Sweden pays to reduce the wolf population amid pending EU court case

From BrusselsTimes.com:

Following the downgrading of the protection status of wolves in the EU from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’, the Swedish government announced last month that it would increase the budget for measures to manage the gradual reduction of its endangered wolf population from currently 350 to 170.

In total, the government proposes to allocate 338 million SEK (€31 million) over three years (2026 – 2028) to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency for measures intended to ensure the favorable conservation status of wolves despite the continued license hunting. Already next year, hunting will reduce the population to 270.

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