Each district has a fixed reindeer quota, set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. |
About the size of a very large Alsatian, the wolf hunts in packs and will eat anything from reindeer to household rubbish. |
Hot dishes include Karelian rye pastries stuffed with potatoes or rice, and reindeer stew. |
Wolves primarily hunt in packs for large prey such as moose, elk, bison, musk oxen, and reindeer. |
However, in Finland reindeer are very common and Finnish Lapland is abundant in food for reindeer. |
As we departed, the family's teenage son rode up on a reindeer, its fuzzy rack of antlers almost bigger than he. |