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February 14, 2012
Wolves liquidated after Swedish zoo escape
Published: 10 Jan 10 12:32 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Updated: 13 Jan 10 14:16 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/24302/20100110/
An entire pack of wolves has been liquidated at a Swedish wildlife park after escaping from their sanctuary. The incident occurred just days after a controversial nationwide hunt to cull wolves.
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The shootings happened only days after Sweden’s first nationwide wolf cull in 45 years came to an end. An estimated 12,000 hunters were granted permits to pursue 27 wolves described by the Swedish Government as “genetically degraded” because of inbreeding. The hunt was heavily criticized by animal rights activists and local officials.
A park spokesman said the situation was extremely dangerous, although he added that the public was not at risk. “This was unbelievably tragic and stressful,” said Foreman Johan Lindström. “We think we dealt with this in the right way.”
“We are very, very saddened,” said Lindström. “It isn’t easy to build up an entire flock and takes several years.”
Skåne Wildlife Park near the south Swedish town of Hörby is the world’s largest of its type, with more than 800 wild and domesticated Nordic animals representing around 80 species. The park attracts more than 200,000 visitors annually.
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Again we see a panic reaction and an operation not thought through properly. Or as we state here in the UK: these people couldnt organize a p*ss up in a brewery. This makes us swedes look like a bunch of retards in how we handle our wolves, either wild or in privat possesion. I hope the people who gave this order will he held accountable, and if they cannot justify this action then they should be sacked on the spot. So would I if I made a monumental blunder at work, I would be out on the street and quite rightly so!!
I'm sorry to repeat a comment already made above, but it's too sad to read that shooting animals is seriously an option in a country which claims to be so much on the front of eco tourism! Shame on you Skåne Wildlife park this is very emberassing.
Noxtion, that is my question too. Why were these animals not tranquilized?? And brought back safely. Clearly, if they can be shot with a bullet that kills, they can be shot with a bullet that tranquilizes. The powers that be need to be culled...to bring in people with proper reasoning.
Today a pack of wolves senslessly threw themsleves into the path of oncoming bullets as they attempted to escape a human invasion of their property. The barbarians blamed faulty wiring in a safety fence. The wolves were deemed a clear and present danger to the invading force and thus warning shots were fired in the direction of the wolves. These shots were not designated kill shots but clearly the wolves had ideas of martydom as their deliberate movements into the path of the bullets clearly shows. Thankfully none of the invading force were injured or killed.
Someone pinch me, I think I'm dreaming.
I would have no qualms volunteering for the work.
That being said - when you are keeping wild animals in any zoo, there is a measure of risk that they will get out and destroy other animals. In fact this is what happened.
Other animals (Deer and sheep) were killed in the breakouts and even though the fence was fixed - some of the wolves broke their teeth on the third escape attempt which resulted in them being put down.
The fact that the wolves were packing and attacking animals, if they had not been dealt with then, they would have posed a nasty risk to farm animals, residents and tourists - they had started to figure out how to hunt.
I feel sorry for the staff who had to kill the wolves, if what I felt was even a 10th of how they feel, then it was very devastating indeed.
However, I have also known a Professor of Wildlife Science who joined in hunts to kill wolves from a helicopter.
I never spoke to this excuse for human on the street. When his helicopter goes down and burns, justice will be served.
It does seem that the Skane wolves could have been put out temporarily by tranquilizer darts, and relocated to some wilderness area. It seems that the pen was inadequate for their needs to travel and hunt. What a shame.
You can't just relocate them and release them out to the while, you don't think the park administrators would have explored any/all possibilities before taking action?
Proper fence construction would have very easily prevented this escape from happening.
It is inexcusable.
It would seem that an educated Wildlife Biologist and experience Zoo Veternarian are badly needed at Skåne Wildlife Park .
When people are responsible for the protection of animals in their care and the safety of visitors, a certain experiene level and training background are expected in those employees.
It is obvious there were deficits in both areas.