Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT / TT
The Swedish wolves can cause damage and problems for individual reindeer herders, livestock owners or hunters. But as a whole the Swedish wolf population does not affect these activities so that they are significantly weakened from an economic perspective. Domestic animal husbandry, reindeer herding and hunting have been allowed to continue and even be developed in recent years, despite the fact that the wolf population continues to grow.
The Environmental Protection Agency says this in a recent report.
“We understand that the wolf affects people in different ways and for the individual can impact be great. On the societal level, however, there is no major economic impact on businesses and industries from wolves,” says Maria Hörnell Willebrand, head of unit for game analysis at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Today the Swedish wolf population consists of about 400 individuals.