Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
News P4 Varmland
Transplanting of wolf pups is not necessary for the short term to enhance genetic wolf population. Wolf researcher Olof Lidberg believes that we can wait a couple of years to transplant the wolf pups.
“There are plenty of wolves elsewhere. If it is found in 10 years that we have a problem with genetics, we can bring them in then. We must not do it today, next year or two or three years. We have plenty of time left to plan for such measures,” said wolf researcher Olof Liberg.
This year’s wolf census shows that nearly a third of genetically valuable wolves have flourished. This suggests that it is going well for the Swedish wolf population.
“The geneticists say that the population is slowly being degraded genetically right now, but I mean that in such cases is an extremely slow process. Currently, it’s actually better and better for the wolf population, it is already recovered,” says Olof Liberg.
With the problems encountered, particularly when it comes to landowners and the gamekeepers have to say no to a transplanting, says Olof Liberg, meaning there is no panic if transplanting is delayed.
“I do not mind planting the wolves, but if it should prove that there is a huge problem to get them out does not mean that it is a disaster.”
Olof Liberg is one of the participants in the predator symposium which the SSNC arranged in Karlstad on Saturday.