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Wolf population in Latvia stable and growing slightly - State Forest Service
BC, Riga, 18.03.2019.Print version
According to the State Forest Service, the wolf population
in Latvia is stable and growing slightly, writes LETA.
At the same time, the Forest Service informed that 280
wolves were hunted during the 2018/2019 hunting season.
The wolf hunting season in Latvia is from July 15 until the
quota of 280 is met, or no later than March 31.
The Forest Service stated that wolf hunting in Latvia is
strictly regulated, so to maintain the most suitable wolf population in
Latvia's forests. It also points out that the wolf population at the moment is
the largest in the past 50 years.