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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A European brown bear is measured during the annual weigh-in at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire. Joe Giddens/PA Wire/dpa The ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — 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 ...