Damage from predation on the reindeer husbandry area in Finland during the years 1976-83

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Mauri Nieminen, Juhani Leppäluoto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1985
• Subjects: reindeer; reindeer husbandry; large predators; losses; wolf; fox; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Inari; Kuusamo; Salla; Sallan; Rangifer; wolverine; ahma; Ilves; Lappi; Lynx; susi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.5.1.537; https://doaj.org/article/cdde4a9ad56542a19f19d73f10f04c36

During the years 1976-1983 predators killed a total of 8900 reindeer in Finland. The highest numbers of reindeer killed by predators were found in the marked areas of Inari, Kuusamo and Sodankyla and in the reindeer herding areas of Kasivarsi (a total of 873 reindeer), Kemi-Sompio (731), Lappi (658)...