The mangy wolf was the alpha male in Østmarka – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): The scabies troubled and sick wolf that was killed in Enebakk in Akershus Tuesday was the so-called alpha males in Østmarka, show DNA analyzes.

There were three students who discovered the wolf, who searched into the settlement, including under a barn.

About half of the body was hairless, and there were small wounds on the tail section and elsewhere on the body.

– DNA analysis from Rovdata shows that the killed the wolf is the leader in male Østmarka-territory. After bitch in Østmarka was shot in self-defense earlier this autumn, it is now only puppies left in the territory.

– At this time of year will wolf pups be big enough to fend for themselves, and these puppies will be followed up in the ongoing wolf monitoring organized by Skandulv and the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate (SNO) says section chief Knut Morten Vangen in Environment Directorate said in a statement.

Rarely hard attack

– It is not unusual that wolves are observed with scabies, but it is rare to see an individual is so hard attack like this. The wolf was also very emaciated, and it will be examined to see if there is more wrong with it, says Vangen Dagbladet.

Vangen said that administrative authorities are not yet sure if there are two or three ulvunge in Østmarka the orphaned litter from last spring.

– Sporsnø ahead may bring clarity to it, says Vangen.

Six puppies in the same litter

A video recording from a wild camera on August 9 last year shows two cubs. Track and other observations in Østmarka after the snow came, giving indications that it may be three.

– Parliamentary goals in three breedings a year in the so-called wolf zone was fulfilled last year. In addition to litter in Østmarka, came two litters northern Hedmark. In Julussa in Åmot is registered eight wolves, which probably six are from the same litter last year. In Osdalen there are four wolves. Two or three of them are puppies from last spring.

Six licenses – six shot

predator councils in region 4 (Oslo, Akershus and Østfold) and region 5 (Hedmark) gave May last year permitted, licensed a total of six wolves in the four counties.

With the killing of the sick alpha male in Østmarka, is the sixth wolf shot and license hunting hereby terminated.

Two wolves are fields on permissions to kill (Rendalen and Greater Elvdal municipality), a wolf’s field of gunning in Strange municipality and charged permissions to kill quota, a wolf were felled illegally, and Østmarka-bitch, mother of the surviving pups were felled in self-defense for attack dog in Lørenskog in October.

Here you can read facts about the wolf.