Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
HARNOSAND / TT
The genetically valuable wolf female in the Junsele territory may soon be threatened again. According to the county administrative boards in Västerbotten and Västernorrland the female killed 26 reindeer since the male was shot in January. Now the Environmental Protection Agency received a new application for culling from a village in the area.
“Now, the Government and Parliament policies must be followed. That is, there should be no permanent presence of wolves in the reindeer herding area,” says Per-Mikael Utsi, president of the Sami Parliament to the Västerbottens-Kuriren online.
The EPA will take a decision on the matter this week, according to Tidningen Angermanland.
In January permission was granted for the hunting of wolf pair in Junsele but the decision was appealed and the hunt was canceled. The male wolf was shot before the stop.