The decision to protect the male wolf in question, which is descended from the Norwegian-Swedish wolves from the south, was taken just before Christmas after it had stayed for some time in the same area around Norsjö municipality. It had then been observed earlier in the autumn repeatedly in the same area, investigations carried out by the county administrative board showed.
– It becomes difficult when it is among the reindeer. So a decision was made about protective hunting applicable in both counties because it also moved across the border, says Björn Jonsson, head of the nature conservation unit at the County Board in Västerbotten.
Sent for analysis
Several snow storms after the protective hunting decision meant that it took some time before it could be located and shot outside Jörn.
– It was the wolf we thought and it has now been sent for analysis at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, says Björn Jonsson.
Several Sami villages have their reindeer in the area in which the wolf moved.
At the end of November, another wolf was shot from a helicopter in Västerbotten outside Bjurholm after a decision on protective hunting. It too had attacked reindeer in the area.