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The permits were suspended and have since expired Image: Juha Metso/All Over PressYle News17.11.2022 17:14The Administrative Court of Northern Finland has retroactively cancelled permits issued last year that would have allowed hunters to kill 10 wolves the Finnish Wildlife Agency granted exceptional permits (known as derogation permits) to shoot wolves in Kuhmo the court ruled that the permits were issued incorrectly and blocked their implementation The permits had earlier been put on hold due to legal complaints The permit granted for the Saunajärvi territory concerned an entire pack of eight wolves while the permit granted for the Liminka-Temmes area would have allowed the shooting of two individuals with Kuhmo in the Kainuu region and the towns of Liminka and Temmes in Northern Ostrobothnia The permits were issued on "population maintenance" grounds but the court declared that there was no valid reason to grant them In June, Finland's Natural Resources Institute (Luke) reported no growth in the country's wolf population in the previous year estimated it at around about 290 individuals Precise numbers are impossible since wolves – including members of the Saunalahti pack – move freely back and forth across the Russian border "You could almost foresee this [decision]," said permit applicant Timo Klemetti a hunter from Kuhmo who applied for the wolfpack permit an entrepreneur and Finns Party member of the Kuhmo town council said that dogs have been killed by wolves in the area this autumn He said he would re-apply for the permit "if it becomes available…although it is frustrating" with several hunters in the areas reporting that they had received death threats Wolf hunting for population management reasons was allowed in principle by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry last December At that point the ministry was led by minister Jari Leppä from the rural-based Centre Party which has overseen the ministry since 2015 The regulation allowed derogation permits to be issued to kill up to 20 wolves on population grounds such permits could only be issued to cull certain individuals deemed to be causing damage the Finnish Wildlife Agency issued exemptional permits to kill 18 wolves None of these permits have been used pending consideration of complaints against them – and in any case they have all expired by now the Court of Justice of the European Communities ruled that wolves in Finland could no longer be killed pre-emptively and in 2019 stipulated that derogation permits to hunt wolves for population management purposes must be based on "rigorous and unambiguous scientific data" Leppä criticised the 2019 ruling as "a major setback" or ’Way of the Cross’ play was shown in various localities this year In Helsinki the play ended on the steps of the Cathedral in the Senate Square after a procession through the centre of the city Open image viewerVia Crucis -näytelmän harjoitukset Tuomiokirkon portailla 5 Image: Yle7.4.2012 16:29The show’s producer estimated the crowd at around 14,000 people though police put the audience at a couple of thousand people The traditional Easter show was organised for the 17th time in Helsinki this year Porvoo and Liminka both produced their own versions of the procession depicting the final hours of Jesus' life leading up to his crucifiction The Helsinki production was directed for the second time in a row by Mikko Lammi