Sweden Kicks off Bear Hunting Season With Almost 500 Licenses To Cull the Carnivore Beasts
It may well be that, in the near future, 2024 may be remembered by the troubled interactions between men and bears, both in Europe and North America.
Now, in Sweden, Brown bear hunting season started Wednesday, with 486 licenses to ‘cull.
As one would expect, conservationists oppose he measure, and warn that this move could result in drop of as much as 20% in the country’s predator population.
Associated Press reported:
“’Bear hunting is very much about pure trophy hunt’, Magnus Orrebrant of the Swedish Carnivore Association — a non-profit and independent advocacy group — told The Associated Press. ‘Wildlife management in Sweden is about killing animals instead of preserving them’,
