If wolves get reintroduced to the UK and you keep sheep......

[MOG]

then you better get yourself a Pyrenean Mountain dog.

Can you imagine how many treats this lad has earned...

Heroic Georgia dog fights off coyote pack preying on flock of sheep

Casper nearly gave up ghost himself but managed to slay eight of the predators

www.theguardian.com

 

[BAF]

I am completely anti rewilding but as long as the wolves were free to roam the entire length and breadth of the country including in the towns and cities I think I could live with that. They'd solve a lot of public disorder - drunks, druggies, little barstewards sneaking about in the dark up to no good they'd all be wolf food. No more stray cats/dogs. Urban foxes would be wolf bait. I reckon they'd soon adapt to living in towns eating people and kebabs rather than trying to survive in the countryside.

 

[borderterribles]

Same here, as long as they legalise shooting the ones that prey on livestock. Oh, and the Wolves.

 

[Ploughmaster]

I reckon they'd soon adapt to living in towns eating people and kebabs rather than trying to survive in the countryside.

They don't appear to have done in the countries where they still exist in the wild.

 

[Woolless]

We had a near miss with all the talk about lynx being introduced to Kielder forest

 

[Turnip]

Or get a donkey.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I am completely anti rewilding but as long as the wolves were free to roam the entire length and breadth of the country including in the towns and cities I think I could live with that. They'd solve a lot of public disorder - drunks, druggies, little barstewards sneaking about in the dark up to no good they'd all be wolf food. No more stray cats/dogs. Urban foxes would be wolf bait. I reckon they'd soon adapt to living in towns eating people and kebabs rather than trying to survive in the countryside.

You need to learn a bit more about wolves. Admire your optimism though.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

We had a near miss with all the talk about lynx being introduced to Kielder forest

Compared to the damage a wolf would do, lynx would have a negligible impact on livestock farming. They keep well away from humans and are lone hunters. It's not the same as a pride of lions

 

[Woolless]

Compared to the damage a wolf would do, lynx would have a negligible impact on livestock farming. They keep well away from humans and are lone hunters. It's not the same as a pride of lions

Yes, I realise a lynx is not the same as a pride of lions! But, as a sheep farmer not a million miles from there, I would rather a large predator was not released! Plenty of roe deer about but sheep would surely provide easier pickings?

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Yes, I realise a lynx is not the same as a pride of lions! But, as a sheep farmer not a million miles from there, I would rather a large predator was not released! Plenty of roe deer about but sheep would surely provide easier pickings?

There's no predicting what a wild animal would do in the wild. Neither am I an expert in any of these species, just interested.

Personally, I would probably risk sheep keeping with lynx around. They don't live in open spaces as I understand. They are extremely stealthy and quick, the other animals hardly notice anything happening. Broken fences and scattered, terrified animals animals are more of a dog or wolf thing.

Roe are said to be their preferred prey, presumably because of habitat allowing easy ambushes, not like in a sheep field.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear there were already lynx in the wild. They are very difficult to spot.

Anyway, I'll shut up as this thread is supposed to be about wolves.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

.270 will cure most issues.

 

[Netherfield]

Rewild the house of Lords start with, then the Commons.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Rewild the house of Lords start with, then the Commons.

Be fair, both at the same time

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I think there are moves to rewild areas such as Hyde Park in London. Good idea, as it must cost a fortune to cut short and green like that. Would it just get overrun with feral cats and grey squirrels though?

 

[ollie989898]

Absolute joke. Brown and grizzly bears next? Sabre-tooth tiger from ancient DNA?

 

[Dry Rot]

You need to learn a bit more about wolves. Admire your optimism though.

..and guardian dogs?

 

[Wisconsonian]

You need to learn a bit more about wolves. Admire your optimism though.

These are coyotes, wolves will adapt to cities in another two decades if they're not shot like vermin, open season in settled areas. Similar animals don't translate directly from Europe to North America, our badger is much meaner than yours, our lynx eats snowshoe hares. Your wolves are much more likely to eat humans.

Thirty years ago, the wildlife proponents claimed wolves would never expand their territory, would never adapt to agricultural areas, would not attack livestock, would not attack people. Also claimed there were no cougars in vast areas of the US. Time and game cameras have proven them wrong except for human attacks.

Wolves uncontrolled will make livestock farming entirely confinement. Crop farmers won't care, the deer populations will cause much less damage.

 

[Lowland1]

We've got leopards lion's, cheetahs and jackals and you're worrying about a big doggy.?

 

[Ploughmaster]

Perhaps because of the the sort of mindset that wants to re-introduce the 'big doggy', we are worried they may go further and come up with evidence that leopards, lions, cheetahs and jackals once roamed here too; and then they will want to re-introduce them as well!

Thin end of the wedge and all that

 

[Henarar]

We've got leopards lion's, cheetahs and jackals and you're worrying about a big doggy.?

do they attack/kill your sheep ?