The hunt allows nearly 10% of all the endangered wolves in the country to be killed. The government says the move is necessary to protect livestock and people in rural areas.
A wolf stands in the zoo in Sababurg. The hunting of wolves will again be permitted in Sweden over the next few weeks in a bid to cull the predators' numbers in certain parts of the country.
However, wildlife conservation groups and scientists argue that hunting wolves will “dramatically threaten” the already fragile status of the canid in Sweden, which had no breeding wolf ...
Sweden began its controversial wolf hunt on Thursday (Jan 2), aiming to reduce the population of the endangered predator by nearly half. The government has approved the culling of five wolf families, ...
Sweden began its annual wolf hunt this week, allowing nearly 10% of the endangered species population to be killed, as conservationists raise concerns about the controversial policy. Since 2010 ...