NORWAY is planning to kill a quarter of all the grey wolves living in
Southern Scandinavia in a bid to appease farmers who claim the animals are
killing their sheep. But the move has angered Sweden, which says the cull will
spell the end for the region’s wolves.
Around 80 wolves roam freely in an area which straddles the border between
the two countries. The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management wants to cull
around 20 of them because of pressure from farmers, who claim they are losing
increasing numbers of livestock. “The number of wolves is not large enough to…
