Dutch Animal Welfare Foundation Appeals
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Dutch Animal Welfare Foundation Appeals Sweden’s Plan to Hunt 72 Wolves This Winter

A Dutch animal welfare organization has appealed the decision to allow a licensed wolf hunt in Sweden this winter.

It is the organisation Stichting Wolven Belangen (Wolves’ Interests Foundation) in the Netherlands that has appealed to five affected county administrative boards: Södermanland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland.

The organisation otherwise works to promote the wolf population in the Netherlands, but decided to get involved in the Swedish wolf hunt after the county administrative boards decided that 72 wolves in Sweden could be shot starting in January.

"We deeply regret that so many wolves are once again at risk of being shot," says Wolven Belangen chairman NMT Reijers in a press release.

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

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