‘We cannot say for sure these wolves come from Russia’: Finns try to fathom cause of record reindeer deaths

<p>Wolves killed more than 2,100 reindeer in Finland last year, and herders are blaming the Ukraine war</p><p>Juha Kujala no longer knows how many reindeer will return to his farm from the forest each December. The 54-year-old herder releases his animals into the wilderness on the 830-mile Finnish-Russian border each spring to grow fat on lichens, grass and mushrooms, just as his ancestors have done for generations.</p><p>But since 2022, grisly discoveries of reindeer skeletons on the forest floor have disrupted this ancient way of life. The culprits, according to Kujala: wolves from Russia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/24/finland-russian-wolves-blamed-record-reindeer-deaths-ukraine-war-aoe">Continue reading...</a>