SSNC: The government deceived by wolves critics exaggerated alarm.
Tomorrow begins licensed hunting of wolves. The wolf depicted as such a big problem that over one tenth has to be pushed away. In addition, taking a big cull the lives of even more wolves.
Mikael Karlsson, 40, Stockholm. Chairman of the Society for Nature Conservation
Should we believe the image that some have the appearance of such domestic animals killed at an appalling rate. People's lives in the wolf's proximity busted. It is a misleading description of a protected animal that Swedes want to retain and which is protected by international law. Although it now prepares thousands of hunters returned for hunting.
For a long time the wolf was almost extinct in Sweden. Now the species is slowly on its way to recover and over 200 Wolves have managed to establish themselves in the country. But the wolf population is fragile. A small group becomes easy prey to diseases, bad years and other random events. A year where everything goes wrong for the wolf, the strain is shattered. Therefore, the licensed hunting extremely risky. It smashes turf and makes orphans puppies when they are clearly vulnerable.
Why such a debate on a handful wolfterritories? In other countries live many times greater strains on much smaller areas without major tension. Why would the government to hunt endangered wolves?
I think that one has been deceived.
First, the damage that the wolf does on hunting dogs magnified.