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Originally Posted by perolav
The Government has declared a protected area for wolf family groups. According to our experts this zone will provide space and prey for 3 family groups - remember : close to this area is pastures for sheep, cows, tame reindeer etc. If the number of wolf family groups exceed the number of 3 (20 individuals) more attacks on livestock may be expected, and the conflict will increase. It may also lead to poaching or poisoning of the wolves.
As said before: the wolves are protected by law, but in order to avoid extraordinary killing of livestock followed by killing of wolves, the number of wolves must bekept in accordance with the recommendations given by the experts.
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There is an error in the whole attitude!!! Wolves belong to nature and have the right to live on the Earth, just like people. There is competition among species, but people have brains and should use them to protect environment.
I'm sorry to say this, but if you follow the above line of argument why don't you shoot all your wolves at once, stuff them and show in a museum. Dead wolves don't attact livestock! Maybe this's the ultimate goal of the whole policy ?!
Surely you government could be more generous towards your lesser brothers, especially that you have so few of them and Norway is not a small or poor country. You may soon end up with plenty of livestock and wolves in museums. Is business all that matters?
I belive this is more a philosophical issue rather than operational (how many wolves, where, why etc.) Some people claim the right to control every bit of land, decide about life and death of each wild animal etc. others feel that humans are just a part of nature and we should try to find best means of coexistance. Everybody can choose between these option now, but if too many chose the first one, our grandchildren will have no such choice...
