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Originally Posted by Altair
Wolf genetic variation in Scandinavia isn't too great, Northern Sweden/Finland functions as a corridor for wolves to get into the western part of Scandinavia, the area where the Saami also live, AND their tame reindeer population. Swedish government ought to fix this situation. There are many brown bears in western Scandinavia but when it comes to wolves there seems to be an anti-wolf sentiment, with cheering going on for wolf hunting. They don't even have many wolves at all.
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Speaking as a Norwegian I hear a lot about the wolf issue frequently, it is one of those piping hot political potatoes. The Lapps here don't speak much on that but they have always been hunting them. The most fervent anti-wolf groups are elsewhere. Ask a sheep farmer about wolves... or probably for the best, don't. We have one million sheep going loose and unherded in nature, about 40 wolves in total, and those 40 wolves have a "Wanted: Dead" poster circulating. The other side are small environmental groups. But both sides have wide support in the farmer's party (now in the government faction) and in the leftist socialist parties. I have a lot to say about it but there is no point, the sides are more entrenched than Somme 1915 and it isn't really a big Saami issue.