Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
STOCKHOLM / TT
The Scandinavian wolf population is growing and is now the largest in 150 years. According to the Viltskadecenter, who compiled the county administrative boards predator surveys, there were about 380 wolves during the winter writes Swedish Hunting.
“Before this year’s whelping, there were about 340 wolves in Scandinavia. Now maybe 40 litters have been born and we have some mortality in the wolf population. This means that the winter population will be about 480 wolves,” says Olof Liberg, researcher at Skandulv, told the newspaper.
The number that the Viltskadecenter is now preparing is a preliminary estimate of the number of wolves, the final report is due in September.