Animal rights activists ask the court to stop license hunting of 25 wolves – NRK Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
The government decided on Wednesday to support the decision of the predatory game committees on the killing of 25 wolves I’m firing off territory.
The demand for an interim decision is made before the Oslo District Court, Noah informs – for animal rights to NTB.
– Highly reprehensible
The three organizations consider it highly reprehensible that the Ministry of Climate and the Environment does not wait for the outcome of Noah’s lawsuit against the State for the decision in 2019 to kill wolves in the Letjenna area between Elverum and Åmot in Hedmark.
In Oslo District Court, Noah won, but the state has appealed the verdict, and the case will not be brought before the Court of Appeal until June.
DISPUTED: Four wolves, two adults and two puppies, were shot on the first day of the license hunt in Letjennareviret near Elverum last year.
Photo: Statens Naturoppsyn / NTB
– On a knife edge
– Noah’s case comes up in the Court of Appeal in June, and as of now the court is of the opinion that the Letjenna decision was illegal and did not meet the requirement that there should be a very high threshold for shooting critically endangered wolves within the zone where they should be. priority, says Noah leader Siri Martinsen.
– We can not have an administration that balances on a knife edge in relation to legality, and where threatening animals are shot through decisions that risk breaking the law, she adds.
– The latest status report for wolves in Norway, which was published a few days ago, shows that only 34–38 wolves have been detected exclusively in Norway, while 22–25 wolves have been detected on both sides of the national border. This is a catastrophically low number, says daily leader Alette Sandvik in the Association Our Predators.
Nine litters documented this winter
The government bases its decision on Wednesday on allowing the killing of 25 wolves within the wolf zone, with the population having a doctor for several years over the target that the Storting approved the predator settlement.
The organizations are reacting to the fact that a total of 25 animals will be killed within the wolf zone, something which they believe is a very large part of the total registered number of wolves.
So far this winter, 77-94 wolves have been registered in Norway and in border areas, follow speech from Rovdata.
A total of nine litters are documented in all-Norwegian territories and in common border territories with Sweden. So far this winter, wolf litters have been documented in the all-Norwegian territories Hornmoen, Mangen, Setten and Slettås.
In addition, litter of puppies has been documented in the three border areas Magnor, Fjornshöjden and Rømskog, and in the two possible border areas Varåa and Ulvåa.
License hunting
The license hunt will take place in two all-Norwegian and two border territories. We are talking about Hornmoen, Bograngen and Rømskog. In addition, the government is opening up for the killing of the animals that are in the Slettås area.
– This decision helps to bring the population to a level that corresponds with the Storting’s population target, and it is in line with the room for maneuver provided by the Biodiversity Act, says Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide (Labor Party) in ei. press release.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Sandra Borch (Sp) emphasized that the wolf population has had a doctor over the population target of the Storting for several years.
– We want to manage in line with the population targets that the Storting has adopted. It is important for the trust in the administration and for people who experience the strain it can give to have wolves in the immediate area, she says follows NTB.
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What is license revocation?
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Special hunting type for the large predators.
The three large predators wolverine, wolf and bear, can only be hunted via what is called license felling.
Lynx is the exception, it can be hunted via ordinary hunting.
Hunters must be registered
To be able to practice licensing, I must register as a license hunter in the Hunter Register.
Licensing is possible because it is based on a section in the Biodiversity Act (§18), which allows for exceptions from protected wolves, wolverines and bears in the first place.
The difference from quota hunting
The big difference between quota hunting and license felling is that license felling is intended as damage prevention, while ordinary quota hunting is completely ordinary hunting which is therefore intended to be used to harvest resources.
This is also the reason why it is called the licensefelling and not the licensehunt. When not harvesting from the felling, it is a felling, not a hunt.
But what about damage reduction?
There is also a third form of legal hunting of predators, and this is something called damages.
This is a type of hunting where you are allowed to kill an animal that is in acute danger of injuring or killing domestic animals such as sheep or domestic reindeer.
This is a measure that is only used in acute situations to prevent injury.
Source: Predatory visitor center
