“Sentenced for, dödsskott against Snapphanevargen”
“A hunter, who mistook a wolf for a fox who is sentenced to probation and 25 000 sek in fines. But Hässleholms district court believe that he can get to keep the rifles he killed the wolf with, reports Kristianstadsbladet.”
“The shy male wolf, which was called Snapphanen, had for several years been moving in the forests in the border between Skåne and Kronoberg county when he on 16 August last year was shot just outside Lönsboda in the north of Skåne.”
“the Prosecutor had claimed that the hunter could be sentenced for aggravated hunting crimes, but the court is of the opinion that it is just a matter of hunting crimes of normalgraden.”
“the district Court considers that the hunter was negligent, because he did not wait more than 30 seconds to say what kind of animal he had in mind.”