Rovdjursförening reports the lynx hunt to the EU

The Swedish Carnivore Association reports Sweden’s license hunting of lynx to the EU Commission. The hunt is considered to violate the species protection rules in the Species and Habitats Directive.

The Association of Predators writes in a press release that lynx must be guaranteed strict protection against intentional killing according to the directive, and that lynx hunting involves intentional killing “and is therefore not permitted, except as protective hunting of problem individuals”.

“The Swedish regulations on license hunting of lynx are contrary to EU law. For several years, we have tried to get a hearing from the Swedish courts because the Swedish interpretation is wrong, but to no avail. Now we choose to go ahead and take the issue to the EU”, says the association’s chairman Magnus Orrebrant in the press release.