More appeals against the wolf hunt in Långbogenreviret

The first organization to appeal against the county administrative board's decision to hunt on a wolf was NordUlv's request for inhibition, that is, the hunt would be suspended before the Administrative Court in Luleå made a decision on the matter. That request was rejected by the Administrative Court last Friday.

Yesterday and today Tuesday, several appeals have been filed with the Administrative Court. One from the Swedish Predators Association, one from another organization and seven from private individuals.

Björn Ljunggren from the Swedish Predators Association questions in a debate article in the NT, the County Administrative Board's decision. He writes, among other things, that it is the wrong time for shelter hunting because "there are likely to be puppies in the Långbogenreviret." And that "they should be just over a month old."

The County Administrative Board in Östergötland granted the protection hunt in June last Thursday after two calves were demolished on Wednesday.

- Together with the fact that it is torn down on two occasions and one calf on another occasion last year, we then made a decision on hunting for shelter, says Mia Kjällander, wildlife conservation officer at the County Administrative Board in Östergötland.

Björn Ljunggren also objects to this, and in his debate article, states that the county administrative board has departed from its own principles "which say that hunting should be considered after two or three documented attacks within a 6-month period that are considered to be caused by the same wolf individual." Björn Ljunggren's objection is that it has been more than six months since the attacks on the sheep in 2019.

The administrative court in Luleå hopes to close the whole case during the week.

- We always try to be quick and the goal is for the issue to be decided this week, says Mathias Gruvris, rapporteur at the Administrative Law Court in Luleå.