The person who alerted the police walked in the area and found the dead lynx. Police went to the scene and found the mutilated dead lynx about 10 meters into the forest and now make the assessment that the damage to the lynx may not have occurred naturally.
- The lynx lacks certain parts of the body that no animal can have. It is the patrol's assessment that we will now investigate, says Tobias Ahlén.
A report of serious hunting crime has been prepared and the police are keen to obtain tips from the public for this type of suspected crime is difficult to investigate, says Tobias Ahlén.
Have you received any tips yet?
- No, but we hope that someone may have observed when someone dumped the lynx. It is a long shot for such cases to be difficult to investigate, says Tobias Ahlén, press spokesman RLC Mitt.
The lynx is now driven to the Swedish Veterinary Institute in Uppsala for analysis.