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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by marvin on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:08PM (#12521625)
Most farmers in East Norway don't believe the official numbers on the wolf population, due to personal experiences with seeing wolves, and having animals killed by wolves.

I'm curious myself; I've heard separate stories of people in different regions seeing large packs of wolves (10-20 individuals) and also observing wolves crossing the road at night, etc. It would be nice to know more about how the official count as been made, because I'm skeptical that there are less than 70 wolves in the entire country. Large areas of Eastern Norway are largely uninhabited, and it doesn't really make sense that there are so many observations in populated areas.

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Re:Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf pop... by digi_owl on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:23PM (#12521695)
Not sure if i can find the map right now. But i seem to recall seeing one showing the wolf related areas, and they were north and south-west of Oslo. Meaning that the wolf would potentially travel straight through the suburbs of Oslo.
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