Dutch court shoots down plan using paintball guns on wolves

By MOLLY QUELL
Associated Press

THE HAGUE (AP) — A Dutch court has rejected a plan to control the country’s growing wolf population by shooting at the animals with paintball guns to scare them away from people.  A local court ruled that officials had not justified their decision to use the novel approach as a safe way to teach the wolves to stay out of populated areas. Nature conservation society Fauna Protection argued it was unclear if the paintballs could seriously harm the animals.