#Act4 Wildlife Eurogroup for Animals has signed a letter together with its member organisations, Luonto-Liitto, Animalia, SEY, and other organisations to demand that the European Commission take action and seriously intervene in Finnish wolf policy. Letter to the EU Commission: Action must be taken now on wolves in Finland 11 February 2021 Luonto-Liitto
#Act4 Wildlife Wolves and other large carnivores play an important role in ecosystems and should not be killed for hobby purposes. You have to learn to live side by side with wolves 23 September 2020 Luonto-Liitto
#Act4 Wildlife The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed the strict protection of the wolf in Europe, saying that hunting permits should be delivered only in exceptional cases, and as a very last resort after non-lethal measures have been adequately implemented and have failed. Member States should protect their wolves, says the European Court of Justice 16 October 2019 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 AnimalsEU The short-term objective of the management plan shall be the minimum viable wolf population defined by 25 breeding pairs of wolves and the long-term objective shall be a favorable conservation status of the wolf population. Recommendations for the adoption of the new Finnish Wolf Management Plan 5 September 2019 Luonto-Liitto
#Act4 Wildlife The number of wolves has changed since last year, when the Natural Resources Agency calculated that wolves had moved to a large extent in western Finland. Now the number of wolves is increasing in Eastern Finland. Wolf population has grown by 10%+ in Eastern Finland 5 June 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Last week the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUJC) delivered its opinion on the permits granted by the Finnish Wildlife Agency to kill wolves – a seriously endangered species in Finland – to prevent poaching and harm to hunting dogs. European Union Court of Justice questions wolf hunting permits granted in Finland 15 May 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Wolf Action Group Finland questions if Finland will finally adapt its Wolf Management Plan to reflect scientific progress and improve the unfavourable conservation status of wolves in their country. Will Finland listen to science when updating their Wolf Management Plan? 22 March 2019 Luonto-Liitto
#Act4 Wildlife LUSH Finland has just announced their support to wolf conservation and The Wolf Action Group’s #GREYPRIDE campaign by donating all their sales from the Charity Pot body lotion sales in Finland during November and December. LUSH Finland to support the #GREYPRIDE campaign 6 November 2017 Luonto-Liitto
#Act4 Wildlife Collared wolves are an easy catch for poachers. They have been hunted by dozens in the last couple of decades as they can be easily traced and with little delay by having access to the internet. Hunters have chased and killed collared wolves in Finland 20 October 2017 Luonto-Liitto
#Act4 Wildlife Eurogroup for Animals and several Finnish NGOs have addressed the EU Platform on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores in a letter demanding to urgently identify a long term sustainable management strategy of the conflicts between the wolf and the reindeer herders in the reindeer herding area. Eurogroup for Animals and Finnish NGOs demand strict protection for the wolf in the Finnish reindeer herding area 16 September 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
