No wolf shot - and time is running out

Hunting leader Leif Thomsen says that there are many things that make hunting extra difficult.

- Wolves are an intelligent predator and capable of simply keeping away. Then it is a big area and in addition we have been given directives not to shoot the bitch so we have to be extra careful that we shoot the right wolf, says Leif Thomsen.

The County Administrative Board decided to hunt after two calves were demolished in early June. The decision was appealed by, among other things, the Swedish Predators Association, but the Administrative Court of Luleå approved the County Administrative Board's decision to shoot a wolf, but with the addition that no wolf may be shot if there are annual puppies in the vicinity, that there were annual puppies was not known when the shelter was granted.

"We have had with us from the beginning that there was a risk that there were annual puppies and it is clear that this will make the hunt even more difficult," says Leif Thomsen, who adds that there are many people who have been involved in the shelter.

The last time hunting was conducted on wolves in Östergötland, the hunting season was extended twice before the wolf was finally shot in October 2011. And Leif Thomsen believes that there may be an extension now.

- In previous such decisions, they have been extended, so it is likely that there will be an extension here as well.

See and hear Leif Thomsen in the video clip above and the hunt went into more detail in the clip below.