Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Wild wolves return to Belgium after 100 years, sparking controversy - BBC News" video.

  1.  @zeroheroes4081  15 guard dogs? How many sheep they have? One Maremma sheepdog every 100 sheep with a minimum of four (in areas with the presence of large packs of wolves, otherwise a minimum of three). That's the rate used in Italy, that's where those wolves are coming from, and sheep are usually not fenced.
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  2. The last known human death for a wolf attack in Europe had been in 19th century in the Balkans.
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  3. The last documented death of a human to a wolf attack in Europe had been in 19th century in the Balkans. Every year, in Switzerland, a dozen hikers are killed by cows.
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  4. Maremma Sheepdog, Cuvac...
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  5. livestock guardian dogs. One Maremma sheepdog every 100 sheep with a minimum of four (in areas with the presence of large packs of wolves, otherwise a minimum of three). That's the rate used in Italy, that's where those wolves are coming from, and sheep are usually not fenced.
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  6. The last documented kill of a human by a wolf attack in Europe had been in 19th century, in the Balkans. Every year in Switzerland, a dozen hikers are killed by cows.
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  7. From France, and in France from Italy. Italian protection scheme, since mid '70s had been very successful and the expanding wolves population begun migrating from Italy to France in early '90s.
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  8. You need some livestock guardian dog. That's all. Maremma sheepdog, Pyrenees, Cuvac... did that for centuries and millennia.
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  9.  @susanross1651  So the solution would be... culling them before they start complaining? One Maremma sheepdog every 100 sheep with a minimum of four (in areas with the presence of large packs of wolves, otherwise a minimum of three). That's the rate used in Italy, that's where those wolves are coming from, and sheep are usually not fenced.
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  10. Not that dangerous, at least for humans. The last documented death of a human to a wolf attack in Europe had been in 19th century in the Balkans. Every year, in Svitzerland, a dozen hikers are killed by cows.
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