Overview
- The sighting in Barendrecht was validated after BIJ12’s Wolf Reporting Point and the Dutch Mammal Society reviewed video recorded April 17 near the Kilweg.
- Specialists say the animal likely moved in from the south and followed the A29, which fits typical long-range travel by young wolves seeking territory.
- Since the April sighting, officials report no new wolf observations in the province and no confirmed damage to livestock.
- The province is monitoring the area with local partners and is lending wolf-resistant fencing to nearby farmers to protect sheep and other stock.
- Wolves are legally protected in the Netherlands, where about 14 packs now live, and a single national Wolf Plan sets out reporting, prevention, and compensation rules.