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Wildlife Stock and Hunt of Game


 
 Categorization of game to commercial and predacious animals is from practical pont of view relative and is imporant mainly from economic standpoint. For this reason a notion of "predacious animals" started to be used under which belong individual game species(predators) that cause damage to commercial game (it is

a component of the food chain). Division of game into furred and feathererd one is a species division and is of biological importance.

Hunting and spring stock of game (as of 31st March 1998):
 
Indicator Spring stock of game Game hunting
1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1998
Commercial game of which:
Deer
12 909
12 852
11 797
30 274
31 884
31 847
Fallow deer
975
1 394
1 260
4 281
4 896
4 880
Mouflon
1 638
1 902
1665
5 451
6 187
6 117
Roe deer
14 792
15 796
16 199
64 856
67 511
70 266
Wild boar
10 356
12 145
12 207
17 896
19 536
20 507
Brown hare
48 920
16 666
27 528
183 946
169 700
194 166
Wild rabbit
26
97
54
919
1 015
208
Grey partridge
60
121
332
35 137
30 005
28 103
Pheasant
93 606
86 857
114 181
142 339
137 711
165 960
Chamois
3
   
599
602
520
Bustard        
4
2
Capercaillie
5
10
11
1 574
1 787
1 217
Black grouse    
15
1 123
1 209
812
Wild goose
395
695
532
792
180
 
Woodcock
1 164
1 436
1 677
5 768
   
Wild turkey-hen
74
68
139
192
258
 
Hazel grouse
5
6
105
6 497
8 016
6 551
Furred predators of which:
Bear
61
34
46
1 269
1 308
1 148
Wolf
157
24
74
1 250
1 330
1 079
Lynx
67
25
37
969
950
865
Fox
15 953
13 586
13 688
13 331
   
Wild cat
216
44
4
1 302
1 344
1 286
Badger
603
38
706
3 861
   
Otter
37
 
4
325
170
139
Rock marten
598
718
599
2 763
   
Marten
658
681
810
4 967
   
Polecat
591
725
666
1 998
   
Ermine
12
18
17
     
Weasel
152
143
190
     
Muskrat
348
433
466
     
Beaver
4
   
35
56
 
Hedgehog
14
35
27
     
Predacious birds of which:
Goshawk
416
399
319
     
Jay-bird
4 360
5 329
4 427
     
Heron
44
7
2
     
Daw
449
302
326
     
Magpie
15 523
13 492
13 416
     

Source: ŠÚ SR