A licensed lynx hunt in Dalarna, Sweden has resumed after temporary legal suspensions, according to local reports. The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Naturskyddsföreningen) has appealed the hunt in eleven counties, arguing against the culling of protected predators.
Mattias Ahlstedt from Naturskyddsföreningen stated, 'We have room for more lynx in Sweden and Dalarna.' The organization maintains that hunting predators should be 'the last resort.'
We have room for more lynx in Sweden and Dalarna.
Under this year's license hunt, 153 lynx are reportedly authorized to be shot across Sweden, with 20 of those allocated to Dalarna county. This represents nearly double the number from the previous year's hunt in the region. Legal proceedings temporarily halted the hunt before it was resumed despite ongoing criticism and appeals from conservation groups.
The controversy highlights ongoing tensions between wildlife conservation efforts and predator management policies in Sweden's rural regions.
The last resort.