Found dead wolf full of rat poison: – Has received tips on poisoned bait for years – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): There was a lady who was out walking tour at Utgardsjøen in Kongsvinger, that May 5th saw something she thinks resembled a wolf lying in the water’s edge.

The woman contacted police, who took a look at the creature that turned out to be a wolf.

HERE WERE fOUND ULVEN: By Utgardsjøen Kongsvinger found the woman that she thinks resembled a dead wolf. View more

The dead wolf had neither vulnerable or gunshot wounds, and was sent for autopsy at the Veterinary Institute.

Veterinary Institute has now examined the wolf and have found several types of rat poison in the liver to the carcass.

that’s according Veterinærinstituttet pretty special, and may indicate that the wolf not poisoned by eating rats and mice, as critters like to be poisoned than one kind of rat poison at a time.

Suspect wolf poisoned

the wolf that was found in Utgardssjøen is a male wolf at 40 kg. The animal was not marked, and it is reported that the former are not registered with Rovdata.

Police Attorney Henning Klauseie in inland police, tells Dagbladet that the police in Oslo, Østfold and police in Romerike several years has received a tip that the ongoing laying of poisoned bait with the intent to poison wolves.

– A wolf eat dead rodents in the terrain, but this wolf was found found several types of rat poison, said Klauseie.

police in Hedmark has never before managed to prove that it is laid out poisoned bait catch wolves. Rumours and allegations of this has circulated for several years.

But now it seems that the police have tangible evidence that this actually occurs.

Penalty Bart

one can legally publish bait to eliminate mice and rats which do not want in the house, but if it has been put out poisoned meat in order to kill wolves may be punishable by law.

killing wolves is punishable and has a maximum sentence of six years, said police prosecutor.

last year, five persons convicted of having planned and participated in illegal Ulvejakt. The five were given prison sentences ranging from six months to one year and eight months.

Record number of wolves in Norway

Never before has there been so much wolf in Norway since the organized reporting on both sides of the Norwegian-Swedish border started in 1998.

in a status report which was submitted in February, is documented between 80 and 84 wolves within our borders. The year before it was registered 75 wolves in the final report.

In Sweden and Norway total there are now about 460 wolves.

According Rovdata has Scandinavian wolf sided eating habits. More than 95 percent of the menu is elk. That is a couple or a family supplies by about 100 moose a year.

Want tips on the matter

Now wants police tips in the case.

If someone around Utgardsjøen the past year has seen something that may indicate that it is laid out bait, then this is of interest to the police, Klauseie.

tips can be sent to the tip hedmark @ politiet.no or by phone 62 53 90 00

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