Large predator management versus the intrinsic value of animals: Norwegian predator policies on trial

In her PhD project "Large predator management versus the intrinsic value of animals," Martine S.B. Lie investigates Norwegian large predator management. The large predators are all endangered, and Norway is committed through the Bern Convention to protect them. Nevertheless, the government issues annual licensed and quota hunts. A central question in the project concerns the courts as an arena for the predator conflict, since environmental NGO’s employ strategic litigation to stop wolf hunts. Is this a promising strategy? Martine will present her preliminary findings and reflections, based on observation in court, analysis of verdicts and interviews with the litigative NGOs.