How did the wolf return to the Netherlands?
Wolf loopt door straat tijdens fietsexamen in Hengelo
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Picked for people who know a little
The wolf in Nederland is one of the country’s most-discussed wildlife stories. The wolf was hunted to local extinction in the Netherlands by the 1860s and stayed gone for over a century and a half. The first confirmed return came in 2015, with the first verified pack on the Veluwe (the country’s largest forested nature area) in 2019. The wolf is now a protected species under the Wet natuurbescherming, but its return triggers ongoing tension with sheep farmers, who lose livestock and lobby for afschot (culling) policies.
In this clip, a wolf wanders through a Hengelo fietsexamen: “Terwijl ze door de stad fietsten rende een wolf door de straten.”
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- ▸In Dutch wildlife and nature reporting (Natuurmonumenten, Staatsbosbeheer, De Veluwe)
- ▸In Dutch farm-policy and rural-community coverage (Boerderij, Trouw, De Volkskrant)
- ▸In Dutch environmental journalism and Bij12 incident reporting (BIJ12, De Correspondent, NOS)
- ▸In Dutch primary-school nature content (Het Klokhuis, Schooltv, NEMO Kennislink)