The licensed bear hunt begins on August 21. A total of 394 bears may be shot in this year's licensed hunt, which corresponds to 14 percent of the population. The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has strongly criticized the number. The Swedish Predator Association has also criticized it and will appeal the decisions.
SwedenThere will be no lynx hunt on Sunday. The Administrative Court in Sundsvall has announced a temporary hunting ban after the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation appealed the court's decision.
Sweden153 lynxes will be shot in this year's licensed hunt, a sharp increase from last year. According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, this violates EU law and hunting legislation and threatens the survival of the population; the society is appealing this year's hunt.
SwedenToday, the licensed hunting of protected lynx begins around the country. The EU should stop the hunt, believes the Nature Conservation Association. Sweden is getting the short straw, says Isak Isaksson, expert at the Nature Conservation Association.
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