The action comes after a video on social media shows a wolf walking in front of its circle of relatives in Hoge Veluwe National Park.
The Dutch provincial government has allowed paintballs to be used to scare away wolves, which they say are not so afraid of humans that they may pose a serious danger.
“We are dealing with wolves that are too tame,” a spokesman for the eastern Dutch province of Gelderland told broadcaster Omroep Gelderland. “We have to make them afraid of other people again. “
The Arnhem provincial government took the resolution last week after a video circulating on social media showed a wolf walking with a bit of luck in front of a circle of visibly worried young relatives in the 5,400-hectare (15,800-acre) Hoge Veluwe National Park.
De @faunabeschermin heeft aangifte gedaan tegen directie @HogeVeluwe wegens het verzaken van haar zorgplicht jegens de onder haar veranwoordelijkheid vallende wolven. Nergens werden wolven zo tam zonder bijvoeren @Meldpunt144 @POL_Gelderland ?? pic. twitter. com/UX2LOHVvKw