livestock/animals will always be there and one that can be foreseen in many cases and hopefully prevented 🌿
i live in Slovenija i have seen bears 200m from my home (i was inside a car so no wory) few times. i have only heard wolves twice and i live in very woded enviorment.
@@lukethedank13 fantastic buddy !!!
its pretty ironic that a lot of the problems that people have with wolves stems from the fact the they are used as a metaphor for predators in general, even werewolf myths stem from the pack mentality that emerges when large groups of aggressive men band together to cause “mischief”
Yes, a new culture needs to be written for the wolf and that starts with properly understanding their past 🌿
Farmers will always complain about something, wolves or no wolves.
I would like to see you becoming a farmer 😂
@@S6WLUKAS I had. Having to work hard is no excuse to exterminate the animals. There are other ways to prevent wolf attacks but most farmers in western countries don't care. It's simply easier to wipe the wolves out.
@@Kristex613 Why do you say "in Western countries"? People all around the world exterminate animals
@@PG-3462 Well, Russia still has its wolf population. Fear of nature is something only westerners have. proof: rewildingeurope.com/news/learning-from-the-lebus-bison-incident/
@@S6WLUKAS A few centuries ago UK's flora and fauna were no different from the rest of Europe until both were destroyed by humans. Wolves belong in the UK the same way a fish belongs in the sea. Humans had no right to eradicate them for their own benefit.
I live in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. I support the reintroduction of wolves and lynx. I think lynx is the easier sell. Done with care and taking the local population alone with the project, as you highlight in another of your excellent videos, would be key.
Lynx are probably already there. You'd never see them.
I used to live in the United States, never had a Wolf run in, but I had a Coyulf run in a couple of times.
They tned to go like this:
Person: Sees Coyulf and freezes
Coyulf: Sees person and freezes
Both: Stare cautiously at eachother for a few minutes.
Both: Turn around and go the other way.
Yes I can imagine that most encounters go like this, just unfortunate when it doesn't 🌿
A wolf will not pretend to be your granny, and I'm pretty sure it won't huff and puff and blow your house down.
Also, if you don't want to be near wolves because there's a tiny chance they might attack you, why the hell would you live amongst humans?
This is a fantastic point.
A wolf might not pretend to be your nan, but your missing the point of the story, that the wolf has been personified to represent a predator to warn children of strangers.
A wolf will prey on livestock however, and they will go for the easy target meaning they would go for the sheep over a deer. A wolf also has a big territory meaning these encounters with humans are far more likely and far more likely to end up killing someone because of it. Everyone points to Yellowstone but without much thought. Yellowstone is by law unable to be built on, unlike the uk where less than 2% is wild at all. I am in favour of keeping deer numbers in control, and the idea of dogs interests me, but how much will dogs worry the ewes? This is something we know causes them to miscarry or abort the lamb and the predator prey relationship between canine and sheep is clearly on display when domesticated dogs who have never seen sheep before will give chase and cause harm. Surely there is too many barriers and problems we face to reintroduce these animals. We are barely managing to get Lynx Lynx back if at all.
@@alcibiades4716 I'm not missing the point at all, but my point is that wolves have been demonized for a long time and they don't deserve it. No other animal deserves to be compared to humans tbh as nothing is as dangerous as humans.
I don't care if they kill humans. The biggest problem in the world today is there are far too many of us because we removed ourselves from the food chain. We could do with reducing our numbers by a few billion.
@@alcibiades4716 large dogs are used to protect sheep in much of Europe, such as in France where I live. They don’t worry the pregnant ewes at all because they are trained. They are also trained to keep humans away from the flock, and no doubt domestic dogs as well. The UK just isn’t used to using them.
@@Wolfways I find this a massive eye opener into just how crazy you are; so much so that you would argue for industrial mass murder; and you couldn’t care that that most innocent in society, actual children are killed by wolfs every year. You sound depraved.
hope they let wolves back into the uk
It’ll take a little time, but it will happen I’m sure 🌿
Let’s have them back, I look forward to the day I hear the cry of the wolf again.
I hope to hear them too 🌿
@Gísiu Wulf they may be a vampire and or time traveller... 🌿
@Gísiu the last UK wolf was shot in the 1700s so-
Love animals, love nature and love this video. First video I see from you and you did a great job educating people! :)
Ah thank you for the kind words 🌿
You know what i find strange, how you made such an good video/edit and only have 632 subscribers
I'd have to agree with you... but we're growing day by day! 🌿
Nice engaging intro, I enjoyed the variety of camera shots!
Thank you!
Another great video Rob.
Ah thanks dude. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Soon after I was in Banff national park in 2019 in Alberta, a wolf attacked a man sleeping in a tent. This is very rare though.
Yes it does seem very rare!
This is actually a real nice video good job
Thank you! 🌿
People seem to forget that we are one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with population set to increase to 70-80 million in next ten years , apart from maybe a few areas of Scotland it is impossible..
Yes Scotland holds the most suitable habitat. Do you think there's a way for wolves and people to coexist in more rural areas?
@@LeaveCurious if livestock are protected by a variety of means then ya.
We have wolves in the netherlands! No reintroduction, they just walked in.
Yeah nice, if possible they'd walk into the UK too
Thank you for your exploration! I was in Romania on a guided tour in the 90ies especially to watch bears and wolves. Bears we did not see, but wolves. Since then i love them so much, they are so clever and normally not aggressive. We could even pet two of them, a ranger had raised them as puppies . Much more dangerous and aggressive were the herding dogs, and we were advised not to go near them....
I have encountered wolfs many times here in Finland and never have they been threatening
i'd love to travel to finland, in fact i did once while in norway while driving to see the northern lights - where would you recommend i see?
@@LeaveCurious If you want to see lot of wild life eastern Finland but you can find it near all natural parks if you know how to look
PS sorry my bad english 😅🙇
You are so brave, I'm more afraid of ticks than of the wolf. :D
Ticks can certainly be tricky!!!
Great video you defo deserve more followers GL
Thanks! 🌿🌿
It's no different than the chances of being attacked by a domesticated dog. I volunteer at a wolf Sanctuary 3 times a week. I have the honor of being given wolf kisses each day I volunteer. I get wolf cuddles, I get to give tummy tickles. THE #1 WAY TO PREVENT A WOLF ATTACK IS TO KNOW THEIR BODY LANGUAGE, AND KNOW HOW YOUR BODY LANGUAGE IS READ BY WOLVES. It's quite simple. We must learn how to understand each other.
That is really cool. Where is the sanctuary? 🌿
There is a clear and obvious difference between wild wolves living from meal to meal in a kill or by killed hierarchy, to partially domesticated, fed by humans, show animals.
The population density of the UK would almost certainly result in human predation by wolves once individual packs establish territories near residential areas. This video and subsequent videos on this channel completely overlooks the land to population ratio compared to countries where these animals currently roam. The fact that wild wolves can assume territories more than 10 times the size of the New Forest makes fatal encounters a certainty.
@@Synysterjmz You say that like it's impossible to control where they live. And even so - people die every single day by car accidents, deaths from livestock animals such as cows and pigs are not unheard of and domestic dog attacks aren't too rare either. These are much more likely to happen than a wolf pack choosing to prey on a human over the abundant prey options they would have.
@@doubledee8677 how would you control where a wolf pack goes without hunting them exactly?
Ok, so because people die in car accidents or the occasional dog at the park, that justifies reintroducing animals into a restricted country side? You’re failing to recognise that the UK does not have vast amounts of unoccupied land for wolves take residence in. Population density throughout the UK would guarantee encounters with people on a daily basis. If you can’t see the potential issue with wolves picking off hikers or toddlers in a park, then maybe you should give your head a wobble.
There’s enough historical evidence available that shows wolf predation on humans was a common occurrence in a time where human population was a fraction of what it is now. I for one don’t like the ideal of being eaten when out for a cycle in the woods.
@@Synysterjmz There's this thing we have had for a long while called "traps" and "tranquilisers" - they're commonly used to relocate animals.
The UK might not have vast amounts of land, but it does have enough to support a small population.
These aren't people-hungry monsters, they're shy and reclusive animals that only interact with humans when pressured to. You'll have less chance of getting eaten by a wolf while out for a cycle than your odds are of being stabbed by a junkie for your bike - by an order of magnitude.
Wolf predation might have been more common when A) there were a lot more wolves and b) a lot less people in much more split up areas. Also, much less natural prey, which is now extremely abundant.
If you seriously think that introducing wolves would suddenly result in swathes of people getting mauled then buddy, you're some kind of paranoid. If you're so in fear of your life then frankly you should just stop leaving your house permanently and wear a suit of armour 24/7.
When I’m out in the countryside or at sea, I don’t fear predators as much as deer. As a biker, I’ve felt the terror of seeing deer run out on the road on a country lane!
Who’s the primary objector to the reintroduction of wolves?
Farmers and rightly so. Their livelihoods would be at risk, so compensation/ mitigation to protect livestock is a must. Or even give the farmer incentives to rewild and pay them to do it, transitioning away from livestock. Then you have the wider views of the public, which does of course vary massively.
@@LeaveCurious I think vegans threaten their livelihoods more than wolves to be fair but you don’t go shooting and banning them 😂
@@JA-xv3qp haha!
Wolves in the UK is a great debate, however how many Brits holiday in countries that already have wolves? They think nothing of it because it’s not an issue. France and Spain are (well, were pre pandemic and will be again) major tourist destinations and have wolves. Spain and Romania also have bears. Shock horror! But plenty of people still have holidays there. The UK population just needs to get round to the idea. They’ll be in Scotland anyway, a long way from population centers.
And many Brits go on safari holidays to Africa to see lions etc, and expect that the local population lives with those wild animals (which they do). Hippos are more dangerous, so let’s not talk about reintroducing them haha.
If the landscape permitted i'd take some hippos!!! But yes i agree, its about time we got over it and learnt to live them 🌿
@@LeaveCurious plus wolves like many mammals are nocturnal. I live in SW France where wild boar are common and hunted. It has taken me 12 months to see one despite walking in the hills and woods 3 times a week for half that time. Wolves would be far less common and I doubt if many people would see them ever.
@@simonbarrow479 i envy you must be a beautiful place to live. but ultimately yes, its the centuries of propaganda that have tainted how people see wolves. with wild animals, you cannot 100% rule out the chance of encounters/injuries or even deaths, but there are many things you can do to mitigate or safeguard against those. The reasons for bringing wolves back to the UK are far greater than the needs of passionate naturalists
Germany had no wolfes 20 years ago. Now we have more than 1500.
@@simonbarrow479I spent a few weeks in France. Theoule sur Mer. Walked my dog in the evening close to our apartment, and right next to the path, in the bush, was the unmistakable sound of wild hogs. 3 feetmaway or something. I can’t tell you how quickly I made my way back to the apartment. Neighbours told me later that their dogs get attacked by the swine sometimes.
The UKs ladscape is completely different to Yellowstone. UK is basically all footpaths and roadways.
UK is entirely domesticated land, even places like woodland, etc. There is only 1 natural woodland remaining.
Introducing Wolves to the UK would have a positive affect on the ecosystem, but there wouls also be an increased chance of encountering Wolves in the UK because of how little space there is remaining.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing to introduce wolves, I'm just saying that attacks and encounters will be greatly exagerated compared to the west.
I agree with you! I speculate that if we introduced wolves to even the most remote regions of the UK, they’d succeed and disperse into more built up areas resulting in greater cross overs, which could mean more incidents/attacks, I’m not sure. Perhaps there’s only one way to find out? 🌿
@@LeaveCurious Definitely, we spend too much time thinking about things in Britain and not actually doing anything.
sadly agree. the UK is a big grassland diced by hedges. on top of this you would need a level of re-education that would take several generations to become effective. we live in the land of wildlife extermination for fun
Just caught this video. Would suggest you campaign for reintroduction in your area before you let them loose in the Highlands. Sauce for the goose etc.
I'd really love to see them, but given the reception they'd receive in the UK and the lack of natural habitat/ dense population in my area I couldn't convince and build as stronger case as reintroduction to Scotland. If we work hard to prepare the land/ people it might be possible!
in france there are wolves never heard of a wolf attack - plenty of road accidents in paris though ...
I can imagine that would be an issue yes! 🌿
Wolves are like lions, if they are kept in one place it’s better usually.
Even if they are re introduced, which I hope happens, next to cats they're my favourite animal, I doubt I'll see them in Oldham lol. At least not in the urban area bordering Manchester where I live. We sometimes get a fox making an appearance, but a wolf would be something else.
The fox is massively underrated!
I love wolves and I'd much rather deal with them then so many horrible human beings that are so common today!
Yes!
This is what people in Britain are worried about? They are clearly not ready to have wolves again. If they do I give it at most 3 years before they start panicking about wolves attacking unleashed dogs.
Yes, yes,yes, in Scotland it would definitely would work. We would just have to have some sort of compensation system for Farmers/Gamekeepers, and get the said mentioned on board?
Thats arguably one of the biggest steps yes!
Two killed by wolf and this year I heard already several people killed by dogs in UK only.
Yes, this is a valid point in terms of the misplaced fear towards wolves. Often people believe because they're wild, they'll be more aggressive.. but on the contrary, truly wild wolves are often very wary of humans. Whereas with domesticated dogs, not only are they more abundant and in closer proximity to people, they can be reared to be aggressive. With this one, it's about being logical and looking at the statistics 🌿
I'm more worried about pets.
Yes certainly a worry but I’m not sure on statistics. Perhaps a video for the future.
And what about our right to bear arms? Don't forget many want to wander in the mountains!
Yes I think this is a fair point and can be necessary in countries where carrying guns is legal 🌿
I don’t know. You will probably have illegal poaching going on due to the fears.
Britain is now a completely different place to the one wolves lived in hundreds of years ago , and there is not the amount of natural pray that there was then yes it’s true wolves were returned to Yellow stone but there they can range over hundreds of miles without coming into contact with people and as for food they can feed on everything from bison to elk ,but in Britain yes we have deer but no other large pray and it would only be a very short time before they started to pray on farm animals and there is no way that we can restrict their range ,as when they bread and spread each generation is going to want a new territory and so I think that it would only be a matter of time before we had conflict between people and animals. Yes I agree that animals can be returned to Briton ,but we must be sure that they do not impose a threat and they can be released without putting a strain on the environment
Yes, thats a good point. Understanding the carrying capacity of the most suitable areas is crucial in making any reintroduction a long term success. You've certainly given me something to think about! 🌿
There is certainly enough prey. We are over run with Deer.
@@OneBiteoftheCherry yes I agree we have a lot of deer but no other large mammals for them to prey on and I think that as they expand their range into new territories as they breed they will either come into conflict with humans as the will need to encroach on farm land or spread beyond the range of their natural prey and so start preying on farm animals. Yes I believe that we can reintroduce species of animals back into the U.K. but we must be careful how we do it. The one species that I think we could reintroduce is a fish called the Burbot ,it was swimming in English rivers since the last ice age and being as the last one was seen in the 70s is now presumed extinct ,but we have introduced the Wells catfish and Zander from Europe ,two fish that are just or more predatory than the Burbot but now that we have cleaned up our rivers and lakes I believe that they now stand a chance .
@@alanwareham7391 deer are found in all over the UK in every habitat imaginable. In London they even have them in urban areas. Deer aren’t just restricted to more wilder areas
In the U.K. we have “right to roam” we can walk on almost any land, private or not. The only people in the U.K. willing to spend money on repopulating with wolves are the ones with huge estates that they can then fence off “because wolves” and limit or stop public access…which is what they really want.
Your conception of the right to roam sounds misinformed. You do not have the right to roam anywhere you want just because it’s rural.
Most of these estates cover thousands of acres and could not afford to put up 7ft wolf proof fences, and if they did which they wouldn’t, their reasoning would be to protect game livestock. And I doubt any estate owner would want to essentially devalue the beauty of the moor they own, part of the reason people would pay to do their recreation. The people who sound most invested in putting money where their mouth is on rewilding wolves are the likes of Chris packham and his merry band of activists. As much as I can see benefits for the resurgence of wolves I see many more problems to arise.
no we don't lol
I would love to see this happen. The landscapes, environment & mother earth literally does not need the human race. We bring nothing to the table.
Yes, we've taken & destroyed. But now we have the means and opportunities to start doing some good 🌿
I like humans. Please don’t make me feel guilty for feeling this way.
@@bharatdahya776 it’s important to understand that humans are the ones that make decisions that affect Earth. We just have to start making more of the right ones 🙂
@@LeaveCurious At least there is a discussion happening now, about the need to increase bio-diversity. As education fosters awareness, activating wills, change will come. Homo sapiens sapiens, ultimately, will save our planet. They can be daft decision makers at times, but they know how important their role is, as stewards of this planet. So let optimism prevail.
Well Humans have worked very hard to make your life so easy that you now have free time to spend worrying about things that have no interest in you Quite Frankly Mother Nature Doesn't Give a flying Fuck about I don't really care about it
When walking in a natural area where wolves may be around, carry a big stick just in case. Is common sense.
This is a good idea 🌿
Probably better off carrying a sharp one, or a rifle. I think in some arctic areas it’s legally mandated that you must carry a rifle, due to the likelihood of bear attacks
@Gísiu Wulf To be fair, I wouldn't wander anywhere with polar bears present. One of the few animals that actively hunt humans...or so I've heard.
also pepper spray as well as bear spray
@@josephrobinson6171 This only applies to the polar bears in Svalbard. They are infinitely more dangerous than wolves. I opted out of my class (folkehøyskole, a sort of extra year of highschool in Norway) going there skiing and tenting in the bitter cold as we all (teenagers) had to get a hunters permit and learn how to shoot in advance to sit guard by the tents at night. If a bear had approached that teenager better be able to shoot a polar bear.
The circle of life wich makes it balanced
Yes, the more living elements that make up that circle the better 🌿
dogs and wolves are actually still in the same species
Even if the countryside was teeming with wolves, it would still be safer than living in a city. Large cities are cesspits of crime where you can get beaten or killed for no reason and yet look at those people interacting with the geese, it is insane.
yes
Rewileding would be a better future for the uk becase after all this was there home before humans so be open arms to the wolves, grizzaly bears , bison and so much more.
do you think those animals have a right to be here?
@@LeaveCurious yes definitely this was there home before we came and it will all ways be there home
And moose
I think if that did happen the only scenario where the wolf would attack if it was scared
Yes or desperately hungry!
This would finally get the idiots to keep their cats inside, too.
I do own a cat... I would definitely worry about him if there were wolves in my area, but that would just be the way it is. 🌿
@@LeaveCurious If you care about your local wildlife you shouldn’t let your cat roam free. Walking them may sound weird, but I have seen many do it successfully. They can also be perfecrly content as inside cats if they have enough engaging play or have a safe enclosed outside patch to watch birds and squirrels from. Domestic cats roaming outside are a great danger to birds, small mammals and amphibians. Even in Norway they contribute a lot to declining bird populations and are estimated to kill over one million small birds a year. They have caused several extinctions in other countries. As I understand both birds and amhibians (who are vulnerable everywhere) in the UK are much more threatened than in Norway. Perhaps some smaller mammals too.
The problem with domestic cats is that they are not a natural part of our ecosystems and that they unlike most other predators continue to kill even if they are not interested in eating their prey. In fact a british study showed how well fed cats killed even more wildflife than those who weren’t. They have become little kiling machines through us humans as no other predator goes on constant killing sprees even when they are not interested in eating anything. Some other animals go on occasional killing sprees like that, but not like the domestic cat who always does. In the wild it wouldn’t make any sense to expend their energy like that in the long run, I bet it was us humans who long ago selected those cats who kept killing rats and mice in our corn storages even when they had eaten and bred them.
Unfortunately no to many people we all know.
The UK is a relatively small country and there will be competition for prey. Wolves I don't think would be a good thing here, but Lynx would.
Something else you mentioned: the public have to be "on board". You and I both know this is not what the UK government cares about. They do these things regardless
What will happen if i sleep outside ? Will they eat me while i'm asleep ? Will they come to join me friendly ?
Likely just leave you be.
I'll be bloody old as hell when wolves are home in my country again cus farmers are huge complainers. Put your livestock behind an electric fence then.
Stay optimistic! I'm sure that over time, if a lot of hard work is put in, we will see big changes 🌿
Here in England we don’t have large wilderness areas like they do in Canada, America, Siberia etc . However we do have large populations of Foxes in our cities ,in fact We have a family of them living in our garden and I just can’t wait to see a wolf licking it lips looking through our patio doors at my young granddaughter.
I don’t understand this preoccupation with re introducing predatory animals, the last thing I want on my country walk or fishing trip to a remote area is to come across a wolf ! Eat me or not it would scare the s-t out of a person and likely result in a heart attack.
Most encounters wouldn't result even result in a fatal attack, let alone aggression BUT there is always the chance that it might.
We need them Back
Wolves coming up to an urban garden and patio in daylight to hunt children sounds utterly ridiculous to me. One or two wolves were seen crossing a road near my familys old summer cottage in south eastern Norway this summer, just at a patch of woodland in the very early morning twilight. This is a populated countryside area nowadays. While it made a headline in the nearest newpaper, nobody made a fuss. My lovely neighbour out there only resolved to not walk his dog in the wood the next days as wolves have at some occaions near humans attacked dogs.
I don't care how callous this sounds:
Given the huge benefits wolves provide to ecosystems, we need to grow a pair and stop being hysterical about the ridiculously low risk they pose to us, and the deaths which you can count with half a hand. Do we really think we are so special that we must stop wildlife flourishing just because we are terrified that 2/800000000000000 idiots on this planet might take one for the team...
Callous or not, you're right. In almost every case wolves pose very little threat. This was something I've tried to communicate in the video. The UK countryside needs more!
@@LeaveCurious you did a great job conveying it. Thanks for making these vids. Its important people understand
@@onetwothreefourfive12345 thanks lewis
Probably not.., unless not hungry or wounded,..
Yes!
Well don't act like Prey
Really nice channel, surprised to see so little traffic towards it, as I would assume people would have more interest in these sort of things.
As for "compensation for livestock killed by predators", mentioned here and in your lynx video, I take it you've not grown up on a farm,
nor know farmers personally?
Having your livestock killed isn't JUST a monetary question, but of course it is a part of it. There's also the important part where a farmer cares for his animals, much in the same way you would for your pet. Like, "Oh yeah I ran over your 4 year old doggo, here's 400 euros, no harm no foul right?" wouldnt really sit well with anyone.
I'm of course not against introducing predators into more of Europe nature again, quite the contrary. But if we want to keep farming culture (its dying in my home country due to a number of circumstances), its a really careful balance we'd have to find.
We're picking up, just need to find the audience!
I haven't grown up on a farm, but I do know and have listened to many others farmers and they give a mixed view on predators, the lynx, in the UK. But of course, shepherding culture must continue, but it also must adapt.
Compensation is just one element to mitigate a loss, there are many more preventatives such as restricting where the livestock graze and for how long. Livestock mimicking nature, a form of regenerative agriculture could be adopted which would do a great deal for the environment. You're right, we must find that balance between all land uses and nature. Each and every industry can and should do more than its bit for nature.
experiences like Sanabria in central Spain prove the reintroductions feasible. nocturnal stabling of cattle, fair system of insurance and support to veterinary costs and mastiffs. to me what makes it impossible is the British mentality towards wildlife. it's hard to find another nation more zoophobic than this
True they have a peculiar mentality towards wild animals. However I’m not pleased with my own country’s mentality towards predators, even with compensation farmers and reindeer keepers have such a stranglehold over our policys towards predators in Norway. We could have many more lynx, wolves and wolverines than we do. Perhaps more brown bear too.
If they bring back wolves here the sale of Irish wolf hounds will rocket up
How will they stop them from coming into towns ans cities once their population numbers grow? Think about foxes and how they used to be only seen in the countryside till about 30 years ago when they started their influx into urban areas. What do you do about a dog-sized wild animal raiding bins and potentially killing cats that are on their night prowl?
The whole yellowstone thing isn't exactly true. They are not some amazing answer to everything that has fixed the place.
That is actually a lot of misinformation that came from one video online. Many experts don't agree with it but they do all agree the wolf has helped, just not to the extent everyone is talking about.
You can't just remove or put things into an ecosystem and expect them to be the same. I can't see it working or even being approved in the UK.
Yes, an introduction to the UK would look very different to what happened at Yellowstone. If a way can be found, would you like to see them in the UK?🌿
@@LeaveCurious if we were not such a packed country and not expanding into the countryside as much as we are I wouldn't mind.
However they are building more and more new houses and our population is growing way too much. If they get approved they will be fenced in and when they escape they will be killed. Or we will grow too much and they will die from having nowhere to go.
The police can't even deal with escaped dogs or cows without killing them I bet the go to method for wolfs will be kill on site.
@@MagicMarvin33 their reintroduction is being proposed in the Scottish Highlands, where urban development is low. This is a path to preventing overdevelopment of the countryside, and a way to reclaim wasted land. I am all for it.
Offcourse you should have wolfes in The uk. Do you have bears?
I love the idea of wolves in Britain but not the reality. Maybe in Scotland but you couldn’t put them in England and the first encounter with a human would make the news and all hell would break loose ending up in the wolves being relocated.
Bring them back. They were here at the same time as us if not longer. We owe it to them and our natural habitat to bring them back. So what if they kill 1 person here or there! We killed them ALL once upon a time. Tbh they are wary of humans and cautious animals by nature. We are more likely to be struck by lightening than eaten by them. Lets get them back in asap 👍🙏
One day soon James. I’m sure of it . 🌿
@@LeaveCurious i hope so. I would love to be part of the re-introduction and also work with nature more. Good post, keep up the good work and if you ever need a hand drop me a message 👍
Answer is no.
A man I watch regularly on youtube sets up camera traps to film wildlife, including wolves. He has learned to go barefoot so that animals in the forest learn his scent and know that he is not one of the hunters. He knows how to check wind direction because once a wolf catches a human's scent it runs away immediately. Even then wolves avoid confrontation and are spooked by the slightest sound out of the ordinary.
However, if you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. There was this guy in the news whose habit was to let his dog loose in the forest at night in wolf country and he was furious that the dog was eaten. Wolves as apex predators do not tolerate dogs and remove them as competition quite quickly. He could have kept his dog inside (again, in wolf country) but why use common sense. Another guy had a deer farm right next to the forest where wolves lived and well, they appreciated the meal and not having to work hard to get it. Of course both blockheads I mentioned made a lot of stink in the press and wanted local government to sanction wolf culls immediately. Without success. IDK looking at these people afraid of geese maybe reintroducing wolves is not a good idea. Too many dumb people out there.
Yeah JB common sense around these creatures is fundamental to not running into complications. Getting the people & landscape ready is important.
Get them back and bears they run away from humans
The wolf is back in the netherlands
Awesome!!! 🌿
Given that there has been 1 wolf death attributed to wolves in a 100 years, yet 1000's a year are killed by domestic dogs???
Wouldn’t it be great if we sometimes applied common sense and logic
@@LeaveCurious I think to win the argument, the rewilding movement needs to talk about risk in terms of comparison to everday risks we accept. MSN is very bad at this in general as fear sells. I saw further down somebody talking about food, again a red herring that needs dispelling. Keep up the great work!!
@@specialistcarmarketing cheer Adam appreciate it!
Wolves are threat to people
Eats them
Wrathful
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de hecho ellos son! 🌿
Your more likely to get stabbed but they don't do anything about it
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@@LeaveCurious totally agree with re-wilding we need everything we had and a lot more forest too. Green highways for animals and especially over or under roads
@@Replica-Airgun-Lovers yeah agreed, rewinding our national park is essential, but we need to be doing everything that we can
Yeah but if I'm tripping balls in the countryside it would have a very bad affect on my mental health
You may not have a bad encounter, instead a magica one 🌿
@@LeaveCurious ahh true may make me feel connected to nature even more
Put wolves in Scotland. Low population density and more tree cover.
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Living in the US Wolves are of no concern of mine. Not really a fan of mountain lions though lol
How often and where do you go for potential wolf / mountain lion encounters??
@@LeaveCurious well I live in a small town so they're around.
Lol I have lived in places that have both wolves and mountain lions never actually seen either, used to hear the wolves in the winter now and then in Alaska, I've seen lynx in both places and they can take down prey the size of your red deer, don't act like food! The teacher killed by that wolf pack here in Alaska In 08 was jogging that's how wolves hunt chase weak animal till its too weak to fight back. It will be a very long time before any reintroduced animals in great Britain are a threat to humans and with good education unlikely to become a problem but you people have to work it out for yourselves
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@@martykitson3442 the bears and the loins don't cause problems here in Missouri much. don't trust the mtn loins one bit anywhere
@ Caleb M FTotally agree just never actually saw one, that was in DeBeque Colorado area and I was all over the national forest either cowboying or or with the gas drilling and constantly told how the area has one of the top 5 highest concentrations of mountain lions in the USA the whole point being the UK has little to fear with the reintroduction of wolves hope they work it all out for the good of all concerned
In Germany we have great problems with the increasing wolf population. As soon as you have a dog with you its getting weird. Look at following video of a woman and a wolf that is not so shy ... th-cam.com/video/JTX6TnOgZbc/w-d-xo.html
Yes, you have problems with the bison too. One was shot dead by your "brave authorities" when it crossed the Polish-German border. Yet you claim to be animal lovers. Maybe think about what you're doing wrong rather than blame the animals.
For anything like this to succeed you need land owners on board. You aren't going to get that by straying from footpaths and trampling crops like you did at the start of the video.
No crops harmed in the making of this video!
@@LeaveCurious you trample the osd at the very beginning lol
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