So far, 82 lynxes have been shot in this year’s big license hunt. In several places, the hunt has been canceled because the maximum number of animals has already been killed.
In Gävleborg county, the hunt was canceled on Monday when number 30 in the order was shot, which means that the quota is now filled, reports SVT News Gävleborg.
A total of 201 lynx may be shot in the counties that have given the green light for license hunting.
The hunt began on March 1 and for Gävleborg it has gone relatively quickly, last year it took two weeks before the 20 animals that were then allocated were felled.
– The pace depends a lot on the snow conditions. It is significantly easier to hunt lynx when there is snow on the ground and you can track the animals, says wildlife officer Simon Viklund at the county administrative board in Gävleborg to SVT Gävleborg.
In Gävleborg county, the hunt was canceled on Monday when number 30 in the order was shot, which means that the quota is now filled, reports SVT News Gävleborg.
A total of 201 lynx may be shot in the counties that have given the green light for license hunting.
The hunt began on March 1 and for Gävleborg it has gone relatively quickly, last year it took two weeks before the 20 animals that were then allocated were felled.
– The pace depends a lot on the snow conditions. It is significantly easier to hunt lynx when there is snow on the ground and you can track the animals, says wildlife officer Simon Viklund at the county administrative board in Gävleborg to SVT Gävleborg.
The hunt has also ended in Uppsala, Örebro, Västmanland and Värmland counties as a result of filled quotas.
This year’s lynx hunt is the largest since 2010 and has drawn criticism. The World Wildlife Fund, for example, believes that the number of lynx attacks on domestic animals other than reindeer is not in proportion to how many lynxes the county administrations have decided should be allowed to be killed in southern and central Sweden.
The criticism has been dismissed by the Swedish Hunters’ Association, which believes that the hunt is necessary, among other things, to maintain the balance between the lynx and their prey.