Convicted of ulvedrab - now 67-year-old again in court

Mourits Troldtoft was last year found guilty of having shot and killed a wolf.

the Decision was however appealed by both the prosecutor and the 67-year-olds defending. The prosecutor found the sentence too mild, while the convicted person did not believe it was a wolf he shot.

In February, the appeal, however, postponed for an indefinite time, since there would be new dna-studies of the wolf.

Society - 19. feb. 2019 - at. 21:32 Ulvesag postponed indefinitely

But now you have agreed to a study, tells specialanklager by the public Prosecutor in Viborg, denmark Ulrik Panduro.

the Case has been scheduled for the Vestre Landsret 23. 25. september, after the prosecution along with the defender agreed a further dna study.

It was the defender who wanted further dna studies. Roughly speaking, one can say that the earlier dna study, which was presented in the district court, focused on the wolf's siblings.

- The new study, as the defender and the prosecutor have agreed to get made, looking more closely at the genes. It goes more on, whether it is a dog or a wolf.

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Specialanklageren expect that the results of the investigation before the summer.

And just the question whether it was a dog or a wolf, as the 67-year-old confessed to having shot, is absolutely essential.

Mourits Troldtoft the claim that it was a hybrid, he shot and killed 16. april 2018. A hybridulv is a cross between a wolf and a dog, and it is not listed. Instead, a hybrid is killed.

However, it must be killed if dna studies have determined that there is talk about a hybrid.

the district Court found, in spite of Mourits Troldtofts explanation him guilty of having shot and killed hunulven.

It came to pass, among other things, on the basis of a dna analysis that found that the killed hunulv was one of a litter of eight ulvehvalpe, who came into the world by the Aa in the spring of 2017.

the environmental protection Agency was nevertheless asked to examine the possibilities to further investigate the animal. Here was presented the three possible studies, one study would cost over a half a million dollars.

Ulrik Panduro would not comment on the proposals from the environmental protection Agency. But he tells, that you have chosen a dna-analysis to around 7500 dollars by the research institute Senckenberg in Germany.

It is the same department, Aarhus University, who monitors the wolf in Denmark, cooperate with.

Ulrik Panduro will not comment on what strafpåstanden is from the prosecution's side. He says, however, that the district court required three months ' imprisonment, and appealed against the verdict, as it was felt that the punishment was too mild.

Troldtoft has admitted in court that he from his car and fired three shots at the animal, but that it happened in self-defense.

Therefore have Thursday tried to get a comment from Mourits Troldtofts lawyer, but he has not returned.