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– Yes, what was I thinking then? “Fuck hell.” I’m a little angry. She was a good hunting and family dog. Of course, it’s sad that the dog is gone, says Kenneth Sletner to Dagbladet.
On Saturday, moose dogs Saga and Pippi were taken to hunt moose in the border area between Nes and Aurskog-Høland. He was about to get them off the ground when he saw something move. But when he called the dog, a wolf stood up.
He stayed biting what was left of Saga. He had only one pair of legs left and the tape measure left when he had scared off the predator.
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The dog actually belonged to Sletner’s father, who passed away earlier this fall. They often hunted together. After the death of his father, he has taken over the care of the dog.
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Tired and tired after a hard day of hunting, he recounted what happened in a post on his private Facebook profile, where he ended with an invitation to other hunters: “stop looking at wolves in the mail, I SHOOT.”
The local newspaper Raumnes was the first to mention the case.
According to Romerikets Blad, the debate in the comment field got so heated that Facebook removed the entire post.
– Is it allowed to have different opinions, but that people can be so to the point of unreasonable? Some accused me of cutting off my legs myself and then blaming the wolf, says Sletner.
– You came with a reasonably clear position on the post. Did you know what was going to happen before publishing?
– Sure, otherwise I wouldn’t have shared it. I think those who rule this country should see that enough is enough. Now that we have reached the goal a long time ago, it is no longer possible. Not only for the good of the hunting population and dogs, even general safety when you go for a walk, you use nature, it degrades when you know there are flocks around here. If I’m not so scared, there are others who are.
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Olav Mæhlum, head of the wildlife committee in Nes, also believes that something must be done. He is not in any way surprised by what happened and believes that the killing of wolves should be allowed in the area.
He tells Dagbladet that there are more wolves in and around Nes “than anyone knows”, and estimates that there are three or four packs.
– We can’t bear it. I just got a call from some hunters who have been in contact with wolves three times during the hunt. It is dangerous for dogs. Hunters have trouble getting them in before they are caught.
According to Mælum, it also has consequences for the management of wildlife in the area and may spell the end of hunting traditions. Hunters have reported that hardly any calves are found on the ground, only adult animals.
– Do you know that the calf is taken by a wolf?
– It is very probable. A pack of wolves eats between 120 and 150 moose a year. With three or four flocks in the area, it goes without saying that the population is badly affected. Unnaturally, there are a lot of wolves here in relation to food.
Sletner acknowledges Mæhlum’s description of the conditions.
– We especially found many corpses of calves when we walked through the terrain, and several hunting teams in the area have encountered wolves several times.
