Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
In Norway, there have been strong protests against the ongoing wolf hunting. 47 wolves are to be shot there and 58 000 signatures against the hunt have been collected. Now criticism comes even from Värmland.
“We are very concerned about this. It will be a very big drain on the common Scandinavian wolf population,” said Torbjörn Nilsson, President of the Swedish Association for Predators.
According to one of those organizing the protest, Norwegian Ola Elvestuen of the Liberal Party, is going on a question about a slaughter of wolves in Norway. He believes that with a firing rate of 70% in danger of wiping out the entire wolf population.
It’s about 47 to 65 wolves to be shot, but according to researchers, the Norwegian wolf population is much greater than the environmental organizations claim and can withstand a firing of 47 wolves. This, according to NRK.
“We help Sweden by signing the Norwegian petition on the web,” says Torbjörn Nilsson, who is chairman of the Swedish Society for Predators.