Sweden’s large carnivores are now being trophy hunted by the hundreds each year. With government support, but against EU rules. A disaster for wildlife in Sweden, which also threatens to…
On Tuesday 9/4, researchers Phil Miller (IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group) and Nicolas Dussex (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), presented their study on the Minimum Viable Population (MVP)…
A complaint against Sweden for its excessive yearly licensed hunt of lynx, was filed in Brussels by the Swedish Carnivore Association, stating that “the Swedish lynx hunt violates the species…
"In 2010, there were 30 family groups of lynx in Uppsala county, about twice as many as today. There were not more attacks by lynx on domestic animals back then,…
Sweden’s government has commissioned its Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket, SNV) to review the conditions for protective hunting of wolves. The Swedish Carnivore Association (Svenska Rovdjursföreningen, SRF) has submitted their response,…
The European Commission has proposed to lower the wolf's protection status. The European Environmental Bureau (which is Europe's largest network of environmental organizations bringing together over 180 member groups from…