| From: [email protected] (Jonny Axelsson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Pragmatic politics part 1: Endangered Species
Date: 26 Oct 90 23:01:39 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University in Oslo, Norway
The Scandinavian wolf (from whom the word warg comes from) has for some
time now faced extinction. Today the total population consist of 6-8
individuals living in the borderlands between Norway and Sweden. Some
of you may know of the methods used to save endangered species, and
scientists are using many of them to ensure that they will survive (the
number is smaller than wished for, but they might, just possibly,
manage).
A week ago a sheep farmer (the wolves nemesis) killed one of the
remainding and then destroyed the radio transmittor the wolf was
carrying. When they found out who the killer was, he was instantly made
a hero among the other farmers and were probably offered the fattest
and most beautiful sheep in the county for the night as a reward. The
farmers expected a fine, but they offeredto share the cost. Since they
get heavy subsidies from the Norwegian state, they could easily pay.
Two days ago the verdict fell. The farmer would get no punishment at
all for the killing, but he would have to pay for the destruction of
the transmittor, and the following search for the body. This was a
local court. Yesterday the prosecution decided they wouldn't appeal to
a higher court. This means free season on the wolves (to parafrase one
of the leaders: "We don't want to exterminate the wolf, we just don't
want any of them alive").
The wolves misfortune is that they live in the border area. In Sweden
they are safe. Unfortunately, like the current mayor of Oslo, they
don't know when they cross the border.
One last piece of information: Last year the farmers killed four (4)
wolves.
Jonny
4th floor
Norway
The surest way of solving the problem of endangered species is to make
sure there is none.
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| Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
From: [email protected] (Jarmo Niemi TUY)
Subject: wolves
Sender: [email protected] (Usenet NEWS)
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 20:43:32 GMT
Excerpts from this morning's Helsingin Sanomat:
"The European Federation for the Protection of wolves, which was
founded last weekend in Liege, Belgium, threatens Finland with
financial and tourism boycott if the new Finnish hunting law doesn't
guarantee a self-sustaining wolf population.... As chairman of the
federation was elected the Finnish M.P. Erkki Pulliainen (greens)...
The federation states that because the future of wolves in Sweden and
Norway is in danger, a protection zone or corridor should be founded in
northern Finland to allow passage of wolves from Russia to Sweden and
Norway... According to Pulliainen there are only about 20 wolves
altogether in Sweden and Norway. In Finland there are 50 to 100
wolves... Pulliainen believes there should be at least 200 wolves in
Finland..."
Jarmo Niemi Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland,
[email protected]
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| From: [email protected] (Anders Rosen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: wolves
Date: 29 May 1993 08:39:36 GMT
Organization: Computing Science Dep., University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Well, I don't know whether this discussion is that serious, but here is
some facts about the current wolf situation in Sweden (and in Norway).
According to "Nya Wermlands tidningen", a Swedish daily paper, the
horse Albert, a seven year old Ardenner, was atacked by a wolf
recently. Albert survived, probably thanks to his weight, which is
about a ton. Except for atacking larger animals, which is rare, one
person in the article claims that the same wolf atacks and kill about
20 sheep a year.
During the last 20 years 25 wolwes have been killed, 11 in Norway and
14 in Sweden. Six of those were killed in traffic, eight were shot
legally, and eleven killed by poachers.
Also as someone mentioned earlier on the net, city people seems to like
wolwes a lot more than those living close to them. There is always a
lively debate when a "lone wolf" becomes to thame and close to
villages. There are several examples of wolves mating with dogs (I
wonder what their offspring is like ?).
I live in the city ;-), and in V�rmland, Swedens "home of wolves"
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| Anders Rosen | Computing Science Departement
| [email protected] | Uppsala University
| The opinions above are my own | Sweden
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