The first lynx was shot near Markaryd on Wednesday.

Later, two more lynxes are said to have been shot.

- It's probably a couple because it's mating season now.

Those in Älmhult are shot at one-minute intervals, says Rune Håkansson, who is an inspector at the County Administrative Board in Kronoberg, to SVT Småland.

In Kalmar county, where 32 lynxes may be shot, one lynx has been reported as killed.

It is about a male of 22 kilos that was shot in Hultsfred municipality.

KLIPP: He is critical of the county administrative board's decision on lynx hunting: "There will be more traffic accidents"

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Can more lynx remedy the many wildlife accidents in Kalmar County?

That's what Magnus Kasselstrand, at Tjust fågelklubb, thinks.

He wants the county board to reconsider its decision on how many lynxes will be shot in 2023. Hear more in the clip.

Photo: Hedvig Nitttve/SVT, Heiko Junge/TT