Emotions run high in Sweden’s biggest wolf hunt

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Emotions run high in Sweden’s biggest wolf hunt

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Hunter Lars Bjork points to fresh tracks in the snow as he lumbers through a whited-out forest in central Sweden, where the biggest wolf hunt in modern times is drawing controversy.

Hunter Lars Bjork says that wolves cause trouble in rural areas©Jonathan NACKSTRAND

“We have quite a lot of wolves here, we’re actually sitting in a new wolf territory where we are now,” Bjork, a predator expert at the Swedish Hunters’ Association, tells AFP as he settles into a small hunting lodge a few kilometres (miles) outside the town of Vasteras.

This year, Sweden’s hunters are allowed to kill a record 75 wolves — more than twice the number that was allowed to last…

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2 thoughts on “Emotions run high in Sweden’s biggest wolf hunt

  1. So screwed up our world they object to the wolves because they will hurt the hounds terrorizing wildlife

    It’s a no win game for wolves

    It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about how they are terrorized and treated with such cruelty

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