Norway stop killing wolves NOW

  • by: The Game
  • recipient: Prime minister Erna Solberg, Climate and Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen

Since Climate and Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen denied wolves hunting 20.12.2016, we have seen a wave of criticism, they do anything to bow the regulations to hunt and kill wolves. Norwegian parliament has done everything to kill and destroy our wolves this winter, so far no hunt. We can’t continue to be silent, now we need your voice to get the Norwegian parliament and parliamentary president. So now I ask you to sign petition against this forces, who do anything to kill and destroy our wolves. Our wolves need YOUR voice, Congress hears only listen to a small group, and Norway has more counties than Hedmark, rest of the country and their residents need to be heard.
Information about wolves
Wolves in Sweden and Norway are members of a joint cross-boundary Scandinavian wolf
population. In both countries, the wolf population is monitored each winter. The Swedish
Environmental Protection Agency and the Norwegian Environment Agency have made new joint
Scandinavian guidelines and instructions for monitoring of wolves; these guidelines have now
been used since winter 2014-2015.
Numbers, distribution and trends in the wolf population in Scandinavia are primarily determined
through a survey of family groups and territorial pairs during 1 October - 31 March. The survey of
wolves are done mainly through snow-tracking and DNA-analyses of scats and urine. Information
from GPS-collars, other research data and dead wolves are used when available. The County
Administrative Boards in Sweden and Hedmark University College together with the Norwegian
Nature Inspectorate (SNO) in Norway are responsible for collecting field data. They also confirm
reports of tracks and other observations by the public. Contributions from the public are very
important for wolf monitoring.
Number of family groups and scent-marking pairs:
During winter 2015-2016, 41 family groups were documented in Scandinavia; 30 within Sweden,
four across the Norwegian-Swedish border, and seven within Norway. 29 territorial pairs were
confirmed; 24 within Sweden, one across the border and four within Norway.
Population size:
Using the same method as last winter and based on the number of reproductions, Scandinavian
wolf numbers were estimated to 430 (95% CI = 340-559), with the Swedish sub-population
estimated to 340 (95% CI = 269-442). The calculation includes both alive and dead wolves during
the monitoring period. The smaller Norwegian population was counted directly in the field. A
minimum of 25 cross-boundary wolves were counted, in addition to 65-68 individuals found only
in Norway.
Genetics:
Four new Finnish-Russian immigrant wolves were confirmed in Scandinavia during the winter
2015-2016. Three of these are dead, but the last wolf settled as a new-established pair member.
Two previously known Finnish-Russian wolves were still alive in the Swedish part of the
population, one reproducing in a family group and one single resident.
The estimated average inbreeding coefficient in family groups was 0.24 this winter, a slight
decline since last monitoring season.
Update 4.3.017

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