The aftermath of Girjasdomen, which fell in January 2020, and the inquiry appointed by the government with the task of reviewing the entire reindeer husbandry law, has sparked a debate about in which parts Sami villages should be included in hunting licenses.
"Rolls up the mood"
In the PM that was leaked, and which Swedish Hunting was the first to report on, it appeared that the Renmark Committee's secretariat wrote that Sami villages probably have the right to lease moose hunting to the Sami villages because with Girjasdomen they have already been given the right to lease small game hunting in the mountain areas.
- It leaks like an old wooden boat from the investigation.
It is written in every hunting magazine about their working materials, says Ingemar Blind, chairman of Girja's Sami village, who attended the hunting meeting in Kiruna.
It is unfortunate that it will be like this.
It creates a mood that is not justified, he continues.
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"No easy task"
Hans Geibrink, the Swedish Hunters' Association's expert in the state investigation, was present.
Information meetings are one of the Swedish Hunters' Association's methods for informing and curbing the anxiety that may exist in the hunting corps.
- It is not an easy task the investigator has been given.
A sensitive issue that is close to many people's hearts, so it will certainly be tricky, he says.
- We provide facts in the matter.
It creates anxiety when you find out that there can be major changes around moose hunting, says Birgitta Isaksson, the Hunters' Association's mountain council.
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Birgitta Isaksson, chairman of the Swedish Hunters' Association's mountain council about hunting in the mountains.
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"It should be fair"
Many attended the meeting.
One of them was Eva-Lisa Eriksson, Kiruna, who believes that the most important thing for her is that it is fair.
- Everyone who lives and works up here should have the same opportunities in the mountains.
We have worked and lived here for many years.
It should be fair for everyone, says Eva-Lisa Eriksson.
Kiruna resident Lars-Erik Andersson was another visitor.
- It is probably the moose hunt then in the first place that may be starting to get worried about.