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 ...

Around 500 bears are set to be shot in Sweden from tomorrow as the country’s annual licensed hunt begins. In total, the government has approved the killing of 486 brown bears - 20 per cent of the wild ...

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 ...