Tag: wolves
‘Sing if you meet the bear’
Several residents of the Gjerdrum area northeast of Oslo spotted a surprise visitor over the weekend; a brown bear sauntering along a local road...
No applause for Norway’s ‘double standards’ on climate and nature
NEWS ANALYSIS: On the day after flying home from his latest UN summit on climate and nature preservation, Norway's government minister in charge of...
Record number of wolves shot
A total of 38 wolves were reported shot to death during last winter's annual hunt. It's the highest level since Norway's state statistics bureau...
Wolf hunt extended, under state control
Norway's Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide infuriated conservationists once again on Tuesday, when he extended an already controversial wolf hunt that was...
Activists try to halt revived wolf hunt
Conservationists blocked forest roads and demonstrated during the weekend in efforts to once again halt a winter wolf hunt. They were "shocked" that a...
State appeals halt to wolf hunt
Norway's Labour-Center government is appealing a court decision handed down over the weekend that extends an earlier temporary ban on this winter's hunt targeting...
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...
Wolves’ fate up to the Supreme Court
Norway's Supreme Court started hearing the state's appeal of a rare victory for those trying to save the country's allegedly protected wolf population from...
Rural politicians marred fundraiser
Leaders of more than 30 small communities around Norway followed through in sabotaging the country's annual fundraiser last weekend, when they refused to take...
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