Bram and Hubertus are marked for death. Camouflage-clad government marksmen – licensed but anonymous, for security reasons – are hunting them in the sparse woodlands of one of Europe’s most densely populated nations.

But it’s proving trickier than expected. The hunters are not alone in the woods. A parallel force – equally camouflaged, well equipped and dedicated if not fanatical – is also out there, a Dutch daily newspaper reports. Animal rights activists and climate crusaders have taken it upon themselves to protect the pair, by any means necessary.

A human fatality is only a matter of time

Bram and Hubertus are wolves, given cosy, old-fashioned Dutch names to garner sympathy for them. Their crime? Doing what wolves do: killing sheep and threatening humans. Yet to their defenders, the

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