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SE: Want to capture wolves with foot restraints

Roughly translated by TWIN Observer

PREDATORS / TT

The Viltskadecenter wants to get permission to trap wolves with foot snares, writes the newspaper Jakt och jägare. The reason is that during the recent winters tagging wolves has been ineffective.

There are also only a few helicopter pilots and few shooters who master sedation of wolves from the air.

“Sedation and tagging using a helicopter is costly and very difficult in the forest landscape. Therefore, we must find methods that work from the ground,” says the center’s director Inga Ängsteg to the newspaper.

When the wolves get stuck with a paw in the snare they can be put to sleep. The Viltskadecenter running a project with researchers in Spain, where the snare capture is a common practice.

The center, which belongs to the Swedish Agricultural University, will submit its application in the coming months and the animal ethics committee must give the green light before it can start.

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