The statement added, \u201cDue to the prompt action of the adults present, who hit the wolf with a stick, the wolf released the child into the woods and ran away. The child was taken away by ambulance. The victim’s condition is not yet known.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to The Times and RTV Utrecht. the boy received stitches for bite wounds on his back and near his armpit. He also had scratches and abrasions.<\/p>\n
Images shared with RTV Utrecht showed large scratches on the boy’s back. He has since left the hospital and is back at home, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a playful dog running towards us and thought, Nice, I\u2019ll go and play,’ ” the boy\u2019s mother, Nynke, 41, told The Times. \u201cBut before I got there, I heard my eldest son screaming very loudly. He was jumped by the animal and dragged into the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking of how her son was rescued, she added, \u201cThere were two men with big sticks who beat the animal and eventually they got it off my son. I was in a state of total panic and grief.\u201d<\/p>\n Two other women who were nearby then called emergency services, according to RTV Utrecht.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very happy that I wasn\u2019t alone with my two children,\u201d Nynke told The Times.<\/p>\n “It’s not like we were going for a walk deep in the woods where no one normally goes,” the boy\u2019s father Mike, who was not present at the time of the attack, told RTV Utrecht.<\/p>\n “We knew about previous incidents at the Den Treek Estate, but I didn’t know that the Pyramid of Austerlitz was also part of it,” he added.<\/p>\n Other incidents of recent wolf attacks in the area include a little girl being bitten and a toddler being knocked, according to The Times.<\/p>\n Officials from the estate advised people to not visit the reserve with children \u201cand\/or dogs until the wildlife managers of the Utrecht Fauna Management Unit have completed their work.”<\/p>\n They added that a hiker was bitten by a Bram wolf in the area on May 19, while the species was alsop responsible for other biting incidents in 2024.<\/p>\n Mayor Magda Jansen of the municipality of Woudenberg, which is near Utrecht, also said in a statement, “Please heed this advice. Do not enter the forest with children. As an adult, you must also be very alert when entering the forest. Stay on the paths and, above all, do not enter the forest alone,” per RTV Utrecht.<\/p>\n This article by\u00a0<\/i>Gabrielle Rockson was first published by People on 1 August 2025. Lead Image: Stock image of a wolf. Credit : Kathleen Reeder Wildlife Photography\/Getty.<\/p>\n Help to protect wildlife by donating as little as $5 – it only takes a minute!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nHelp to protect wildlife<\/h2>\n