Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
News P4 Värmland
All of the 11 wolves shot in Norway so far this year comes from Sweden. This i given in the Norwegian Rovdatas report. But what caused it to just Swedish-born wolves shot in Norway is unclear.
“It was no big surprise,” says Morten Kjørstad head of Norwegian Rovdata.
There are now about 400 wolves on the Scandinavian peninsula, including 30 living in Norway. Some 50 wolves move in border areas between Norway and Sweden, and of the twelve wolves so far this year that died in Norway 11 were shot – one was run over by a train. Via DNA testing it has been concluded that all shot wolves came from Sweden.
That only Swedish wolves that died in Norway there is no good explanation, but the tendency is that the Swedish wolf individuals to move across to Norway, to then walk back.
Rovdatas information may come to play a political role for a common approach to wolf management between countries mean Rovdatas manager Morten Kjørstad:
“It is important that we work close together and do it in a similar way,” he says.