US EditionSweden begins brown bear hunting season with conservationists warning of a 20% drop in number
- Brown bear hunting in Sweden started with 486 licenses, but conservationists warned of a 20% drop in the predator population.
- An estimated 2,450 brown bears are currently in Sweden, a declining number due to increased hunting.
- Sweden’s Big Five stated that high hunting licenses threaten "100 years of brown bear conservation progress.
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In Sweden, the bear hunting season has begun, during which hunters will be able to kill 486 brown bears, or 20 percent of the population of this animal in the wild, by October 15. Animal rights activists are convinced that the shooting is too radical and that it is more about “macho prestige” than keeping the number of these large beasts at a safe level.
Sweden starts killing 20 per cent of its brown bear population despite outcry against 'macho pride'
Sweden on Wednesday (Aug 21) began a killing spree to eliminate nearly 500 brown bears, or 20 per cent of the animal's population in the Nordic country, despite outcry by environment activists who call it more of a 'macho pride' issue than something motivated by real ecological concerns. The brown bears can be shot dead as part of the annual license to kill. The hunting season will go into October 15. For this season, 486 brown bears can be kill…
20% of the total brown bear population would bring the number of specimens in Sweden down to around 2,000 to around 2,000, a drop of nearly 40% since 2008, when their minimum number was considered necessary
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