COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s ...

About 20% of Sweden’s brown bear population could be killed this hunting season after licenses were issued for 486 of the animals to culled, despite an outcry from conservation groups. There’s ...

Brown bear hunting season in Sweden lasts either until October 15, or until the 486 permitted animals have been shot. Last year's quota was a record high, at 649 animals, while it was 622 in 2022 ...

Over the last century, two people have been killed in bear attacks in Sweden, both in connection with hunting and gun dogs. In 2022, only 11 sheep were killed by bears in Sweden, out of its ...

Last year, Swedish authorities handed out licenses to kill 648 bears during the annual trophy bear hunt. An additional 74 bears were killed as part of “protective hunting,” in which animals ...