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12,000 Norwegians have signed up to kill half of the country's remaining wolves
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 15:23
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So many Norwegian hunters have registered to take part in a Government-ordered cull of wolves that they outnumber the animals by a ratio of 723 to one.
There are thought to be a few as 30 wolves living in the wild in Norway, but 11,571 people have registered to shoot 16 of them.
Figures show similar demand for hunting brown bears in the Scandinavian country, with 10,930 people signing up to shoot a total of 18 of the animals.
Another 10,820 licence holders were interested in shooting 141 wolverines.
According to the Norwegian Register for Hunters, registration for “each large carnivore species is set each hunting year.” …. http://www.independent.co.uk
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/12/12000-norwegians-have-signed-up-to-kill.html
