The challenge for farmers as Europe is rewilded

The challenge for farmers as Europe is rewilded

Germany has an estimated 1,800 to 2,000 wolves, with some parts of Lower Saxony said to have the highest density of wolves in the world.

Opponents of rewilding might find a new ally at the top in the EU, after a favourite old pony owned by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was killed by a wolf.

Germany has an estimated 1,800 to 2,000 wolves, with some parts of Lower Saxony said to have the highest density of wolves in the world. It was there, near Hanover, that a wolf attacked a 30-year-old pony called Dolly on the estate of its famous owner, only 100 meters from her family’s home.

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