Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
A hunting dog was bitten to death by a wolf in Laxarbyn on Saturday morning. Now the County Board suspects a new wolf territory has been established themselves in the area.
For dog owners, Lars-Erik Dahlgren from Dals Långed it was a horrible sight that met him during deer hunting.
“A friend found him at a spruce and then he lay there with blood on his stomach and back. Damn, I thought,” says Lars-Eric Dahlgren.
Based on the bite wounds that the dog had, there is no doubt that he was the victim of a wolf, says CAB’s surveyor, Gote Johansson.
In the border region between Värmland and Dalsland there have been many wolf sightings in recent times and unusually many dogs have been attacked. It suggests that there may be a new territory in the area says Gote Johansson. But since there has not been tracking snow, one can not say for sure how many attacks it concerns.
“The fact that we do not have knowledge of how the territory looks, it is impossible to answer. But we have an extremely large number of dogs that have been taken by wolves during the year, compared with before.”
Lars-Eric Dahlgren may be reimbursed up to 20,000 SEK for his dog, but it is not the most important thing right now, he says.
“I do not think about money right now. I think most of the dog and it’s a hell of a thing getting rid of my friend. It’s a family member who has passed away.”