Sweden began hunting the wolf “The largest population in modern times” | Abroad

The British newspaper The Guardian followed on Monday 200 hunters who started hunting with dogs. It is the biggest wolf hunt in Sweden since the reintroduction of hunting permits for the animals in 2010. From midnight until sunset, hunters will roam the forests across Sweden over the next month.

“Hunting is absolutely necessary to curb the increase in wolf numbers,” Gunnar Glöersen of the Swedish Hunting Association told the Swedish newspaper. SVT. “The wolf population is the largest we’ve had in modern times.”

Animal advocates find it incomprehensible that Sweden has allowed hunting. According to them, wolves are very important in the food chain and for biodiversity.

“Killing a quarter of the population by hunting has negative consequences for animals and nature,” said Marie Stegard, chairwoman of anti-hunting group Jaktkritikerna. “It’s disastrous for the whole ecosystem.”

According to Swedish broadcaster SVT, activists tried to disrupt the start of the hunt on Monday. She failed to do so. the transmitter writes that 10 wolves have now been killed on the hunting grounds. In 2010, a total of 203 wolves were reportedly killed in other hunts.