Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists ...

Sweden has opened this year's brown bear hunting season, with a total of 486 animals nationwide permitted to be killed this summer. But animal welfare activists warn populations are dwindling.

Campaigners denounce ‘pure slaughter’, which could threaten survival of entire Scandinavian population More than 150 brown bears have been killed in the opening days of Sweden’s annual bear hunt, as ...

Sweden has issued licenses to hunt around 500 brown bears during the annual hunting season, which begins this Wednesday. This measure, equivalent to 20% of the total bear population in the country, ...

To the chagrin of animal rights groups and conservationists, wolf-hunting season opened in Sweden on Tuesday, after authorities permitted a cull of 22 of the animals. On December 28, animal rights ...

Though Sweden has a reputation as being ecologically-minded and nature-friendly, the nation has also become a ‘trophy hunter’s paradise’ that routinely flouts the European Union’s Habitats Directive, ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — 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 predator ...