Reindeer News Roundup from Norway, Sweden
Reindeer have been much in the media this last week. Several thousand reindeer from the Swedish side of the border have moved into Trøndelag region in Norway, in search of better pastures, according to...
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Rise in Wolverine Attacks on Reindeer Baffles Ministry (Finland)
(Wolverine – Gulo Gulo) The number of reindeer killed by predators rose sharply last year. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry reimbursed reindeer herders more than two and a half million euros...
View ArticleSuurpetojen vuonna 2007 aiheuttamien porovahinkojen korvaukset maksuun...
Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö on päättänyt maksaa 1 732 261 euroa korvauksia loppuvuonna (1.7-31.12.2007) aiheutuneista porovahingoista sekä alkuvuonna (1.1. – 30.6.2007) aiheutuneista porovahingoista...
View ArticleReindeer News from Norway: Predation, Traffic & Politics
Predation is a serious problem for reindeer herders in the spring and early summer after calving season, as young calves are particularly vulnerable to predation. Kristian Jåma, a Sami reindeer herder...
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South Sami Reindeer Herders in Norway Under Pressure
(Pic – Torill Kolbu) There was an interesting interview with south Sami reindeer herder Jon Anders Mortensson in Ostlendingen today. Mortensson herding area is the Elgå reindeer district in the...
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GPS Transmitters on Reindeer
(Pic and story Ságat) By using GPS transmitters on reindeer in the Skæhkere reindeer husbandry district in southern Norway, reindeer herders hope that in time it will be easier to document their large...
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Handölsdalen vill decimera rovdjursstammen – Handölsdalen to Attack Reindeer...
Handölsdalens sameby har ansökt om skyddsjakt på fem järvar och fem lodjur. Ansökan ligger nu hos Naturvårdsverket. Beslut väntas komma inom kort. ”Över 50 000 renar blir rovdjursföda” Lennart Blindh...
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Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Visits Reindeer Herd
(Pic: Dan Robert Larsen / NRK) Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, The Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues visited a reindeer herd in the company of a reindeer herder from Karasjok, Johan Mathis...
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