Sweden once made a lake monster a LEGALLY PROTECTED species and nobody talks about this

ok so this isn't a sighting report, it's more of a 'why is this real' post. Storsjön, big lake by Östersund. local serpent called Storsjöodjuret. fine, every lake has one. except. in 1986 the county board of Jämtland actually declared it an endangered species and made it ILLEGAL to harm the monster……