New snow covers the winter landscape a few miles outside Uppsala. We are in a countryside where several residents have seen lynx.
– There are probably many who think there are several animals, but I think it is one and the same individual. Lynx is moving across large areas, says Emil V Nilsson, regional manager Swedish Predators Association.
Several different tracks
He quickly reads tracks from squirrels, field hare and mård, but no locks this day.
– It doesn’t seem to be anyone at home, he says a little disappointed.
But some brown cones on a bush gossip about them.
“Here it smells like a cat piss,” he says.
Emil V Nilsson penetrates into a string where he has had a sound equipment set during the night.
– It is frequent now under brownstone and it will be exciting to listen to this later.
“No sensible reason”
During the mating period, the hunt for LO also occurs. Unnecessary, says Emil V Nilsson.
– It was a sheep and a couple of dogs that were injured last year during the hunt in Uppsala county, and the dogs have been scratching. There is no sensible reason, he says.
According to the County Administrative Board in Uppsala, it is between one and five documented lynx attacks on sheep per year over the past five years. In addition, a number of dogs are injured by lynx associated with hunting for other species.
– A limited license hunt aims, among other things, to maintain low damage levels and take socio -economic consideration for those who live and operate in areas with predators, without risking the lynx’s favorable conservation status in the county or nationally, says Lennart Nordvarg, head of the Environment Department at the County Administrative Board in Uppsala County .
The license hunt for lynx in Uppsala County runs until April 15.
The clip: Hear how the lynx sounds