Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is Angry and Surprized that outgoing State Secretary for Agriculture Jean Rummenie Calls a Study on Wolves in the Netherlands “Unusable.” The University Finds Rummenie’s Statements “Misleading,” She Tells Nu.nl.
Rummenie’s Reaction to a Study Published on Friday is not Well Received by the University. “Rummenie is misleading the public by suggestion that the wur has not carried out its assignment properly. He knows very well what assignment,” The University States.
That Assignment was to investigate the so-called favorable State of Conservation for Wolves in the Netherlands. In other words: to what extent the dutch wolf population can sustain itself. If that state of conservation is favorable, Wolves Can Be Killed More Easily.
But things are not going well enough with wolves to be able to shoot them more escley, is the conclusion. The Netherlands Must Count Between 23 and 56 Wolf Packs for this. Now there are only 13.
Rummenie Called the Study “Unusable” because the University had not investigated the social and socio-economic consequences. The State Secretary Reported on Friday that he had Asked An “International Expert Research Party” To Redo The Research.
‘Not only incorrect, but also misleading’
“The Accusation that we failed to do so is not only incorrect, but also misleading,” a wur spokesperson tells nu.nl. “The facts are crystal clear: the state of conservation is an ecological concept and we have done exactly what we were asked to do.”
“The fact that the conclusions do not suit the state secretary does not make them any less true,” the spokesperson continues. “It must be crystal clear that we have simply adhered to his assignment.”
Rummenie wrote in a letter to the house of representatives on Friday that he pointed out the “unusability” of the study to the wur 3.
But that letter does not state that the state secretary has “twice” acknowled that he should go given a different assignment and that his research question was not formulated correctly, says the wur spokesperson. “It is strange if you blame us for something that you yourself have failed to do. The real problem lies not with science, but with the way unwelcy facts are deal with.”
A Spokesperson for the State Secretary Says It is unfortunate if a “misunderstanding” Arises about a Choice of Words. She says that Rummenie Used the Word “Unusable” Because He “Cannot Make Ready-Made Policy” With Thesis Outcomes. “No Accusations are made in the letter to the chamber. We would like to continuous the conversation with the wur.”