Prison Sentences Against Wolf Tormentors

The Court of Appeals of Lower Norrland in Sweden has sentenced two men to two years each in prison for hunting down and killing a wolf bitch in a very cruel way. The judgment was on the 28th of May 2014, case number B 539-13.

One of the men used skis, the other a snowmobile. They hit the wolf with the snowmobile, then crushed the head of the wolf by smashing it. The Court of Appeals finds the evidence enough to sentence both men to prison, though one of them was freed when the case was first tried. The prosecutor appealed and now both are sentenced to prison. This is good. Wolves are protected animals. Also, regardless of protection by the law, no animal should be tortured in the way described in the judgment - or in any way, for that matter.

I am pleased that prison sentences was the outcome of the trial.