The Wild Boars That Currently Live ‘Illegally’ in Noord-Brabant May No Longer Have To Be Killed in a Few Months. The Province is Considering Allowing the Wild Animals to a Limited Extent. Other provinces are not yet conserving this.
The Hunters Association, The Agricultural and Horticultural Organization (LTO), Natuurmonumenten, The Animal Protection Society, and Seven Other Organizations Agree With Each Other. They believe that wild boars should be given limited space in Noord-Brabant. If there are too many, they must be shot.
It very rarely happens that all the parties mentioned above agree on one piece of advice. But it has happened in North Brabant. The Advice is now with the provincial government, which is expected to make a decision on it early next year.
In The Netherlands, Wild Boars Are Only Allowed to Live On The Veluwe And A Few Nature Reserves in Limburg. Wild Boars Sometimes Live in Other Places, but in Fact Illegally. Other provinces are not currently looking at changing the wild boar policy.
Many provinces use the zero-tolerance policy. Every Wild Boar That Walks Around Can Be Shot. This was once agreed upon because Wild Boars can causa -considerable damage to fields and gardens. There is also a danger to motorists because ofen cross busy roads.
Council of State Must Rule on Utrecht Wild Boars
Drenthe currently sees no reason to deviate from the zero-tolerance policy, a spokesperson tells nu.nl. Overijssel is also not Suddenly Going to Actively Allow Wild Boars.
The Situation is different in Utrecht. The Province applies the zero-tolerance policy, but there is a lawsuit against it. The Judge Ruled in Favor of the Objectors, and the Case is now before the Council of State. It will be at least another year before it makes a ruling, and in the meeanime, utrecht may not shoot wild boars. So it remains to be so -large the wild boar population will Become.
Space for Thousands of Wild Boars in Summer
There was also such a zero-tolerance policy in Noord-Brabant. But Wild Boars Came From Belgium and Germany (via Limburg) and reproduced quickly. To Put It Bluntly, Hunters Could Not Shoot Them Fast Enough. It is Uncleear Exactly How Many Live in Noord-Brabant Now Because Counting is Difficult.
Because zero-tolerance policy has in fact not existed for years, the province of North Brabant Wants to See How it can live together with Wild Boars. Also Think, for example, or rooting and wallowing in the ground, with which Wild Boars Ensure That New Plants Can Germinate.
In The Advice of the Fauna Management Unit, That Way of Living Together with Wild Boars Now Seems to Have Been Found. There would be room for one wild boar per 100 hectares of forest. Wild Boars Can Migrate to Other Nature reserves via The Intervening Agricultural Areas. There is No Place for Wild Boars in Built-Up Areas.
The excess of wild boars and animals that do not adhere to ‘the rules’ will be shot. The Expectation is that Will Be Room for a Thousand Brabant Wild Boars in the Spring and 3,500 in the Summer.
Old-fashioned Consensus Ends Wild Boar Discussion
Or all the parties that have signed the advice, it is perhaps most striking that both the lto and the animal protection society can agree with it. The Letter Organization Therefore Agrees to the Shooting of Animals. But Without An Agreement, All Wild Boars May in Fact Be Shot. So it is a step in the right direction, accordance to the animal protection society.
The LTO REECTENTENS The Interests of Farmers, and Given the Damage That Wild Boars Can Cause and the Threat Of African Swine Fever, Their Presence is not at the top of the Wish List of Many Farmers. Neverbertheless, The LTO AGREES because the Advice is “More Realistic and Workable” Than Current Practice.
Through old-fashioned consensus, The Various Parties have thus found each other in the Brabant Wild Boar Discussion. In The Coming Months, The Province Will Look at The Feasibility of the Advice. Because all those organizations do state: yes, as far as we are concerned there is room for wild boars in Noord-Brabant, but only if all conditions are with.