From 395 to 460 individuals, seen all over Sweden, in one year.

This is an increase of 16 percent.

- The winter inventory shows an increase for the third season in a row both in Sweden and in Scandinavia as a whole.

On the other hand, the inbreeding rate is in principle at the same level as before, despite the fact that the number of wolves has increased, says Jens Andersson

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 acting head of the Game Analysis Unit at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency in a press release.

The number of territories in Värmland did not increase as much as the number of family groups.

The spread to the southern part of Sweden continues, and now puppies have also been born in the counties of Skåne and Jönköping.

- We will shortly announce the county administrative boards' decision-making rights regarding licensed hunting of wolves, says Carl-Johan Lindström, head of the Game Management Unit at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.