7 October 2024

Tour of Scandinavia

Report on a tour of Scandinavia in my campervan including Musk Ox, Brown Bear and Wolverine. (Includes statistics on hunting that some people might find upsetting) https://hughlansdown.com/html/home/069-scandinavia.html

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I’m a Welsh wildlife photographer, author and conservationist. I chair the local Wildlife Trust group and am writing a series of children’s books about the wildlife of different countries around the world.
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  • 7 October 2024
    Andreas Jonsson

    Thanx for visiting sweden and point out the the absurd hunting we’re on and have always been.
    It´s a shame for my country.
    Now we have started legal hunt on the Wolverine as well. 25 animals is on the list.
    But the hunt, which was supposed to start on October 2, is now suspended pending a court hearing.
    Everything is a total mess.

    Scandinavia have A LOT of wilderness but unfortunately nothing in it. Especially in mainland Norway which must be the worst country on earth when it comes to hunting wildlife? The country i viritually empty.

    Your numbers are a bit wrong about Sweden. Last year there were “only” just above 60 000 Moose killed in hunting. The numbers has been going down for many years now. The forest companies are celebrating!

    The hunters, they blame the wolfs as always…
    Imagine you shoot up to 100,000 animals and then have the guts to blame the wolfs when the population declines… geez.

    Andreas from Sweden

  • 8 October 2024
    hughlansdown

    Hi Andreas, thanks for this and pointing out the moose numbers. It’s certainly very disappointing to see a modern, wealthy country like Sweden with such potential for wildlife but such an out-dated attitude to it… but as you say, Norway is even worse!

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