Statistics of dogs killed annually in Sweden

One of the strongest arguments of the lobbyists for licenced wolf hunting in Sweden, is the amount of dogs, killed by wolves annually.

Here are statistics from Agria - Sweden´s largest insurance company, which insures around 70% of Swedish dogs:

Injured or dead dogs between years 2000-2005:

TRAFIC: 7252
STRAY BULLET: 135
PREDATORS: 78
OTHER WILD ANIMALS: 43

TOTAL: 7508

Note, that it doesn´t even specify how many dogs were killed by wolves, from all the predators.

In Swedish:

Källa Agria försäkringsbolag:
Skadade eller dödade hundar under 2000-2005
Orsak Antal trafik 7252
vådaskott 135
rovdjur 78
Annat vilt 43

Totalt 7508

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