I have been away for the last few weeks. After a week in the UK, we headed to holland, and while the first part of our trip was largely for the children, we then headed into Eastern Holland for a wilder part.
Here, the wolf returned after a 150 year absence.
We spent our time in the region around the Veluwe national park. This is one of the few wild areas of the Netherlands, and of the known 9 packs of wolves, 7 are found within the Veluwe.
While there, I visited a free hide a number of times, and although I did not see the wolves, it was still a fantastic place to visit (seeing red deer, roe deer and wild boar). He has a fascinating tiktok channel, one of the videos which I include to the right. He is a regular at the hide, and has seen wolves around 50 times (so by no means every time).
There is a slight issue with the situation in this area. The Veluwe covers around 420 square miles, (do not be confused by the Veluwe Hoge national park – odd that it is allowed the name as it is a private venture).
This is where private ventures in conservation have issues.
The Veluwe Hoge national park has a very well put together page, and is far easier to find than the actual national park. However, it is there to make money. As such, they are quite against wolves.
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