Apparently it is possible to reverse legislative policy decisions in some countries.
The Norwegian parliament on Feb. 3 resolved by 79 votes to 16 to reintroduce lead shot for live quarry hunting outside wetlands. The decision follows a lengthy campaign by the Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers – the Jegernes Interesseorganisasjon (JI).
The JI has been campaigning to bring back lead—which it sees as “the most suitable material in hunting ammunition”—since the Norwegian government brought in a lead shot ban in 2005. The organization criticized the ban on the grounds that it lacked a solid evidential basis and that the use of alternative ammunition posed animal welfare risks. Non-lead ammunition does not kill as cleanly or as efficiently as lead, and therefore causes unnecessary suffering to quarry, the JI has argued.
The Norwegian parliament’s decision, however, has not silenced any of the environmental groups that brought about the ban in the first place.
