Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf population

Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by tn13 on Saturday September 17, 2016 @10:32AM (#12520629)

Why not allow people to buy these wolves to be kept in private forests ?

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by kiiski on Saturday September 17, 2016 @11:47AM (#12520970)

I'm not familiar with the details of Norway, but the Nordic countries have so called "everyman's rights" which among other things say that owners of forests can't restrict people from roaming in their (uncultivated) land. Building a fence around your forest would most likely not be allowed.

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by tn13 on Sunday September 18, 2016 @09:56PM (#12528289)

Bad for the wolves. But I think the wolves can at least be sold to the keepers of exotic animals or even sent to other countries which might be interested.

We need an international market (legal) for exotic animals.

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by ptaipale on Saturday September 17, 2016 @11:48AM (#12520973)

There are no private forests in Norway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam#Norway

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by refurb on Saturday September 17, 2016 @10:41AM (#12520667)

Wolves can easily get over a 6 ft fence. How would you contain them in a "private forest"?

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by icantdrive55 on Saturday September 17, 2016 @11:05AM (#12520766)

10 ft fence.

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by scarmig on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:55PM (#12521843)

And the wolves will pay for it!

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by marrington on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @01:43PM (#12541442)

They can easily dig under a fence. Fences can't (at reasonable expense) keep coyotes or wolves out of any large area.

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