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Poaching problem growing in Dutch woods

Published on : 6 December 2011 - 5:24pm | By Davion Ford (Photo: EenVandaag)
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There's been an increase in the amount of poaching in Dutch forests. Each year thousands of wild deer, boars and badgers are killed and sold on the black market. And the country's forest rangers do not have the manpower to tackle the problem.

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Anonymous 29 December 2011 - 1:33pm

Answer is to keep the foreigners out of the Netherlands.

Anonymous 8 December 2011 - 7:35am / Lowlands

in the meantime, the Dutch send tens of millions across the borders to save panda's and birds overseas. What a joke.

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Awesome Ted 6 December 2011 - 9:45pm

The remaining Dutch wilderness is so small. This is a shame.

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