Around 01:00 on the night of Monday, a wolf was shot right next to a barn on Tynset. The wolf went straight through the yard and jumped over a fence to get in to the sheep, writes Tynsetingen. On Sunday morning, sheep farmer Kjersti Ane Bredesen from Teldalen in Tynset discovered that two of her animals had been killed by wolves. One of the sheep is said to have been taken inside the barn. Another sheep was found killed by the wolf in a field outside. The newspapers Tynsetingen and Arbeidets Rett Sunday write that. – What was frightening was that there are clear signs that the wolf has been inside my barn, says Bredesen to news. The farmer states that her sheep can go in and out of the barn as they please through a low doorway. That way they can drink water and eat hay. At night, the animals also sleep in the barn. She said that there are clear traces of blood in the barn after the wolf attack. – The wolf has actually gone inside the barn through two doorways and taken one of my tikkas out with him and dragged her a little over. And there she lay, eaten up. When we started walking around and investigating, we also found the remains of another sheep, says Bredesen. FOUND EATEN: Farmer Kjersti Ane Bredesen at the remains of one of the sheep that was taken by the wolf. Photo: Live Maren Mæhre Vold / Tynsetingen Confirms that it is a wolf The sheep attack is believed to have happened on Saturday evening or on the night of Sunday. The Norwegian Nature Inspectorate carried out investigations on Sunday morning and determined that it was a wolf attack. – No doubt. Here there are bite marks on the neck, severe neck bites above and below. As well as wolf tracks in the snow. One theory could be that the wolf attacked outside and the sheep ran into the barn after it. Because there are guts and blood at the entrance, says Jon Horten in SNO to the newspaper Arbeidets Rett. As recently as Thursday, a felling permit was granted for a wolf in Tynset municipality, and a search is now being made for traces. In addition, cameras are set up in Tynset Øst’s pasture area. In the neighboring municipalities of Tolga and Os, permission to kill a wolf has previously been granted, writes Tynsetingen. – Powerless Farmer Kjersti Ane Bredesen states that all the farms in Teldalen in Tynset are within a priority grazing area. Now preparations are being made for grazing in the entire area. – This is terrifying to think about, she says. She hopes the hunting team manages to bring down the predator. If not, they must consider measures to protect the animals. She herself has around 50 dams of old ewes. The lambing is not quite finished yet, but for now she has approx. 75 lambs going out to pasture. In addition, there are some cattle of the Angus breed on the farm and some horses. – I felt very safe with the scheme where the animals have had great freedom to walk in areas outside, but that they have a barn they can move into and where they feel safe. But when predators come in after them, you become a little powerless, says Bredesen. (©NTB) The farm where the wolf attack occurred is located in Teldalen in Tynset municipality in Innlandet.
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Wolf took sheep inside the barn – on the night of Monday it was felled – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
