Norwegian White Grouse stocks cut in half

Environmental authorities are worried about a huge reduction in Norway’s estimated number of the large bird known as rype (white grouse, or ptarmigan). They say that stocks registered by researchers were cut in half from 2002 to 2012.
Norwegian researchers tracking bird hatchings have been cooperating with colleagues in Sweden and Finland to register fjellrype in a mountain area covering around 250,000 square kilometers. For the first time, reports news bureau NTB, they’ve detected a sharp decline.

Source:News in English - News and views from Norway, 4 December 2013
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/12/04/grouse-stocks-cut-in-half/