Tag: wolves
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...
Labour keen to shoot more wolves
Norway's Labour Party is drawing fire over a controversial new proposal to make it easier to shoot more wolves in Norway. As the wolf...
Court agrees wolf hunts were invalid
WWF won a long-sought victory this week when an appeals court ruled that two out of three wolf hunts authorized by state officials in...
Deadly day for wildlife in Norway
A polar bear and four wolves, officially listed as protected species in Norway, were all shot to death on New Year's Day. The polar bear...
Dead wolf was poisoned
Police in eastern Norway have confirmed that a dead wolf found floating in a lake in the small community of Åsnes in Hedmark was...
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...
Farmer shoots wolf, police investigate
A police investigation is underway in Hedmark, the southeastern Norwegian county where farmers feel most threatened by wolves, after a local sheep rancher shot...
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....
Wolf debate ‘blown out of proportion’
It was the wildlife preservationists' turn on Saturday to demonstrate by the thousands in favour of protecting Norway's roughly 60 surviving wolves. As their...
Permission granted to shoot another wolf
State authorities have given hunters in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark permission to shoot and kill a third wolf this winter. They claim there's...
FOR THE RECORD
If you like what we’re doing, please consider a donation. It’s easy using PayPal, or our Norway bank account. READ MORE
MOST READ THIS WEEK
CURRENCY RATES
For more news on Arctic developments.