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A total of 18 wolves were reported shot or killed in the hunting year 2016/17. This is the highest number since 1923.1

In the hunting year 2016/17, a total of 20 hunting licences for wolves were issued, and 8 were shot under licence. Seven of these were shot in Hedmark. In addition, 6 wolves were shot as nuisance, 1 was shot in self-defence, and 3 were killed for other reasons.

Figure 1. Registered mortality of large carnivores

Bear Wolf Wolverine Lynx
1994/1995 1 17 64
1995/1996 1 16 103
1996/1997 3 17 113
1997/1998 3 19 127
1998/2999 5 1 22 105
1999/2000¹ 5 2 31 101
2000/2001 6 17 41 98
2001/2002 3 2 48 102
2002/2003 1 7 38 71
2003/2004 4 6 39 46
2004/2005 1 7 50 58
2005/2006 6 5 63 51
2006/2007 4 2 79 82
2007/2008 13 5 77 111
2008/2009 12 5 90 136
2009/2010 18 8 89 147
2010/2011 10 13 105 157
2011/2012 16 9 112 92
2012/2013 13 8 157 92
2013/2014 5 17 61 78
2014/2015 12 14 96 89
2015/2016 10 14 123 78
2016/2017 8 18 111 62

111 wolverines shot or killed

A total of 111 wolverines were shot during the hunting year 2016/17. This represents a decrease of 12 animals from the previous hunting year. Fifty-eight wolverines, or 50 per cent, were shot under licence, of which 29 were shot in the three northern counties of Norway.

1 Corrected 28 September 2017.

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