In late September 2024, the European Commission declared Sweden officially free from the African Swine Fever (ASF).

A wolf hunt ... 75 of Sweden's wolves were allowed to be killed last year, per Euronews—are illegal under European Union law. The 1979 Bern Convention requires nations to "conserve wild flora ...

According to the Swedish Nature Conservation Agency, prior to the latest hunt there were around 440 wild wolves in Scandinavia, including around 375 in Sweden.

However, wildlife conservation groups and scientists argue that hunting wolves will “dramatically threaten” the already fragile status of the canid in Sweden, which had no breeding wolf ...