Tag: Hunting
Reindeer hunting season will remain unchanged
The Animal Welfare Advisory Board has proposed to delay the reindeer hunting season to 2023, but it will remain unchanged. The recommendation of the Animal Welfare Advisory Board concerned the welfare of reindeer calves, in particular winter orphaned calves. The recommendation of the Advisory Board refers to Norway where, for this very reason, the hunting…
Therefore, Putin refuses to fire his defense minister
Ekot’s reporter Johanna Melén tells the story of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. A man with no military training who usually goes on hunting and fishing trips with Putin. Around midsummer, the paramilitary Wagner group marched on Moscow and threatened to depose the defense minister. The rebellion was stopped after negotiations. Host: Caroline Kernen Guest:…
The minister should ban whaling immediately
The Icelandic Veterinary Association / Dýralæknafélag Íslands says that the Food Agency’s report on the welfare of whales during hunting clearly shows that the method used to kill the animals violates the main objectives of the Animal Welfare Act. The Minister should therefore immediately ban fishing. This is stated in a statement from Dýralæknafélag Íslands…
Six-year-old solves the mystery of a worldwide troll hunt
A global scavenger hunt to find troll artist Thomas Dambo’s 100th creation was won over the Easter holidays by Marius Nielsen, 6. DR reports that the young boy and his father had to crawl through the undergrowth in a forest near Roskilde to get a glimpse of the carefully hidden troll, called ‘Mother Moon’, because…
The royal palace overspent by 8 million kroner in 2022
Additional expensesThe queen’s golden jubilee was a significant additional expense, along with maintenance work at Marselisborg Castle, the hunting lodge in Trend near Aarhus and the family’s French castle, Château de Cayx. Setting up charging stations for electric cars has also been one of the Royal Family’s priorities during the year. Read the annual report…
The dream of rising – The murder fire on Öland | Part 2/3
In December 2012, a middle-aged couple is found murdered in their burnt-out garage in the village of Flakeböle in northern Öland. The police immediately see similarities with another double murder that happened six years earlier, not far from there. Now they want to catch the killer at all costs. Suspicion soon turns to the person…
According to the report, Finland’s bear population decreased by 20 percent from a year ago
According to Luke of the Natural Resources Institute, brown bear hunting has increased in recent years, especially on Finland’s eastern border.
Less hunting and higher license fees
The Environmental Protection Agency, in an official statement published on its website, announced this year’s limit of reindeer hunting. The number of animals that can be hunted decreased compared to the previous year, while the price for a hunting license increased. This year it will be possible to hunt 901 animals, 475 females and 426…
Right now: The men’s pursuit start in the Biathlon World Cup
Sunday 12 February 15.03–19.30 15.30 BiathlonWC – OberhofMen’s hunting start (Bengt Skött, Alexander Lundholm, Isabell Gradin and Uschi Disl) 4 p.m Ice hockeyEuro Hockey TourSweden-Finland (Magnus Wahlman and Per Svartvadet) 16.35 BasketballWomen’s EC qualifiersSweden-Latvia (Peter Sundkvist) Hosts: Sigge Sanner and Peter Ahnberg
Right now: Swedish lead in the WC chase start
Sunday 12 February 13.15-14.00 approx EngineThe Swedish rally in Umeå (Selma Jennervall) 13.25 BiathlonWC – OberhofHunting start ladies (Bengt Skött, Alexander Lundholm, Isabell Gradin and Uschi Disl) Program manager: Johan Bengts
The white-tailed deer should be classified as a harmful species, says the Finnish Conservation Group
The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation has proposed that the white-tailed deer be added to the country’s list of harmful species by 2030. According to the NGO, the species is responsible for traffic accidents and is also known to cause extensive damage to crops and wild plants. The white-tailed deer first appeared in Finland after…
Report: Finland’s bear population is declining
According to a study published by the Natural Resources Center of Finland (Luke), the total number of bears in Finland is 2,250–2,400. A report published before the hunting season that began in August found that Finland’s bear population was 16 percent lower than last year, when the number of bears was estimated to be between…
Police said the wolf did not bite the man during the suspected attack
Police in Southern Ostrobothnia have concluded that the man’s animal attack last autumn was not carried out by a wolf, as previously suspected. The man was walking his dog in a forest area near Kauhajoki when an unknown animal bit him by the hand. "No traces of wolves were found at or near the scene.…
The court bans the use of wolf hunting exemptions in two areas
The Administrative Court of Northern Finland has prohibited the use of two exceptions to the ban on wolf hunting in the Kuhmo Saunajärvi region in Eastern Finland and in the Siikajoki area on the west coast. The Game Agency issued hunting permits at the end of December, as the authorities aim to kill a total…
The Finnish Game Agency grants exemptions for wolf hunting
The Finnish Game Agency has granted four exemptions from the ban on wolf hunting. The decision will enable a total of 18 wolves to be slaughtered next year, and its purpose is to regulate the growth of the Finnish wolf population, the agency said in a press release on Wednesday. Figures provided earlier this year…
Wyman lost the rhythm after 30 years as a pebble
On Sunday, October 24, he turns 85 years old. London-born Bill Wyman first met The Rolling Stones in 1962 when he went to audition with his homemade bass to convince band members that he was the right one for the rolling stones. It was the start of a long-lasting musical marriage with the group, which…
Piracy and kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea
* A total of 130 kidnappings were recorded, which is the highest number the International Maritime Bureau has ever seen in the area. That is an increase from 121 in 2019 and 78 in 2018 according to the agency’s figures. * In addition, there are a large number of incidents where ships have been attacked…
How killer whales hunt herring
East of Iceland, where herring is fished, a lot has happened lately. Not only humans want spines, they are also hunted by orcs. Such hunting was observed in Héraðsflói Bay in the northernmost part of the eastern fjords last week, reports Morgunblaðið. Killer whales often follow the fishing boats. Individual specimens line up in a…
Police are investigating a suspected wolf attack in western Finland
Police in South Ostrobothnia are investigating a report that a wolf is biting a person walking a dog near Lauhanvuori National Park on Saturday night. "The matter was reported to the police over the weekend," Communications Manager of the Ostrobothnian Police Department Mikael Appel confirmed by Yle. The report to the police detailed how the…
Uffe Ellemann: City and country have moved closer together in the Liberal Party
– It is not at all, not at all the same today as 40 years ago. It is the common interests that bind us together. The liberal attitudes. That is why it suits such a national meeting so well that a strong ideological speech is given, says Uffe Ellemann. From the front row, the former…
Ex-mayor goes into the hassles of those in power
In the local elections in 1989, he won a seat on the municipal council in Hørsholm Municipality, where he sat for a full 20 years. From 2001 and the following eight years he was the mayor of the municipality – but not as a conservative politician in all the years. In 2008, Uffe Thorndahl resigned…
A new cold war
At the end of September 2021, the hunting regiment K4 in Arvidsjaur will be reopened. A strengthening of the defense in the north, which is based on something that Sweden previously missed: the military rearmament in the Arctic. K4 in Arvidsjaur In the large area around the North Pole, demands are met for natural resources…
The ghost hunters
Brothers Tony Martinsson and Niclas Laaksonen grew up in Kiruna in the 80’s. The fateful Christmas Eve night in 1988, when their two cousins Peter and Johanna died in a fire, came to shape their lives in an unexpected way. Today, Tony and Niclas run one of the world’s most famous ghost hunting companies, and…
Stork status: Ten chicks went on the wings, but two perished in the slurry tank
But two of the flight-ready chicks did not reach far away from the nest. They died in an open slurry tank not far from the stork nest in Smedager in Southern Jutland. – It’s pointless because it could have been avoided. There must be tight floating layers on open slurry tanks so that storks cannot…
Go hunting in the autumn pantry
– It is the transition from the summer’s very fine and tender vegetables to the coarser ones, and that means that you have to cook something more, Søren Ejlersen explains. He highlights typical autumn vegetables and root vegetables such as parsley roots, celeriac, celery leaves and a multitude of varieties of cabbage. 1) The green…
Fishing artifacts found in Seyðisfjörður
According to RÚV, the remains of an old fishing village may have been discovered during the archaeological excavations in Seyðisfjörður. 200-year-old mills were also discovered on site. Hooks, fishing rods and other well-made tools have been found in a place that has been continuously inhabited for about a thousand years. – ADVERTISEMENT – Some are…
Hunting groups, dog owners warned of an increase in the wolf population
The chances of wild dogs encountering a wolf in the woods this fall have increased significantly from last year, says Life BorealWolf (LifeSusi In Finnish) project, as the country ‘s wolf population has increased over the last 12 months. "Now humans should be very careful and do their best to find out where the wolves…
30 musk oxen shot and left in West Greenland
City police received the report of the 30 animals Wednesday this week. The media has tried to get a comment from the police, but it has not succeeded yet. According to the media, this is not the first time that the phenomenon has been experienced. Back in 2015, a hunting officer found several carcasses of…
Algorithm maps narwhals’ eating habits
– The purpose of the research is to find out how much these animals eat, and whether they are threatened by the things people do, says Susanne Ditlevsen, professor of statistics at the University of Copenhagen. The algorithm has helped researchers find a connection between the sounds that narwhals emit and their swimming patterns. Until…
Swedish Skarsgård knows it all
Even though he turns 70 on June 13, he is driving on with undiminished force. He has rightly been called a long-term Swedish export success. His talent for high-caliber character acting means that he always performs with total credibility. This is true from his fantastic breakthrough role in “The Simple Killer” to the more bony…
“Feels like we stumbled on the finish line”
There are many indications that the Sami Parliament will continue to be governed by the parties that want hunting and fishing rights to be primarily associated with reindeer husbandry. This means that the party Jakt och fiskesami, which received 37 percent of the votes in the election, will continue to be in opposition. “Yes, it…
The largest party seems to be gaining some influence
The opposition party Hunting and Fishing Sami received 37.6 percent of the vote in the election to the Sami Parliament. Despite this, it seems that the current political coalition can remain as they have 16 of 31 seats together. “If the Hunting and Fishing Sami gain greater influence over the Sami Parliament than they have…
No change of power in the Sami Parliament
The results of the Sami parliamentary election are now presented. There will be no change of power, the hunting and fishing Sami will be the largest party, but that is not enough to get its own majority. Instead, Samelandspartiet and Guovssonásti remain in power. Hear Jörgen Heikki, reporter at Sameradion, discuss the results with host…
Deer loose: Deer are wild in Lappeenranta
Two-year-old deer calves were spotted on Monday in the center of Lappeenranta. The young animals were seen in the parking garage of the town hall, in the Louhenpuisto park and near the municipal swimming pool. In a separate event, a car collided with a deer on the way to Lappeenranta Airport, close to the city…
How orcs hunt seals
West of Hvammsvík in Hvalfjörður, a killer whale family was filmed hunting for a seal near the shore. It even seemed that the mother could teach the calves to hunt. There was no chase, which confirms the supposition that hunting was only a lesson for the young. This two-minute event was filmed by Hörður Jónsson.…
Mysterious deaths among Danish wolves stump experts
Searching for clues According to the research task, however, the disappearances cannot be explained by the wolves migrating south across the border. The many sheep and other prey in the region mean that the probability of DNA tracing is very high – yet there is no data to be found. This means that all or…
Politicians in both the municipality and the Sami Parliament: Only one thing feels in the heart
There is a big difference between being a politician in a municipality and in the Sami parliament, think those who do both. “We can decide what we want, because it is not we who decide anyway”, says Veronika Håkansson, moderate in Storuman’s council, about the assignment for the Hunting and Fishing Sami in the Sami…
Land issues divide the political parties ahead of the Sami parliamentary election
On Sunday, there is an election to the Sami Parliament, which is the elected parliament and state authority that will work for a living Sami culture in Sweden. An issue that divides the political parties is who will decide on hunting and fishing on reindeer pastures. “Sami outside reindeer husbandry sometimes live on mercy,” says…
Criticism of abbreviated grouse hunting: “It is completely incomprehensible”
The government has now decided on new hunting seasons in Sweden, which will take effect from 1 July this year. The winter hunt for grouse in the mountains in Västerbotten and Norrbotten will be one month shorter and will have a new end date – 15 February. “It is a form of hunting with strong…
Final debate – The Sami Parliamentary election
Eight party leaders are gathered in Jokkmokk for a two-hour live debate ahead of the Sami parliamentary election on 16 May. Topics include gender equality, business and rights. Top row participants: Marie Persson Njajta, Swedish Sami National Party, Anders Kråik, Sami, Ronny Svarto, New Sami Reform Party, Jan Rannerud, Forest SamiParticipants lower row: Håkan Jonsson,…
The Royal House breaks with years of tradition during the sailing season
Due to corona-related initiatives, she instead had to be picked up at the naval area Nyholm, where it was easier to shield her from the crowds. There were lots of people who had braved the rain and found their way to Nyholm to greet the queen. Upon arrival, the queen was presented with flowers when…
The police are looking for a missing man in Orrefors
The police are currently searching for a missing 76-year-old man in the area around Orrefors in Nybro municipality. The man has been missing since 10 o’clock on Monday morning when he left his home in Orrefors – and the police have searched by helicopter and patrols in the area. At 5 o’clock on Tuesday morning,…
Giant bear shot after protection hunt
A large bear, which despite having just stepped out of the den weighed a full 263 kilos, was shot on Thursday in the Bräcke area. This is since the county administrative board in Jämtland County last week granted protection hunting for the bear because it is said to have hunted and killed reindeer belonging to…
Kalle Anjevall sat for over four hours in hunting rest
On Thursday, 14-year-old Kalle Anjevall from Östersund set what appears to be a Swedish record in hunting rest, ie sitting with his legs at 90 degrees with his back against a wall. It was when his eighth grade at Torvallaskolan in Östersund was to end the sports lesson with the exercise and most of the…
Drunk hunter thought he was aiming for wild boar – shot friend
A man in his 50s is convicted of accidentally shooting a hunting companion in the leg in Enköping municipality. The man had been drinking alcohol and was out hunting with some friends, in a thermal camera the man saw what he thought was a wild boar and shot. But it was not wild but a…
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
Even though over the years there has been an increasingly equal gender distribution, there are generally more men who are eligible for election in the Sami Parliament. The Hunting and Fishing Sami party and the Min Geaidnu party stand out. “We do not thin,” says Håkan Jonsson, chairman of the hunting and fishing Sami.
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
The election authority has now examined and established the lists for the Sami parliamentary election on 16 May. Eight parties are running for election with around 275 candidates – you can read who they are here. The Hunting and Fishing Sami with more than 70 names have the most candidates on eight lists – the…
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
The industrialist Karl Hedin is acquitted of charges of aggravated hunting crime with intent to kill a wolf According to Västmanland District Court, the evidence does not reach what is required in criminal cases. Karl Hedin has denied the allegations and claims that what he is accused of has never happened. The case involved two…
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
Today, the verdict comes in the so-called hunting crime complex in Västmanland where several people, including the industry leader Karl Hedin from Dalarna are accused of serious hunting crimes. The prosecutor believes that Hedin was out in the woods with the aim of hunting and killing wolves and that he handed over poison to another…
Right now: Ebba Andersson is chasing a new podium in the hunt start
Sunday 14 MarchKl. 08.20-10.00 and 15.03-20.00 Alpine (P4 Extra)12.30World CupMen & # 39; s Slalom Second Run (Jonas Enarson) Bandy17.00Men’s Semifinal 1: 5AIK-Edsbyn (Magnus Wahlman) Handball18.15Olympic qualifiers menSweden-Slovenia (Per Kahl and Magnus Wislander) Floorball16.00SSL ladiesTäby-Mora (Albin Falk Hansson) Ice hockey17.30SHLOskarshamn-Örebro (Janne Rindstig) Skis08.15World CupHunting start ladies (Peter Sundkvist and Torgny Mogren) Biathlon (P4 Extra)13.45World CupSingle…
Two men convicted of murder in Malmö – used police hunting weapons
Two men in their 20s are now sentenced to 14 years in prison for murder after shooting dead another man in Malmö, Malmö District Court announced on Tuesday. It was in March last year that a man in his 25s was shot dead on Holma square after a quarrel over a debt. Both men who…
Fight Against Cancer: Send doctors in search of overlooked cancers
The Danish Cancer Society’s researchers have themselves uncovered how 2,800 fewer cancer diagnoses were made in the spring of last year than in previous years. At the same time, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority’s figures show that in the spring there were fewer referrals to cancer package courses than usual. Although the number of…
Proposal: total ban on lead ammunition in the EU
The European Chemicals Agency has submitted a proposal banning the use and sale of lead ammunition throughout the EU following a request from the European Commission. If the proposal is adopted, lead can be banned in all ammunition within the EU, except where the risk of lead spreading in the environment is minimal. “This is…
Prosecutor: “He wanted to attract workers interested in hunting”
On Monday, the high-profile trial began where an industry leader is accused of having tried to kill wolves in Västmanland. The motive for this is, according to prosecutor Lars Magnusson, that the man could then more easily attract hunting-interested labor to his company. All four defendants in the case deny the crime.
Lawyer critical of the prosecution of business leaders: Not objective
On Monday, the trial begins in a high-profile case concerning a serious hunting crime, where one of the four accused is a Swedish business leader. He is accused of having searched for a wolf in 2018 with the intention of killing it, and of having instructed another person to handle the poison carbofuran with the…
Bergman on the Swedish medal success: “Fantastic results they have made”
New medal record for the Swedish biathlon national team in world championships, six podium places, one of which is gold. Bengt Skött and Carl Johan Bergman summarize. “I have been touched. These are such fantastic results they have made with the fantastic shooting series in pressured situations. Just a matter of time before Sebastian Samuelsson…
Forest owners report stress-affected animals during corona invasion
The Danes make a pilgrimage to the forests during the corona crisis. It is good for public health. But the many guests in the woods have a downside. At least that is the opinion of the private forest owners who are organized in the trade association Dansk Skovforening. According to the association, the pressure on…
Two wolves were shot in Hälsingland
Two wolves were shot to death yesterday afternoon outside Ovanåker in Hälsingland. The wolves, a male and a bitch, were shot after the county administrative board decided earlier this week on protection hunting. The decision on protection hunting was made after the wolves started looking for food in the vicinity of buildings, something which according…
PET points to plans for attacks in Denmark or Germany
However, she can not say exactly where a possible attack should take place. Last weekend, actions in Holbæk attracted a lot of attention, but the police also searched other addresses on Zealand, says Lene Sørensen. – The large operation was based on a suspicion that several people on Zealand have planned a terrorist attack in…
Conditional punishment for a man whose house is full of weapons, explosives, police and SS uniforms
A Helsinki resident who manufactured numerous weapons and explosives at home received a suspended one and a half year sentence in the Helsinki District Court on Friday. In 2010–2016, the man had amassed an arsenal that included automatic firearms, gas pressure guns, and pepper spray. In addition, the man was found in possession of nine…
Protection hunt for lynx outside Stugun
The County Administrative Board of Jämtland has granted protection hunting for a lynx on land north of Stugun which Jijnjevaerie Sami village uses for winter grazing. According to the Sami village, traces of lynx have been seen in an area where the Sami village has 1,500 reindeer and one reindeer is said to have been…
DTU balloons have landed at Stenlille after hunting for star dust
The two balloons carried, among other things, equipment that in theory could collect star dust – that is, remnants of small meteorites that have been burned up. – Stardust actually falls on Earth all the time, but it just gets polluted in what we call the thick part of the atmosphere. – If you can…
Bergman: “Will be Hanna’s day today”
On Saturday, it’s time for hunting starts in the biathlon world cup, and Radiosport’s expert Carl Johan Bergman believes in victory for Hanna Öberg. Öberg comes out second, half a minute behind leading Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff. “There are four shootings, I do not think Tiril Eckhoff can handle it, so Hanna has every opportunity, I…
Thieves stole hunting equipment for half a million
The binocular sight, among other things, worth half a million kronor, was stolen the night before Sunday in a burglary at Kosta Outlet. The burglary was discovered at 01.20, the thieves smashed a window and entered via a ladder. No one has been arrested and the area is cordoned off pending a technical investigation.
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Report from the past year, from Conflict’s corona surveillance. Join in bird watching and virus hunting, to a strawberry farm, hear about vaccine resistance and how the pandemic strikes women, and hear Yuval Noah Harari about the lack of global solidarity – just when it is needed most. Conflict was caused during the year by:…
From Iceland – “Window concert” criticized for creating a pandemic crowd
On Saturday, a window concert took place at Prikin, Indicator reports. As many people had gathered in the center of Reykjavík to watch the concert, many of them not wearing masks, concerns have been raised that this event could be an opportunity for coronavirus to spread. Þórólfur Guðnason, who is an epidemiologist, came to Bíta…
Majority stops new oil hunting in the North Sea in 2050
– It will resonate around the world that we make this decision. It is in line with our decision to be fossil-free in 2050, says Dan Jørgensen.
Majority stops new oil hunting in the North Sea
A majority in the Folketing has agreed to drop the 8th tender round. The oil hunt in the North Sea will stop in 2050. This is stated by Minister of Climate Dan Jørgensen (S).
Good year for the small game tribes
A compilation of the shooting of the county’s around 200 hunting teams shows that progress has been made for several of our small game tribes. It looks very bright when it comes to deer, capercaillie and grouse thanks to good winters and favorable weather conditions during hatching. The annual compilation of the shooting shows the…
From Iceland – Wants to allow farmers to shoot swans at their land
A parliamentary resolution has been tabled enabling farmers to kill swans on their land and hunt geese outside the normal hunting season to protect their farms. RUV reports. The proposal, which was written by the chairman of the Progressive Party and two party members, says that the Minister for the Environment should prepare a permit…
A ban on lead must make Danish hunting sustainable
– Lead is a heavy metal that does not belong in nature or in our food chains. When hunting at home, it must be done in a way that is sustainable and does not pollute our common nature. The use of lead for hail hunting in Denmark is already prohibited. Several organizations have pushed for…
Hunting and fishing Sami want a Sami beam
A special code should be established in the Swedish law which, among other things, regulates the Sami rights instead of the current reindeer husbandry law. This is what the opposition parties Hunting and Fishing Sami and the Landspartiet Swedish Sami think in their opinion ahead of the forthcoming revision of the Reindeer Husbandry Act. Håkan…
The authorities encourage people to stay at home
At today’s press conference on the coronavirus, residents were asked to stay at home and limit travel. Víðir Reynisson / photo: visir.is Víðir Reynisson, at the beginning of the meeting, presented the general situation of the country in connection with the coronavirus. He recalled the difficult situation of the Landspitalinn hospital, which is in a…
Officers continue hunting for suspect in fatal accident
The suspected motorist behind the fatal accident with a five-year-old girl in Copenhagen is already known to the police. The Copenhagen Police announced this on Thursday morning. The hunt for 21-year-old Helmi Mossi Hameed continues, it appears in a press release. However, it does not state what the wanted person is exactly “known” for. In…
Hunting for motorist who killed five-year-old girl in hit-and-run
Copenhagen police have identified a young man they want to talk to in connection with the death of a five-year-old girl in a hit-and-run incident in Frederiksberg yesterday. Police have released a photo of Helmi Mossa Hameed, which they describe as 21 years old, 180 cm tall and of average build. He was last seen…
All parties support proposals for tougher penalties for gun crime
From right to left, all parties in the Riksdag support the government’s proposal for stricter penalties for gun crime, according to what Ekot experiences. At the same time, a majority demands that the responsible minister Mikael Damberg launch a review of the entire weapons legislation. The use of illegal firearms is a serious societal problem,…
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In the forest in Sundnäs outside Arjeplog, the three sisters Irene Isaksson, Kerstin Flinkfelt and Doris Flinkfelt have been hunting for decades. They work, hang out, sleep and hunt in the hunting lodges every autumn. And they take advantage of all of their prey. They make instruments and hoof oil from the moose’s hooves. They…
Mats Isaksson got the moose in his lap
When Mats Isaksson hunted moose outside Järpen on Thursday, he literally got the moose in his lap. “It was probably a near-death experience, if this is what it’s called,” says Mats Isaksson. Sara Lundström, who was there to see how hunting works, filmed the event. Watch the movie below or on our facebook page
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On Monday morning, a wolf was shot during the moose hunting premiere in the forest between Ockelbo and Hagsta in Ryssjöreviret. The wolf attacked a moose dog and the dog handler was forced to shoot the wolf, the county administrative board’s inspector Göran Vesslén tells P4 Gävleborg. Göran Vesslén’s assessment is that the dog handler…
Social distance in focus when the hunt begins
With 28 people in the hunting team, an allotment of three adults and a calf, Rudsberg’s moose hunting team starts the hunt today – with it is a hunt characterized by the coronavirus. “We have reviewed the driving schedule, we will have distance when we have coffee and grill and also when we pull out…
The Swedish Forest Agency is urging hunters to increase shooting
Ahead of the moose hunting premiere in southern Sweden on Monday, the Swedish Forest Agency is urging hunters to increase the shooting by 13,000 moose. This is because moose still cause major damage to the forest. – The moose bites on the top shoots above all. Then the plant will have an impact and a…
Culture of silence around illegal hunting in Dalarna
A culture of silence and an administration that has failed in the wolf issue, according to representatives of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Sara Hommen, who leads the work on the national management plan for large predators, believes that when officials who work with wolf issues and illegal hunting are threatened and hated, democracy is…
A good story made him a Hollywood star
American actor Matt Damon, who turns 50 on October 8, burst through with both the script and the lead role in the film “Good Will Hunting” about a young overlooked mathematical genius. At the time, it was not written in Hollywood’s famous concrete tiles that Damon’s career would later be defined as an action hero…
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Prosecutors warn that the situation surrounding the work against illegal wolf hunting is worse than ever. Environmental prosecutor Christer B Jarlås says the development is worrying. “It is a hot area where there are very strong forces that have opinions, then we can hope that all police employees can keep their free time and their…
Wolf attack in Sörmland – a total of twelve sheep killed
On Saturday, a wolf attack took place between Malmköping and Mariefred, when six sheep were killed, and another six were killed after being injured. This only a week after another attack in Strängnäs municipality when four sheep were killed and another had to be killed due to injuries. The County Administrative Board is now opening…
Dogs are exposed during the game season
During the hunting season, the animal hospitals are busy treating dogs and other animals that have been attacked by wild boar during the hunting season. Lars Samuelsson, owner of the hunting dog Lovis, is one of all those who had to seek care at an animal hospital after a wild boar attack. “This time of…
Waste disposers found 2,700 used sanitary napkins in garbage hunting
There was a new main character when the Danish Society for Nature Conservation on Saturday 19 September arranged a collection day for rubbish in Danish streets and nature. By the end of the day, 2700 mouthpieces had been found, which were floating along with a total of 20 tons of waste. This is shown by…
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The Court of Appeal upholds the district court’s judgment in the case where a 50-year-old man from Norrbotten is sentenced to 18 months in prison for participating in a tangle of false hunting licenses. Between 2013 and 2017, the man must, for a fee, have handed out 36 false hunting licenses and registered 40 untrue…
Well-known business leaders are prosecuted in the hunting crime scandal
Four people were charged on Friday in the large hunting crime complex in Västmanland, including a well-known business leader from the county, according to the prosecutor’s office. Two of them are charged with aggravated hunting crime after hunting a wolf in 2018, and according to the indictment, three of the accused must have handled a…
Men hunted finches illegally with glue sticks
By smearing glue on branches, two men from Holbæk caught 12 finches of the species stillits over the weekend. The men have been charged with violating the Hunting Act. On Saturday, the sticky branches had been set up in a bush at Stevns by the company Omya’s chalk quarry at Sigerslev. – We received a…
VMA in Norrköping, Östergötland.
In total in the country, almost 13,000 people passed the theory test for the hunting degree. In Västerbotten, just over 600 were approved, which is slightly higher than between the years 2016-2018. The fee for the theoretical test was increased at the turn of the year from SEK 250 to SEK 500.
Increased search pressure among student unions: “Now you have a craving again”
When the corona pandemic struck, the county’s student union was forced to cancel and reschedule, but now there is again an increased interest. “We have more web applications than we had last autumn,” says Siv Fransson, head of department at Studieförbundet vokenskolan in Jönköping County. It is mainly dance and outdoor activities such as hunting…
Canceled hubertus hunt: Irresponsible to carry out
The Hubertus hunt in Dyrehaven 2020 has been canceled. This is stated by the hunting management in the Sports Riding Club. – It has not been an easy decision, and various options have been turned around, but the conclusion is that it will be neither possible nor responsible to implement this year, writes Sportsrideklubben in…
High school students are hunting for the schedule
Interest in taking a hunting degree has increased in Kalmar County, according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s statistics. A future with hunting as a profession is the dream of many who attend the hunting and game management program at Gamleby Gymnasium. The program started in 2019 and this autumn there will be a lot…
Moose hunting begins – more female hunters
In the hunting year 2019/20, 1,049 women redeemed a state hunting card in Västernorrland, compared with 800 in the year 2005/06. At the same time, the men who redeemed hunting licenses decreased from 12,036 to 10,131 during the same period, which makes the female share of hunters even greater. “If you like animals, there is…
