On October 16, Sweden’s government announced its ambition to lower the required minimum number of wolves in the country, from an already too low 300 individuals, to 170. Experts say this will risk the long-term survival of the species in Scandinavia. The Environmental Protection Agency has been ordered to report 170 wolves as the new, so-called “Favourable conservation status” to the EU in July 2025.
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