Sami villages under-report elk hunt kills in Sweden
Local officials with Norrbotten county have called out five of the area’s largest Sami villages for failing to report hundreds
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Mercury levels rising in endangered Arctic gulls: biologist
Only 500 breeding pairs of the Ivory Gull remain in Canada A biologist is suggesting rapidly rising rates of mercury contamination
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How many wolves should live in Sweden?
Sweden is to reconsider its wolf policy once again, as the government has demanded a new, scientific study into the
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Bear and lynx populations are shrinking in Sweden
The number of bears, wolverines and lynx has fallen in Sweden, reversing a previous trend. Sweden’s University of Agricultural Sciences
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Lack of fresh snow halts wolf hunt in Sweden
The on-going wolf hunt in Värmland, Sweden has been paused due to the weather and the lack of new snow.
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Sweden evades EU rules to allow wolf hunt
Hunters will get licenses to shoot wolves next year, despite a court ruling against last year’s hunt. This is raising
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Rare white elk judged fair game in Finland, protected in Sweden
Two white Eurasian elk have been observed wandering the forests of the southwest city of Mynämäki, Finland this year. The
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Sami people want to be present in European Union
The Sami Council, which is an umbrella organization for Sami organizations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, has agreed that
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Is social media contributing to wildlife decline in Canada’s Arctic?
New warnings are being made about using social media to sell wildlife meat and fish online. On a Nunavut Territory
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Wild game source of lead for Swedish consumers
A new study in Sweden found that lead levels in people who eat wild game meat are higher than previously
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Italian hunter snared for fake bird calls in Northern Finland
This past summer, Italian hunters were invited to Finland to hunt thrushes, a delicacy in southern Europe. Now one over-enthusiastic
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Enough M’Clintock Channel polar bears to increase hunting quota?
The first of a three-part polar bear count in Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region has wrapped up, but it will be impossible
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Demand triggers black market for wild game in Sweden
Greater demand for wild game has created a black market for gangs of poachers in Sweden who hunt the animals
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`Don’t feed wild boars,’ says Swedish report
The feeding of wild boars should be banned during the summer months to help control the animal’s growing population, according
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Bear hunt quota worries reindeer herders in Sweden’s Arctic
The middle of August starts bear hunting season and the number of bears to be shot in northern Sweden is
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