In all probability, it is one and the same wolf that has resided in Halland since the end of July.
Now it has attacked sheep on one and the same farm, a total of about 50 animals have died, on three different occasions.
- It is of course extremely tragic and a transformative situation for the animal owner, says Martin Broberg, nature conservation officer at the County Administrative Board in Halland.
On Thursday, LRF Halland went out and told that they had applied for protection hunting of the wolf, something that the sheep owner also did.
The sheep owner also does not feel supported by the county administrative board.
- We have tried to help as much as we could.
I myself have been there and the field staff reinforced the fence and set up so-called patchwork.
These are emergency measures on our part that we can take in such cases.
But we have not been able to decide on protection hunting for the wolf in this situation, says Martin Broberg.
Why not?
- There are a number of criteria that must be met in order to be granted protection hunting.
If these criteria are not met, there is little chance of passing a review of the decision, and that a decision on protection hunting is appealed is very common.
It is important that we follow the criteria that exist and the case law that has been developed.
According to Martin Broberg, protection hunting cannot be granted because the wolf attacked sheep on one and the same farm.
- One of the criteria is to ask the question if there is another suitable solution, and when the attacks are directed in this way, our assessment is that we can help with injury prevention measures.
What you can do if you are worried about your animals is to strengthen your fences, increase your guarding of the animals and, if possible, keep them indoors at night because the attacks took place then.