The Swedish government to allow hunting wolves in the country after 45 years. On the first day of the hunt, Saturday, 20 head of wolf eyes at the hands of hunters.
Swedish Environment Ministry has issued permits to kill 27 animals between January 2 and February 15 in the five regions in the center and southwest of the country: 10 percent of the entire wolf population in Sweden.
Swedish Parliament decided in October to limit wolf population up to at most 210 during the next five years.
The wolf population has grown steadily from near zero in the 1970s and cause problems for farmers who lost livestock in some wild animal attacks. Animals were also more often seen in rural areas, including in the suburbs of Stockholm.
Sheep rancher Kenneth Holmstrom told the Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, he has lost 32 sheep in 2005 in only two wolf attacks.
"Wolf has to live in the woods and fields, but the animals must be controlled better," he said.
"The animal has no natural enemies and breed rapidly," he added.
Some of the preservation of animal lovers group has submitted an objection and stating the hunt violates EU rules on the species and habitats.
There are as many as 150 wolves in Sweden in 2005. That number rose between 182 and 217 last winter and more children are born wolves since then, said the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
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