Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt
Conservationists say the number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’
That's a shame for Sweden. Unfortunately, we see similar things in many other countries, and not only regarding bears.
I would eat a meatball made from bear...hunters.
The Xmas Pot Luck will be overbearing!
Is this to control the population for ecological reasons? It's not like bears have any natural predators and I'd imagine humans have filled that role for most of history. If this is not the case, then it's pretty sad.
You do know that (alpha) predator populations are self-regulating?
More predators => less prey => fewer predators => more prey => more predators
Money. Hunting permits = $$$$
There can't be much money in issuing 486 licenses.
Why be awful, Sweden?
It's our hillbilly population unfortunately. Since they got access to the internet they've been getting way dumber and started voting for the nazi party. Then there's the Sami of course. They mostly roleplay as some kind of "Indigenous" population while actually just being responsible for wiping out most wildlife for the last millennia. They always throw a tantrum over not being allowed to kill off all predators so they can fill every single square meter of northern Sweden with raindeer.
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Good