Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists ...

Sweden has opened this year's brown bear hunting season, with a total of 486 animals nationwide permitted to be killed this summer. But animal welfare activists warn populations are dwindling.

Swedish courts on Monday ordered a temporary ban on wolf hunting in parts of the country, favouring animal rights activists in one of Sweden's most hotly disputed environmental issues. The ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator ...

Sweden's annual brown bear hunting season began on Wednesday, with the country's environmental protection agency saying a total of 486 animals could be shot this year. But animal welfare groups are ...

A brown bear cub walks in an area of taiga near the village of Ust-Mana, some 30 km (18 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk September, 16, 2012. (Reuters file photo) It "can quickly ...