She thinks it can’t go on like this anymore. She would prefer to see opportunities to shoot problem wolves. Because it won’t end, is her expectation. “If he gets in here, he will soon go into the stables.”
It also saddens her, because she loves her animals. There is also a lot of emotion involved. She works on it every day. “You want to be able to protect them, but yes, that is almost impossible now.”
Wolf consultant Jaap Mekel from the province is impressed by the quality of the grid in Boijl. He rarely comes across livestock farmers who protect their animals so well.
“I think this is the second or third time I’ve seen such a good grid. And the other two times there was no attack. This is the first time a wolf has come through.”
Mekel advises livestock farmers when they want to purchase a wolf-resistant fence. He expects this incident will not help him in his work. If this is not enough, the question is how to proceed.
Mekel would prefer not to create a kind of arms race, with new extensions being added to keep the wolf at bay.
“You can place two wires with current on them a meter in front of the grid, and another with current on them a meter in front of that. Then a wolf has to take a running start, which is difficult because it also gives him shocks. But it stops at some point .”