I am a little disturbed by the fact that the Swedish Parliament has authorized the hunt and killing of wolves in Swedish forests. Swedish hunters and sheep breeders do not want wolves, but I feel akin to them. Wolves are, after all, the wild relatives of all dogs. I also doubt that the Swedish wolves have such numbers that they can cope with hunting, especially since they have a narrow gene pool, with only very few ancestors.
In other countries, sheep breeders have no trouble with much larger numbers of wolves, because they have herding dogs who are big and strong enough to protect the sheep. I believe this is the right way to protect the sheep, by letting dogs do it.
The worst thing about the wolf hunt is that it started by new year and it seems like the hunters have already shot and killed more than the numbers allowed. The news reports are not clear on this, but if it is true, what can be done about this? Will more wolves be imported from other countries? There are also wolves being shot at, but whom have not been found afterwards. I really hope there are no wolves hurt and suffering out there.
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Jag gillar inte heller jakten. Herdehundar, elstängsel och ev ersättningar för rivna tamdjur är bättre vägar att gå. Och att ta ut så många djur av en så liten stam... :/
För att inte tala om hur liten genpoolen är...
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