17 April, 2011

Sweden in Controversial Wolf Hunt


There is no scientific basis to slaughter the Wolf. Only 12,000 hunting licences paid to calllous agencies in a disproportion of 444 hunters per wolf.


Sweden in Controversial Wolf Hunt


“The hunt was blasted by ecologists as rushed, cruel and lacking coordination, as some 12,000 hunters had been granted permits to kill the 27 animals.”
Read the Swedish news (in English)

  
  
Before hunting them was made illegal, the wolves were so close to extinction that Sweden and Norway worked together to reintroduce the species in the forests along their common border.

  
  
  
  




Environmental protection organizations are critical of Sweden’s decision to allow the wolves to be hunted once again, saying that the animal’s numbers are still too few to be considered ‘healthy’. (treehugger.com)


  
  






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