Nature Conservation
The government has decided that hedgehogs will be protected from November 1. The population has declined by nearly half over twelve years according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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This year's seal hunt, starting Monday, permits shooting 1,350 grey seals, 200 harbour seals, and 200 ringed seals in the Baltic Sea, more than last year. The Swedish Nature Conservation Association protests the expanded quotas, arguing seals are not to blame for depleted fish stocks.