 Hareide received heavy criticism for the policy on large carnivores . A decision in early 2005 , to uphold the ongoing wolf hunt even though a certain alpha she @-@ wolf Gråfjellstispa had mistakenly been shot in January that year , was met with protests from the national World Wildlife Fund chapter and other environment organizations , as well as the Swedish Minister of the Environment Lena Sommestad and representatives from the European Union . Hareide described the event as " regrettable " , but " not against the law " . The case made headlines in BBC and New Scientist . A few weeks before , Hareide had been criticized in a parliamentary hearing session for being too wolf @-@ friendly . The environmental organizations went as far as to press charges against the Ministry of the Environment . The Ministry was acquitted when the case was finally brought up in late 2006 , some time after Hareide left office . 
