The wolf that was roaming in Björköby returned on Tuesday evening after the animal had been driven away from the settlement. The last resort of the police is to grant permission to shoot the wolf.
On Tuesday, the wolf that had already been driven away in Björköby, Raippaluoto, returned already during the same evening. Now the question has arisen about at what point killing the wolf becomes relevant.
– All possible circumstances must be taken into account, and according to the Police Act, killing an animal that poses a danger to humans is the last resort, Appel states.
Appel describes the indifference of the wolf in question, despite attempts to drive it away, as atypical behavior for a predator.
According to the police release, the wolf reacted weakly to the first expulsion attempt. In the end, the animal had bolted away from the residential area.
There are no new sightings of the wolf after Tuesday evening.
The story is a translation of an article in Svenska Yle Österbotten: Polisen om vargen i Björköby: \”Alla sävägä sävää ska beaktas\”