Tag: hunting
Court postpones winter wolf hunt
This winter's highly controversial wolf hunt has been postponed for at least another two weeks, and perhaps indefinitely, after the Oslo County Court heard...
Court halts latest zoned wolf hunt
The Oslo County Court has ordered a partial halt to Norway's latest licensed wolf hunt, which has been going on since December 1. The...
Customs agents nabbed haul of dead birds
A group of hunters from Italy were recently stopped while boarding a ferry in Kristiansand, just before they were about to smuggle more than...
DNT posts moose hunt warnings
Norway's annual moose hunt seems to be taking priority over many Norwegians' right to the great outdoors. Even the national trekking association DNT was...
More wolves shot but ‘not enough’
A few more wolves have been shot in Southern- and Eastern Norway in recent weeks, including one in the mountains above Ringsaker and another...
Wolves shot, both killed and moved
With snow on the ground making it easier to track wolves, Norwegian authorities took to the air this week in another controversial move to...
Norway battles wild boar ‘invasion’
Norway is trying to fend off an invasion that neither border guards, police nor the military can stop: Wild boars are crossing the border...
Police probe attempt to poison wolves
Someone has tried to poison Norway's largest wolf pack, known as Kynnareviret, which roams in an area between Våler and Åsnes in Hedmark County....
More wolves shot amid boycott fears
Around 130 hunters in eastern Norway spent New Year's Day stalking and quickly killing two more wolves, after conservationists failed to obtain an injunction...
Wolf shot near Oslo
Another wolf was shot in the hills northwest of Oslo over the weekend, in the forest known as Krokskogen. Authorization had been issued, and...
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