wolfs in scotland

[Guest thebusiness]

When it comes to livestock, livestock guardian dogs i.e Kangals or Scarplanic (spelling) would work as they work in europe, USA and even Africa.

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Well, in my humble opinion, these animals should still be here in the UK, so im all for bringing them all back. Todays hunters wouldnt dream of eradicating a native species of ours, so why do we think its a good thing that its happened in the past?

 

ATB DnN

 

It's a tough one mate! Problem is the UK is not the place it was when they were last resident here. They were displaced by the massive deforestation that's taken place for farmland over the last 1000 years or so. I reckon that had as much of an impact on their numbers as hunting did. I'd love to see them back though.

good point

 

iv heard my friends talk about the wolves that live around them (in spain), they rarely cause any trouble, and are rarely even seen. However the area is a well populated rural lowland area. But the farmers are not too keen on them all the same. It seams to work in many other countries too.

[Malt 379]

There would be issues with re-introducing most of the large species we once had.... wolves/lynx would obviously cause trouble among livestock from time to time, but big deal, so do foxes and badgers but we dont exterminate them from the island. It would be a pest control job, end of. I cant see why we couldnt re-introduce the big deer species that we lost. But ive got to admit, the island is probably too crowded for brown bear thesedays.

 

I agree mate, control/management of all species is the key with all species here in the UK. It's often forgotten by folk who don't do what we do that the countryside as you see it is anything but a natural environment, which looks as it does because of hundreds of years of careful management by people that understand it.

[moonlighter 1,164]

the more i think about it the more i think it would not work..... you could not release captive bred wolfs and expect them to know how to hunt red deer...wolf packs arnt just formed, they have been around for generations. as the old ones die young ones are born and taught survival skills and so on. i dont think it would be as simple as driving as cattle wagon up hill side and releasing a doozen wolfs out the back....end of deer problem.

[Guest thebusiness]

the more i think about it the more i think it would not work..... you could not release captive bred wolfs and expect them to know how to hunt red deer...wolf packs arnt just formed, they have been around for generations. as the old ones die young ones are born and taught survival skills and so on. i dont think it would be as simple as driving as cattle wagon up hill side and releasing a doozen wolfs out the back....end of deer problem.

 

 

Read up about the wolves being released in Yellowstone mate it worked very well.

[craigyboy 1,274]

its a disaster waiting to happen theres not enough wilderness in britain to house them,it wouldnt be long before some fecking hiker got ate by one and then there would be a mass cull plus pricks wi bullxs would be trying to lamp em

[Guest thebusiness]

its a disaster waiting to happen theres not enough wilderness in britain to house them,it wouldnt be long before some fecking hiker got ate by one and then there would be a mass cull plus pricks wi bullxs would be trying to lamp em

 

 

You ever seen the wilderness in scotland theres enough room for them. As for the Bullx's trying to lamp Wolves imagine that Nothing to gain but lots of dead dogs.