Paintball guns can be used on wolves — court rules

The wolves cannot be hunted but the paintball guns may be used to scare them after human visitors were approached

Hoge Veluwe National Park in Netherlands has information on its website about 'what to do if you are confronted with a wolf'. The advice includes staying calm and not walking towards or chasing the wolf

Authorities can use paintball guns to shoot at wolves in a popular Dutch national park to scare them after at least one of the animals began approaching human visitors.