In this park, the Wolf and Man friendly chat

Over thousands of years, a large number of wolves ruled over Norway.

Give thanks to the hunters and the loss of animal habitats, now they just left less than 30 in the wild Norway.

Finally, in 1973, the wolf became protected animals. Most of them now live alone, without the group and organized in the garden 'area of ​​wolves' located at the tip of the southern part of the country.

Polar Park is a paradise at the end of the world. Opened in 1994, in the heart of Lapland forest and home to 7 of the gray wolf.

The seventh animal was born in a quarantine. But not everyone is familiar with humans. Only 3 wolves were allowed to interact and cuddle with visitors. The rest live separately.

In 2015, the park was opened the inn for humans. There, the tourists can enjoy the sensation of sound melonglong wolves at night.

You mean the opening of the garden is to eliminate stereotypes about the animal's hairy.

"There are a lot of negative stereotypes against wolves, both Norway and other countries. Our goal opened the park to others is to educate those who want to know about this animal," said Stig Sletten, the park manager as reported by CNN, Monday, March 14, 2016.

"When they came out of the Polar Park, they have new knowledge," he added.

The most stressful experience is at once beautiful gets 'kiss wolf'. Nevertheless, security is the main thing. When he wants to interact, obligatory no park ranger on the touristy side and the wolf.

class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;">In this park, the Wolf Man and friendly chat, kiss wolf (Daniel Allen / CNN)

Skandinavian wolves from their cousins ​​in Europe. The animal is more bloated and weighed 40 kilograms. The males are larger than females.

Game animals they vary. Of the major European elk, antelope to goat.

Although the gray wolf was just prey on goats less than 1,500 per year (out of a total of 100,000 eaten by other wildlife), but farmers Norway supports the eradication of the animal.

Nevertheless, none of the Norwegian population were killed or injured by a gray wolf that during the last 200 years. The survey also showed citizens fear their presence.

Their number is shrinking in recent decades. That's because they are frightened by a lack of understanding and knowledge 

Now there are 11,000 hunters permission to kill 16 wolves each year. Action culling or control the number of animals was approved by the Norwegian government for the sake of the balance of nature.

In addition to the wolf, Polar Park is home to other Arctic species, including lynx, brown bears, arctic foxes, and a moose. The animals are categorized as endangered.

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