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Seals face cull in bid to save Swedish fish stocks

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has ruled that up to 400 seals can be culled along the country's coast in a bid to protect depleting stocks of fish.

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300 bears to be killed in annual Swedish hunt

Authorities announced on Monday that 305 bears will be killed this year during the annual bear hunt across Sweden, roughly one tenth of the total population.

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Annual hunt to cull 300 brown bears in Sweden

Sweden’s annual bear hunt begins Tuesday, with over 300 of Sweden’s brown bears to be killed over the next two months in an effort to control the predator’s population figures.

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EU challenges Sweden's wolf hunt policy

The European Commission has issued a new challenge to Sweden's wolf hunt policy, with the EU environment commissioner warning the government against letting the hunt begin before it receives answers to its questions.