How dare the sanctimonious humanitarian Swedes even contemplate coming up with a number!
How many wolves should live in Sweden?
Sweden is to reconsider its wolf policy once again, as the government has demanded a new, scientific study into the vulnerability of the country’s wolf population.
The environment minister, Åsa Romson of the Green Party, presented the decision together with the minister for rural affairs, Sven-Erik Bucht of the Social Democrats. They claimed that the scientific basis for how Sweden handles the size of its wolf population is questionable.
Romson said that politics rather than science has underpinned the decision to keep the national minimum flock size at 270 wolves. She is also critical of the fact that the size was determined through a vote in parliament. “The question is if parliament should decide this matter. That runs counter to previous praxis. We believe that science should determine the minimum size,” Romson said.
The move means that the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency will once again have to analyse just how vulnerable the wolf population is. But the Agency will also account for the socio-economic consequences of having a strong wolf population and it will do so with rural populations’ interests in mind, Romson insisted.
Politicians from the opposition Moderate Party were critical of the decision.
Wolves come in two forms.
1. Is your average wolf in wolfe’s clothing
2. The other comes in sheep’s clothing.
They should be bred up and put into wide fenced areas running along Finland’s border with Russia.