10 men jailed in Norway
Photo: Økokrim via NTB/TT

10 men jailed in Norway for illegal wolf hunting

Ten men are sentenced to prison for taking part in illegal wolf hunting in Norway. Two of them are sentenced to 17 and 18 months in prison respectively for shooting a wolf. They are banned from hunting for life.

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Two wolves, a male and a female, were shot in Eidskog on January 6 and 7 last year. Ten people were arrested on suspicion of illegal hunting.

The group, which is called the "hunting mafia" in Norwegian media, has been convicted of tracking wolves and lynxes and carrying out coordinated hunting near the Swedish border.

Nine of the men were convicted of participating in the hunt, one of them as an accessory, reports NRK.

The Economic Crimes Agency, Økokrim, had requested prison sentences of between 120 days and two years for the defendants.

In court, the hunters claimed that they had hunted foxes and had not organised themselves to hunt wolves.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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