In de 19e eeuw was het aantal wolven in Luxemburg zo toegenomen, dat er sprake was van een ware plaag.
Op 8 januari 1850 werden er daarom premies gezet op elke wolf die werd geschoten. Als bewijs moest een pels worden ingeleverd.
Door die premies werd de wolvenjacht zó populair, dat de wolven in het land compleet werden uitgeroeid.Tussen 1850 en 1883 werden er 240 exemplaren gedood. De laatste wolf werd in 1893 bij Olingen geschoten, door Édouard Wolff, rechter en hobby-jager. (Op de plaquette staat per abuis 1892 vermeld.) Maar in 2011 werd net over de grens met België een wolf gesignaleerd, en in februari 2014 eentje net over de grens met Frankrijk. De kans bestaat dus dat de wolf nog terugkeert in Luxemburg.
In the 19th century there were so many wolves in Luxembourg, that they actually became a plague. So on January 8, 1850, bonuses were payed for each wolf that was killed. The fur had to be presented as proof.
Thanks to those rewards, hunting for wolves became só popular, that the wolf soon was extinct. Between 1850 and 1993 240 wolves were killed. The last wolf was shot un 1893 near Olingen, by Édouard Wolff, a judge and a amateur hunter. (The plaque mistakenly says 1892.)
But in 2011 a wolf was sighted just across the Belgian border, and in February 2014 one was seen just across the border with France. So there is a chance the wolf will one day return to Luxembourg.
Good morning, how are you?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Luxembourg? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Luxembourg in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez