news Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt

[Virgos Groove]

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Sweden has issued licences to kill 20% of its brown bear population in the country's annual bear hunt, which begins today, despite concerns from conservationists.

 

Officials have granted licences for just under 500 brown bears to be culled by hunters. That equates to about 20% of the total population, according to official figures, and would bring the number of bears in Sweden down to approximately 2,000 – a drop of almost 40% since 2008.

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The high number of licences issued has alarmed conservationists, who say large predator populations in Europe could face collapse in some countries without proper protection. "It is a pure trophy hunt," said Magnus Orrebrant, chair of the Swedish Carnivore Association. "Wildlife management in Sweden is about killing animals instead of preserving them to the best of our ability."

The Guardian

 

[uusagii]

Disgusting

[UnusualBoy]

Are they braindead? By the numbers you can tell is an endangered species and they will hunt them just for the sake of it?

 

We are the worst.

[Phaunzie]

But why? Leave those bears alone.

[pride4jc1222]

I'm a bear🐻 

 

Please save me!

[scenekiller]

What the **** is an "annual bear hunt"?  humans are mentally deficient

[Pheromosa]

RIP Growlr users 

[réveuse]

This is pure animal cruelty!

[JoeAg]

wtf?? nah girl, send them out here to denver. I want more of these entitled ass midwest frat boys who are randomly coming in from boulder to not wanna overcrowd the gay bars as much 

[Tropez]

This is genocide. Are we going to sit back and do nothing? 

[QueenB]

this is sick and so outdated, there is no need for this

[Gesi]

What this poor animals have done to humans, barbaric.

[AMIT]

but we're supposed to believe (west) European countries are the beacon of human development? pathetic

[A.R.L]

I never trusted this country's animal rights/human rights thing… Disgusting!!!