A Wilder Life
Further Information, Links and Resources

Episode 12: The Howling Wolves:

Wolf Culling in Sweden

https://www.birdguides.com/news/sweden-begins-wolf-cull/ 

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/swedens-wolf-hunt-starts-aims-to-halve-population/#:~:text=Sweden's%20anti%2Dwolf%20sentiment%20is,Staffan%20Widstrand/Swedensbigfive.org.

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/swedens-reputation-as-nature-friendly-is-being-shot-to-pieces-commentary/

https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane/djur/jakt-och-vilt/stora-rovdjur.html

https://wolf.org/wolf-info/factsvsfiction/are-wolves-dangerous-to-humans/#:~:text=Researchers%20unearthed%20489%20victims%20of,42%20were%20provoked%2Fdefensive%20attacks.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/02/huge-swedish-wolf-hunt-will-be-disastrous-for-species-warn-experts

Wolves in Europe

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-025-01926-3

https://rewilding-portugal.com/news/8404/#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20it%20was%20found,possibly%20also%20of%20wild%20species.

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?aq2=%5B%5B%5D%5D&c=2&af=%5B%5D&searchType=SIMPLE&sortOrder2=title_sort_asc&query=rovdjursf%C3%B6rvaltning&language=en&pid=diva2%3A1235644&aq=%5B%5B%5D%5D&sf=all&aqe=%5B%5D&sortOrder=author_sort_asc&onlyFullText=false&noOfRows=50&dswid=3514 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320723001404 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01740-9

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-wolves-rapid-recovery-europe-decade.html

https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/article/81915/list/11/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01740-9

https://www.wwf.eu/?11724891/Facts-about-wolves-in-Europe

https://www.farminguk.com/news/15-000-sheep-were-killed-by-loose-dogs-in-2016-figures-show_45404.html#:~:text=Government%20officials%20and%20senior%20police,than%20the%20number%20previously%20thought.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/27/a-wolf-killed-the-eu-presidents-precious-pony-then-the-fight-to-catch-the-predator-began 

https://www.politico.eu/article/von-der-leyen-campaigning-hard-against-the-wolf/

Swedish Forests

https://worldrainforests.com/deforestation/2000/Sweden.htm?toc=1#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20U.N.,cover%2C%20or%20around%20922%2C000%20ha.

https://sweden.se/climate/nature/swedish-wildlife

heconversation.com/sweden-has-vast-old-growth-forests-but-they-are-being-chopped-down-faster-than-the-amazon-218753#:~:text=These%20unprotected%20old-growth%20forests,Scandinavian%20mountain%20range%20tree%20line).

https://www.forestindustries.se/forest-industry/forest-management/qa-about-forestry/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Sweden