Tucked between two of Sweden’s (and Europe’s) largest lakes, Vänern and Vättern, and halfway between Stockholm and Gothenburg, the craggy, thickly forested wilderness of Tiveden National Park flares ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — 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 ...

Sweden has opened this year's brown bear hunting season, with a total of 486 animals nationwide permitted to be killed this summer. But animal welfare activists warn populations are dwindling.

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About 20% of Sweden’s brown bear population could be killed this hunting season after licenses were issued for 486 of the animals to culled, despite an outcry from conservation groups. There’s ...