#Act4 Wildlife In December, the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced a proposal to kill 20 wolves from 4 packs outside the reindeer herding area this winter, with the supposed purpose of "regulating the growth of the wolf population, preventing damage and promoting the acceptability of the wolf”. Finland proceeds with plans to kill wolves 6 January 2022 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry wolf population management group ended up supporting a quota based system for the hunting of entire wolf packs and wolf pairs, which is illegal under EU law. Luonto-Liitto announced that they could not support such a decision and thus withdrew from the working group entirely. Luonto-Litto leaves Finland’s wolf working group after quota based hunting plan approved 3 June 2021 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife Public opinion around dolphins in dolphinariums is clearly changing. But what happens to dolphins when the parks get closed? Talks with policymakers are underway and several dolphin rehabilitation programs are getting implemented in Europe, but none are yet operational. The very complex nature of such a pilot project may be to blame. The rapid closing of dolphinariums poses a threat to dolphins 22 April 2021
#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 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife According to a survey by the polling company Taloustutkimus, 62 % of Finns do not approve of killing animals for their fur. Survey: 62 % of Finns do not approve of killing animals for their fur 21 January 2021 Animalia
#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 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife In a historical vote, the Social Democratic party of Finland (SDP) committed to working towards ending fur farming and fur sales both in Finland and in the EU within a reasonable transition period. News on the decision broke on 24 August during the Social Democrats’ party congress, held in Tampere, Finland. Finnish Social Democrats take a historical stand against fur farming, Animalia and Justice for Animals rejoice 25 August 2020 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife Two surveys carried out on behalf of our Finnish member organisation Animalia proved that 74 percent of Finns already oppose fur farming in its current form. ANIMALIA: 74% of Finns oppose fur farming and most don't accept killing animals for fur 4 December 2019 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife Earlier this month Animalia gave the Anti-Animal Award of the Year to Jari Leppä, Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, for his questionable interpretation of the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation. ANIMALIA: Misinterpretation of the EU Invasive Alien Species regulation leads to more suffering for raccoon dogs in Finland 25 November 2019 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife Last week Animalia announced the steady decline of Finland’s fur industry. The good news was sourced from the 2018 statistical report published by FiFur, the Finnish fur breeders association, which shows a systematic decrease in the numbers of fur farms and animals bred for fur. ANIMALIA: Finnish fur industry in sharp decline 14 August 2019 Animalia
#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 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 Susiryhmä
