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5 May 2011 | Views: 3378 | Comments: 0 |
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Tuvan hunters have exceeded last year's record in shooting wolves, which was organized by the authorities of the republic to decrease the numbers of the predators and to protect the herders from their depredations. According to the head of the State hunting and fishing commission of Tuva, Alexander Novikov, in the four months of 2011 the total population of wolves in the republic was decreased by 455 head. In 2009 the hunters caught only 266 wolves, and in 2010 - 433. According to hunting specialists, the best indices has the state hunter of the Hunting and fishing commission Ivan Oyun. He has 31 wolves on his personal account. The overload in the struggle with wolves took place after a meeting with the participation of the leaders of all municipal agencies, which was held in the beginning of the year by the head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool.
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Info from the government press-service, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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