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. 2017 Jan 18;15(1):e04667. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4667

Table 9.

Total number of hunted and estimated wild population of the cervid species of interest in the countries covered by the mandate

Species Reindeer (wild) Moose White‐tailed deer Roe deer Red deer Fallow deer
Sweden‐population 0 300,000c Occasional 350,000r 35,000r 130,000r
Sweden‐hunted 0 87,094d 0 106,024d 7,751d 30,382d
Norway‐population 25,000a , e 120,000f 0 150,000f 125,000q Very few
Norway‐hunted 6,507a , e 31,137e 0 19,996e 33,799e 0
Finland‐population 2,555b , g 54,187g 46,162g 30,000–50,000p 0 612g
Finland‐hunted 18b , h 44,122h 26,578h 4,771h 0 61h
Estonia‐population 0 13,500i 0 46,400i 3,260i 0
Estonia‐hunted 0 6,873j 0 6,264j 1,252j 0
Latvia‐population 0 21,700k 0 133,200k 53,200k 0
Latvia‐hunted 0 5,810k 0 13,170k 11,805k 0
Lithuania‐population 0 10,903l 0 111,427l 30,056l 2,325l
Lithuania‐hunted 0 8,660m 0 109,707m 25,672m 1,631m
Poland‐population 0 11,714n 0 829,000n 203,000n 27,225n
Poland‐hunted 0 0n 0 166,889n 60,307n 7,042n
Iceland‐population – 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland‐hunted 1,291o 0 0 0 0 0
a

Wild Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus).

b

Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus).

e

Eurasian tundra reindeer (R. t. tarandus) (2015) http://www.hjorteviltregisteret.no

f

VKM (2016). CWD in Norway. Opinion of the Panel on biological hazards, ISBN: 978‐82‐8259‐216‐1, Oslo, Norway.

g

https://riistaweb.riista.fi/riistatiedot/riistatietohaku.mhtml Report of population left (after hunting), for year 2015.

p

Mr Jyrki Pusenius, Natural Resources Institute Finland, confirmed this by email on 21 November 2016.

q

Solberg et al. (2008).

r

Mr Jonas Malmsten, Viltkonsult Jonas Malmsten AB, confirmed this by email on 21 November 2016.