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A move that is very confusing to all, from environmentalists to ordinary people, the Norwegian government has announced a plan to kill two-thirds of its wild populations of wolves. In the recent calculations, Norway has 68 wolves.
The government justifies the killing that has been greatest since 1911 with the claim that it is a blood-thirsty population, and thus it will be put under control and will minimize damage to farm-owned sheep.
However, environmental groups, including "WWF" Norway, argue that damage caused by wolves is minimal and the Government's response is out of temper and motivated by other factors.
"We have not seen anything like this in more than 100 years, when the politics at the time was to" exterminate "all the big bloodthirsty animals," says Nina Jensen, the head of the Norwegian World Wildlife Fund (WWF) branch in Statement.
There is definitely an appetite for hunting in Norway. Last year, it was unlikely that 11,000 people applied for 16 licenses legally issued for hunting wolves. These are 700 applicants for each license. The government was accused of provoking an increase in the number of licenses issued this year due to popular demand.
The proposed plan is 24 wolves to be shot in part of Norway, which is designated as a habitat of wolves, and another 23 wolves are to be killed in other parts of the country, which means 47 of the 68.
Ecological groups in Norway say the border for a new legal hunting is more than what the current wild wolf population can withstand.
It happened last year when wolves were officially listed as "critically endangered" in Norway.
"To shoot at 70 percent of the wolves is not worthy of a nation that claims to be a champion in its commitment to environmental action. People from all over the country, and beyond its borders, are now reacting to this government measure, "Jensen concluded. source: https://phys.org/news/2016-09-angering-activists-norway-wolves.html
some cool facts about the wolves :)
