Rewilding in Denmark has taken a cynical attitude towards animals. Horses and cattle are left to suffer from starvation, and they receive no basic care such as hoof trimming or veterinary treatment: https://youtu.be/G1Z5pKMR1Mg

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June 2021 The Guardian wrote an article on rewilding in Denmark: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/25/concerns-over-welfare-of-exmoor-ponies-in-danish-rewilding-project

Since then, the problems have gone from bad to worse with multiple cases of animal neglect all over the country in rewilding and nature restoration projects.

Rewilding in Denmark is state-sanctioned which means that the majority of the Danish politicians support this extreme kind of rewilding. This fact makes it very hard for critics to raise their voices in the Danish media that often uncritically side with the rewilders claiming that vets, farmers, horse owners and animal organizations like Hestens Værn (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Horses) are sentimentalists who are unable to accept the laws of nature.

The rewilding-biologists argue that animals living in freedom have a high quality of life compared to the life of animals in conventional animal farming and thus use this whataboutism to justify the fact that rewilding-animals are often left to suffer, because no one takes responsibility for the fenced animals.

More info from veterian Lotte Bøgedal on Facebook