WEEK 7 Feb 5th to 11th

   NINE WOLVES TO BE SHOT

   Norway 2001-02-07    The Wolves in the Osterdalen Valley must die. This was the message from the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Wednesday. The so-called Atndals-pack and a couple in Imsdalen, nine wolves altogether, are scheduled for termination in the hunt starting Saturday. The Ministry of the Environment denied an appeal filed after the initial decision in The Directorate of Administration of Nature earlier. According to the directorate and the ministry they've decided to go through with the hunt "to protect sheep and other domestic animals in the area".

   Willing to go to prison

   A group of 20 protesters is willing to go to prison to stop the hunt. They will act as living shields between the hunters and the wolves.
   - We can't just sit still and watch this happen, protester Svein Sorli says.

  

   "To celebrate wilderness was to celebrate the wolf;
to want an end to wilderness and all it stood for was to want the wolf's head".

       Barry Lopez - Of Wolves and Men