Wolves|The animal, which had lost its humanity, had become numerous alarm tasks for the police through the emergency center
Inner Finland the police issued a stop order to a wolf that repeatedly moved near the settlement in Sastamala, and attempts to expel it had not been successful. Susi was euthanized on Sunday, June 16.
The decision to deport the wolf had originally been made in mid-April, after the animal, which had lost its humanity, had come to the police through the emergency center during numerous alarm missions in the weeks before.
According to reports received by the police, the wolf had been seen walking in the built-up area in the yards of houses and on the animal farm during daylight hours. In addition, there were sightings of the wolf in the yard of the local school and along the children’s journey to school.
Local the SRVA operators of the game management association made two deportation attempts for the wolf during the spring, but even after those, the police received plenty of new reports about it from the populated area. According to them, the animal had passed right in the yards of residential buildings and in the vicinity of people.
On June 12, the police of Sisä-Suomen issued a killing order for the wolf. The wolf showed no compassion for people and it posed a danger to people’s lives and health.
The wolf was killed late on Sunday evening, June 16, on Tyrväänkyläntie, when it was coming near the houses.
The termination was done by the SRVA operator based on the termination order issued by the police. The termination was made near the settlement. The police deliver the animal’s carcass to the research institute that conducts game research, the Food Agency in Oulu.
The police the basis of authority in the decision to euthanize an animal is the Police Act, according to which a police officer has the right to arrest and, as a last resort, to euthanize an animal that poses a danger to human life or health or considerable damage to property or seriously endangers traffic.
The principle of less harm stipulated in the Police Act also applies to measures against animals, so killing the animal is a last resort.
The decision is based on the police’s case-by-case overall assessment, based on which there were no milder ways to resolve the matter.
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