Animal rights organization Animal Rights is considering steps to “avenge the brutal murder of a wolf in Drenthe by legal means”. The organization writes this in a press release.
According to Animal Rights, the sheep farmer and others made it impossible for the wolf to escape. “The mayor then ordered the wolf to be killed on dubious grounds.”
The organization is in consultation with its lawyers about the exact steps that will be taken. “All those involved may expect charges against them or other legal action, depending on the advice of Animal Rights lawyers,” the press release said.
The Fauna Protection has also announced that it will file a report against Mayor Jager and the bitten hobby farmer. “As it now appears, there was no attack by a wolf on a human, but by a human on a wolf,” the Fauna Protection writes in a statement. “The hobby farmer was clearly in violation. And double in violation, because he did not have a wolf-resistant grid and his sheep were therefore not adequately secured, as is required by law,” said the organization.
According to Dirk Bruins of LTO Noord, the hobby farmer did indeed have a wolf-resistant grid. “He had good wolf-resistant grids. And yet such an animal gets in in any way and then he can’t get out. Then such a sheep farmer also wants to protect his animals,” he told RTV Drenthe.
Listen to Radio Drenthe tomorrow morning at 8.15 am for an interview with Animal Rights.