REWILDING BRITAIN - The Remarkable Resurgence of Europes Wolf

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[briancops]

In Flanders, it was huge news when the wolf was back and when one of them was illegally shot it created a massive outcry. The mentally around wolves did shift in a few months so just reintroducing them might do the trick!

[robertclarke]

I think reintroducing the Lynx as a start would do wonders for the public perception on apex predators. Eradicate some of the fear and stigma

[madoxxxx]

Great video! Looking forward to the day you post about the first Lynx or wolf in the UK. My country Rwanda reintroduced Lions a few years ago, they had gone locally extinct due to the 1994 Genocide and the upheaval that followed, we got 6 from South Africa, and now there are 30. It was a big national event with kids from all the country choosing names for them, and they were escorted from the airport to the Akagera national park by Police.

[greatspottedwoodpeck]

Bring it on! There's a ton of space for wolves in Scotland, and tons of deer for them to feed on. It's a win-win for the need to reduce deer numbers, for their own sake (many starve in winter through overpopulation), and for the campaign to restore Scotland's native forests, including the wonderful Caledonian pine forests; and saving that habitat could help save the Capercaillie from extinction, and also the Black Grouse.

[htennekblinkue]

Sending 100% support for this❤, Fighting👏👏

[Danzkaz]

Would be great to see them roaming free here again.

But listening to farmers protest this so vigorously does show me that this issue raises their blood pressure quite rapidly, and that doesn’t bode well

[stephenfranklin]

the key is habitat and prey
in places like britain and ireland i think we might need 10-15 years of significant upland forest regrowth before its viable while reintroduction of boars etc will also be key once the prey and the forests are there farmers wont have anything to worry about
here in ireland we coexisted with the wolves for thousands of years i look forward to the day i hear that majestic howl back in ireland

[rhysmacefield]

Great video 👍👍👍 hopefully rewinding the UK will happen soon.

[viktoremilov]

We have wolves in Bulgaria. Some of my family members from the past came across wolves in the wilderness but have never been harmed. Wolves would only attack the livestock to feed their families.

[jamesbohlman]

The prey base and the sheer space exists up in Scotland, but this would be a major commitment for everyone in the UK.

[klausnickel]

We have many problems with the return of the wolf in Germany:
You need huge areas to resettle wolves. A pack needs at least 200 square kilometers as a hunting ground in Central Europe. A wolf can run 80 km in one night. The annual increase of the population is 30%! Wolves are opportunists, seeking the easiest food to capture. So they will not only hunt deer and boar but also domestic animals. Here in Germany, wolves now jump over 1.50 m high electric fences for the protection of sheep. Nevertheless now the landscape is full of electric fences which are a great problem for other wildlife. The dog life guards of the sheep like Kangals often cause problems when having contact with hiking people.
When the wolves invade herds of pets, they do not only capture 1 animal but kill dozens of animals. All of this should be considered carefully before you settle down. In addition, the wolves are also gradually losing their shyness and do not only come to the villages at night. It is therefore important to involve the local population and not only the population in the city, who do not have to come to terms with this animal. The lynx is far easier to reintroduce in all aspects.

[markjarvis]

Great video.. keep making content of this quality and your channel will go far.

[markorollo.]

I've recently been considering getting into the internet and social media as a career, I'm always interneting anyway and being disabled it's still a career I could physically do, your remark about social media in this video just convinced me even more that it's the way to go 😂. Also, re my previous comment on one of your videos about wolves where I said I'm in Oldham and can't imagine seeing them here, I've just had a vision of a pack walking down the main road I live on and it was epic lol.

[davidconnolly]

Great video Rob I hand fed a wolf pup many years ago sweetest little animal. It would be amazing to reintroduce them to the UK

[yato]

How do you only have 628 subs. Your content is amazing, love it. Have a good day tho :)

[alanwayte]

In rural Italy and Spain were population are actually decreasing its encouraging to see

[greekmyths]

gonna leave a comment as sacrifice to the algorithm

[Sahal__-synx]

In india we live between tigers 🐅 leopards 🐆 and elephants 🐘 but you can't live between wolves 😂

[valipunctro]

How can we have credibility on the world stage when we criticise or try to implement protection for habitat and big predators in other countries when we are scared out of our minds of that in our own countries?!

[IkeReviews]

Very sad 2 years ago in Wisconsin 300 wolves were killed dropping population from 1000 to 700