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The following articles have been tagged with "Animal":

UK wildlife park animals catch ‘Euphoria’ fever

Society: 25 May 12
The Paradise Wildlife Park in the UK has pledged their allegiance to Sweden in the Eurovision song contest by making their own film version of Loreen’s “Euphoria” – complete with dancing animals. READ »

Saunter through Saxony with InterRail: a gateway to central Europe

Travel: 22 May 12
With a history spanning over 1,000 years, the German state of Saxony has transformed over time from medieval duchy, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, kingdom and republic. READ »

Swedish beaver rescued after two days on rock

Society: 21 May 12
Emergency workers in eastern Sweden carried out a daring rescue on Sunday night, retrieving a beaver that had been stuck on a rock for two days. READ »

Swedish printer in South Africa banknote fiasco

Business & Money: 21 May 12
An error involving a Swedish printing press has turned into a very expensive headache for South African central bank officials who have been forced to destroy millions of dollars' worth of faulty banknotes. READ »

Prosecutors probe Swedish beaver hunters

Society: 11 May 12
Four men who were arrested while out hunting beaver in central Sweden at the weekend are being held in custody as prosecutors continue their hunting crimes investigation related to suspected illegal hunting of wolves. READ »

Pregnant reindeer death shock: 'they all exploded'

National: 10 May 12
An entire herd of pregnant reindeer plummeted to their deaths off a 1,200 metre-high cliff in northern Sweden, leaving a grisly scene which left local herders stunned. READ »

Swedish teenage girl hurt in freak wolf attack

National: 9 May 12
A fifteen–year-old girl who was visiting Sweden’s Kolmården Safari park a few weeks ago had to be rushed to hospital after one of the wolves suddenly attacked her and bit into her thigh. READ »

'Police shamed me’: angry 'bear' attack victim

National: 8 May 12
A Swedish man who claimed to have been mauled by a bear in eastern Sweden over the weekend lashed out at police for calling him a "liar", as some theorize an owl may have carried out the attack. READ »

Swedish sperm becomes 'bestseller' in China

Business & Money: 7 May 12
Swedish company Viking Genetics has been supplying the Chinese with over 100,000 doses of bull sperm over the last year and is hoping for the same this year, as the country means to double its heifer population. READ »

Stockholm guard fined for dragging dog to death

Society: 7 May 12
A 39-year-old Stockholm man who worked as a security guard has been convicted of animal cruelty after dragging a dog to death behind his car. READ »

Swedish police in 'bear attack hoax' retreat

National: 6 May 12
The 38-year-old man who claimed on Saturday that he had been attacked by a bear south of Gävle in eastern Sweden, has injuries which doctors believe were inflicted by an animal and police have now apologized for doubting his story. READ »

Swedish police: bear attack was a hoax

Society: 6 May 12
Police in Gävleborg in eastern Sweden have announced that they no longer believe a man who claimed on Saturday to have been the victim of an unprovoked bear attack. READ »

Swedish farmer shoots and kills cow-eating bear

National: 23 Apr 12
A farmer in western Sweden recently shot a bear dead after it attacked his cattle for the second time in one week. READ »

Zoo welcomes Sweden's first jaguars

Society: 21 Apr 12
Three jaguars, the first ever specimens of the exotic cat to set foot in the country, recently arrived to a zoo in central Sweden. READ »

Swedish police raid flat, free abducted puppy

Society: 20 Apr 12
Police officers in southeastern Sweden raided a Norrköping flat, freeing a Chihuahua puppy, which had been kidnapped by potential buyers last week. READ »

Playboy mags, seals and drivers 'stuck' in traffic

Society: 13 Apr 12
Unwanted Playboy magazines, recalcitrant seals and an enormous glue spill - The Local's News in Brief tackles the smaller offbeat news stories from around Sweden this week. READ »

Swedish team finds eggs from birdlike dinosaurs

Science & Technology: 7 Apr 12
A team of Argentine-Swedish researchers has reported finding fossilized bones and eggs from a giant-clawed birdlike dinosaur in a 70 million-year-old pocket in Patagonia. READ »

Sword-swinging feline fan in cat custody coup

National: 5 Apr 12
A cat-sitter in Sweden was recently arrested by police after threatening the owner with a samurai sword when he wanted to retrieve his pets. READ »

‘My monkey was my best friend’: Queen Silvia

Society: 5 Apr 12
Swedish Queen Silvia recently confessed to a children's magazine that when she was a child her best friend was the family’s pet monkey, Mickey. READ »

Sweden 'uninterested' in volunteers: charity head

Business & Money: 3 Apr 12
120 youth volunteers due to arrive in Stockholm this month have had their services refused by several Swedish companies, which are simply "uninterested" in help, according to the organization's programme coordinator. READ »

20 parrots massacred: 'It was no ferret'

Society: 3 Apr 12
The shocking sight of 20 parrots dead in their cages has left a devastated Swedish breeder wondering how so many of his valuable birds ended up beaten – and apparently bitten – to death. READ »

'Limping' cat shot dead and dumped by police

Society: 2 Apr 12
A cat which was discovered in central Sweden "with a limp" was taken by police and shot dead, and then dumped on a roadside. READ »

Elk herd causes Swedish motorway mayhem

National: 31 Mar 12
A family of elk have been causing consternation for police and motorists alike on a stretch of Sweden’s main motorway, with hunters set to be deployed in a bid to entice the animals away from danger. READ »

'The child I nearly hit could have been my own'

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Mar 12
While experienced expat drivers – especially Americans – may whine about the hassle of getting a Swedish licence, a near miss has convinced US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt that it was worth the trouble. READ »

Snowmobile hunters run over wolverine five times

National: 22 Mar 12
Two men who deliberately killed a wolverine by repeatedly running it over with their snowmobile faced a Swedish court on Wednesday over allegations of aggravated hunting crimes and animal cruelty. READ »

Swedish school asks kids to translate ‘Negro’

Education: 22 Mar 12
A class of 13-year-olds at a Gothenburg school were given the word “negro” and “negroes” to translate as part of their English language education, which some of the students have found inappropriate. READ »

Dog blocked from attending owner's funeral

Society: 20 Mar 12
The final wish of a Swedish man who died last week will never be realized, as his pet dog won't be allowed to attend his dead owner's funeral. READ »

Art exhibit pulls drawing after Jewish protests

Society: 17 Mar 12
A Swedish educational association behind a Christian art exhibit in Stockholm has withdrawn a drawing after protests from a US-based Jewish group that it was anti-Semitic. READ »

Begrimed baguettes cause bakery battle

National: 16 Mar 12
It’s News in Brief Friday again, where we’ve captured some of the shorter tales that caught our attention – this week including a ski race around the Stockholm castle, begrimed baguettes, bungling bird baiters, and the anniversary of a rather unusual murder. READ »

Busty Swede 'loses' boob in mud wrestling mishap

Society: 15 Mar 12
A buxom Swedish blonde blogger "lost a breast" after a rough-and-tumble reality show mud wrestling match dislodged one of her silicone implants. READ »

Sexy Volvo, clever Saab, and Swedish massage

Lifestyle: 13 Mar 12
The Local catches up with James May, host of the hit British car show Top Gear, to learn which Swedish cars are driven by yummy mummies, why he opted not to buy Saab for £1 and his stance on the elk-moose debate. READ »

Train kills reindeer 'like meat grinder': farmer

Society: 12 Mar 12
A new high-speed railway in northern Sweden has already claimed the lives of 200 reindeer since it opened three months ago, forcing the farm owner to move to safer pastures. READ »

Swedish TV to take on Stephen Fry's QI

Society: 7 Mar 12
Sweden is set to adapt the hugely popular British TV-show QI this year, with producer Anders Lenhoff claiming that Sweden is finally ready for "more intelligent comedy". READ »

Celebrities in Swedish: YouTube's finest

Lifestyle: 6 Mar 12
Celebrities worldwide have tried getting their tongue around Swedish and The Local has collected a sample of those who were either terribly bad - or surprisingly good. READ »

'Racism' ruins Iranians' Sweden dog sled jaunt

Society: 1 Mar 12
A Swedish dog sledder's perceived racist insults ruined a recent reunion of Iranian graduates in Kiruna and left their Sweden-based host "ashamed" of inviting her friends to the country. READ »

'Jag älskar dig': American parakeet learns Swedish

Society: 28 Feb 12
A parakeet in New York has been learning Swedish – in order to console a feathered Facebook friend from Malmö in southern Sweden who was feeling a bit under the weather. READ »

'It was just like Bambi': elk rescuer

Society: 26 Feb 12
Slippery ice proved a challenge for elk in Sweden this weekend, with two similar dramatic incidents with calves stuck on ice occurring on Saturday. READ »

Live Blog: Sweden celebrates new princess

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 12
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a daughter in the early hours of Thursday morning. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Sweden's first royal birth in more than three decades. READ »

'Swedes should eat more rabbits': scientist

Science & Technology: 20 Feb 12
Swedes are eating more meat each year and in order to reduce the effect this has on the climate, they ought to change beef or chicken for rabbit meat, according to an expert on agricultural science. READ »

73 cats found in three-room apartment

Society: 11 Feb 12
A Swedish man was keeping 73 cats and two dogs in one small apartment, animal protection officers discovered to their horror. Urine, faeces and fur balls covered the apartment's floors, and several of the animals were inbred. READ »

'Swedish needs a gender-neutral pronoun'

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Feb 12
The Swedish language is in need of a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, argue a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house set to release a children's book featuring the word “hen” rather than “han” (he) or hon (she). READ »

Bones and guts in military 'horror dungeon'

Society: 8 Feb 12
Two aspiring officers at a military training centre in western Sweden have been reprimanded after building a ”horror dungeon” with bones, faeces and animal guts meant to frighten younger trainees. READ »

Man performed surgery on his own dog

Society: 8 Feb 12
A dog-owner in eastern Sweden is believed to have carried out a botched operation on his own dog without the use of anesthetics or properly stitching the wound. READ »

Bear attack was 'like a slaughterhouse'

Society: 1 Feb 12
A Swedish hunter, attacked and mauled by a fully grown bear over the weekend, woke in hospital on Tuesday after a nine-hour operation. READ »

Woman collared for tossing dog from balcony

Society: 30 Jan 12
A woman who allegedly threw a small dog from the balcony of an apartment at the tail end of a party in Gothenburg in western Sweden was arrested on Sunday morning. READ »

Neglected horse had half-metre-long hooves

National: 23 Jan 12
A farm-owner in northern Sweden has been reported to police after a horse was found to have overgrown hooves measuring an "unprecedented" 50 centimetres in length, leaving veterinary inspectors in shock. READ »

Swedish 'egg snatcher' sought by Interpol

Science & Technology: 23 Jan 12
Police in northern Sweden recently received a tip-off from Interpol in the UK about a Swedish resident suspected of snatching rare bird’s eggs and nests to sell to collectors worldwide. READ »

Cops finger fox in 'copy-cat' rabbit robberies

Society: 20 Jan 12
Police hunting for a bunny burglar believed to have pinched 11 pet rabbits since the New Year in Säffle in northern Sweden have found their first suspect – a fox, but residents remain unconvinced the culprit has four legs. READ »

Activist jailed after writing threats in blood

National: 18 Jan 12
The 22-year-old animal rights activist suspected of arson and of writing threatening letters, sometimes in his own blood, has been sentenced to three years in prison. READ »

Man charged for dragging dog to death

National: 18 Jan 12
A man in Stockholm has been charged with animal cruelty for dragging a dog behind his car for several kilometres after forgetting he had tied it to his vehicle. READ »

Swedish town struck by 'copy-cat' bunny burglar

Society: 16 Jan 12
After a string of pet rabbits went missing from a town in western Sweden, bunny-loving residents are hopping mad that the disappearances may be the work of a copy-cat thief inspired by recent media attention on the case. READ »

Appeals court acquits Swedish 'exorcist'

Society: 10 Jan 12
A Swedish man sentenced to prison for abusing his wife through having her “exorcised” of evil spirits, has had his conviction thrown out on appeal. READ »

Stockholm man saves child from raging dog

Society: 7 Jan 12
A bloodthirsty Rottweiler bit a 6-year-old boy bloody and dragged him along a gravel path in central Stockholm before a passer-by saw the attack and came to the rescue. READ »

Swedish couple fined for neglecting their 53 cats

Society: 5 Jan 12
A Swedish couple was recently convicted of animal cruelty and forced to pay after keeping a large number of neglected cats in their Stockholm house. READ »

Swedish drivers smash into elk, reindeer

Society: 30 Dec 11
Six elk were hit by motorists in northern Sweden in the span of a few hours on Thursday afternoon, bringing the three day total of accidents involving large mammals to at least 20 for the region. READ »

Elk hunter acquitted of killing skier by mistake

National: 29 Dec 11
A Swedish elk hunter who felled her first elk with a single shot that passed through the animal only to hit and then kill a cross-country skier, has been acquitted of manslaughter charges. READ »

'Opinion Taliban', 'tree murder' make 2011 new Swedish word list

Education: 29 Dec 11
Words inspired by flip-flopping politicians and mobile phone apps, as well as creative terms for opinionated people are among the newest and topical Swedish words, according to the Swedish Language Council's annual list. READ »

The Local's most shared stories on Facebook

Lifestyle: 23 Dec 11
Swedish animal antics, medical madness, and plain old errors in human judgment featured prominently in stories by The Local that proved popular on Facebook in 2011. READ »

The Swedish 'julbord': a beginner's guide

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
No Swedish-style Christmas is complete without a julbord buffet. Food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson takes a look at what goes into making the perfect Swedish Christmas meal. READ »

Sweden's elk trump reindeer in new Christmas book

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
Some face time with Sweden's mighty elk led best selling children’s book author Jan Brett to choose the 'King of the Forest' rather than sleigh-pulling reindeer to star alongside a family of trolls in her latest Christmas-themed book, The Local's Joel Linde discovers. READ »

Record sentence for Stockholm puppy torturer

National: 21 Dec 11
A 22-year-old man from southern Stockholm got 15 months in prison on Wednesday for ”sadistically” torturing a puppy to death, a sentence that may well be the longest ever in an animal cruelty case in Sweden. READ »

Sweden braces for EU-induced egg boom

Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
A ban on bare cages for egg-laying poultry, which comes into effect in the new year, could mean an egg boom for Sweden if the demand rises quicker than the European poultry farmers have time to adjust. READ »

Owner reported after Södertälje cat stabbing

Society: 2 Dec 11
A Swedish woman who was viciously attacked by her pet cat in southern Stockholm has been reported by an anonymous animal sympathizer, claiming that stabbing the cat to death was unnecessary. READ »

Sweden's Christmas goat succumbs to flames

National: 2 Dec 11
The giant 13 metre tall Christmas goat, erected in Gävle on Sweden's east coast, went up in flames early Friday morning after an attack by unknown assailants. READ »

Sweden proposes ban on sex with animals

National: 28 Nov 11
After years of debate on the issue, a new proposed law on animal welfare suggests the outlawing of sexual encounters with animals in Sweden, a practice previously decriminalized in 1944. READ »

Hunter faces court for shooting elk, killing skier

Society: 28 Nov 11
The trial against the hunter who fired a single shot that passed through an elk before hitting and killing a cross-country skier, opens on Monday in Sweden. READ »

Swedish town erects giant Christmas goat

National: 27 Nov 11
Advent Sunday means it is time for the inauguration of the famous 13 metre tall Christmas goat (Gävlebocken) in the main square of Gävle, on the east coast of Sweden. READ »

Swedish researcher defines 'now'

Science & Technology: 24 Nov 11
A Swedish philosophy researcher recently published a paper on time perception, where the moment ”now” is described as two seconds long, and made up of a past and a present. READ »

Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden

Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter. READ »

Dutch crooner named Santa of the Year

Society: 21 Nov 11
A velvet-voiced Dutchman who could also hold his own on a mechanical bull didn't let a lack of snow diminish his joy at being crowned winner of the 2011 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Zoo sponsor: 'the tiger ate my piglets'

National: 16 Nov 11
A man has reported a Swedish zoo to the Consumer Agency for misleading information, after the piglets that he had adopted were fed to the tigers in the park without him being informed. READ »

'Xenophobia doesn't announce its arrival with the blast of a horn'

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Nov 11
Contributor Ruben Brunsveld reflects on what reactions to a recent article about a Muslim man being thrown from a train in Sweden may say about shifting definitions of xenophobic behaviour. READ »

Man caught smuggling snakes on a plane

National: 14 Nov 11
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to community service after customs inspectors atStockholm Arlanda Airport found almost 50 reptiles, including 41 scorpions and five vipers, in his baggage. READ »

Swedish grannies in bid to save freezing penguins

Society: 10 Nov 11
A gaggle of needle-wielding Swedish pensioners and other residents in the village of Österbymo have heeded a call for knitted sweaters to help keep penguins warm following a recent oil spill in New Zealand. READ »

Swedish snow in November no show

Science & Technology: 9 Nov 11
According to meteorologists, the month of November has so far seen the least snow in over a hundred years in Sweden, in stark contrast to last year's late autumn blizzards. READ »

German theologian: Pippi Longstocking is racist

Society: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's beloved Pippi Longstocking children's books have found themselves at the heart of a racism row after a German theologian demanded additions to prompt parents to skip over or explain certain passages. READ »

Pro-wolf politician attacked in his home

National: 3 Nov 11
A local politician in northern Sweden, openly opposed to excessive wolf hunting, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after being knocked out by a rock thrown through his bedroom window. READ »

Swedish zoo bankruptcy leaves crocs 'homeless'

Science & Technology: 2 Nov 11
The bankruptcy of a Swedish zoo has left three endangered crocodiles homeless and lawyers struggling to find someplace new for them to live. READ »

Swede given licence to kill 'feisty' squirrel

Society: 29 Oct 11
A Stockholm man has been given clearance from the local authorities to kill a squirrel which it is claimed has been terrorizing the leafy suburb of Enskede. READ »

Activist wrote threat letters in his own blood

Society: 28 Oct 11
A 21-year-old animal rights activist from western Sweden is facing charges for sending various threat letters -- some written in his own blood. He is also suspected of setting a hamburger restaurant on fire. READ »

Swede shocked by backyard elk 'threesome'

Society: 27 Oct 11
A man in western Sweden was greeted by an unusual sight on Wednesday morning when he saw three elk engaged in what appeared to be group sex in his backyard. READ »

Children questioned over 4-year-old's death

National: 20 Oct 11
Police suspect another child may be the culprit in the killing of a 4-year-old boy in south central Sweden as national criminal investigators and profiling experts have been called in to assist the investigation. READ »

Swede jailed for catching 13,000 wild birds

Society: 17 Oct 11
The 40-year-old Swedish bird enthusiast who caught more than 13,000 wild birds was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for aggravated hunting crimes, animal cruelty, and violating Sweden's protected species laws. READ »

Swedish roosters bred to become lip fillers

Science & Technology: 16 Oct 11
Swedish roosters are bred for the sole purpose of becoming lip enhancements and anti-wrinkle creams, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Ikea to drop famous Swedish food brands

Business & Money: 14 Oct 11
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea plans to stop selling a number of well-known Swedish-branded foodstuffs in its stores around the world in a move toward stocking exclusively Ikea-branded food. READ »

Swedish mum shoots five elk in four hours

Society: 14 Oct 11
A 37-year-old mother of two from northern Sweden had an unprecedented hunting outing on Thursday when she managed to fell five elk in four hours, propelling her to nationwide fame. READ »

Swede charged for 'sadistic' puppy torture

National: 29 Sep 11
On Thursday a man from Solberga, in southern Stockholm, was charged for torturing his puppy to death. READ »

Cat attacks owner, gets stabbed

Society: 29 Sep 11
A Swedish woman had just curled up in bed next to her cat, a beloved pet for the last 13 years, when the cuddly companion turned ferocious feline and started attacking her. READ »

'The deer hit me': ex-hockey pro after crash

Society: 27 Sep 11
Swedish ex-ice hockey pro Anders Parmström slammed a court decision to fine him after a fatal crash involving a deer, claiming that it was the "animal that hit his car". READ »

Hunters left baffled after elk body parts find

National: 26 Sep 11
A team of Swedish hunters made a gruesome discovery when out patrolling the woods in central Sweden last Sunday when they stumbled upon a tray full discarded elk entrails. READ »

Hunting elk is 'in the DNA' of Swedish hunters

Sport: 26 Sep 11
As Sweden's autumn hunting season gets into full swing, the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine, gets a firsthand glimpse into Sweden's great elk hunt. READ »

Thousands apply to join Swedish hunting boom

National: 26 Sep 11
Hunting is becoming more and more popular in Sweden with over 10,000 people taking their hunting certificate this year alone, representing a near 10 percent increase on last year. READ »

Five attacked by preschool wasp swarm

Society: 23 Sep 11
Five people, two adults and three children, were rushed to hospital by ambulance on Friday after having been stung by wasps at a preschool in Norrköping in eastern Sweden. READ »

The four best things to do on your Swedish holiday

Travel: 22 Sep 11
From lakeside castles to elk safaris in the north, a holiday in Sweden has lots to offer. Here are some ideas of what to do. READ »

Swedish hunter fells 'spectacular' albino elk

Society: 21 Sep 11
Mats Broberg of Värmland county in central Sweden recently snagged the ultimate hunting trophy after he felled a massive 280 kilogramme, 15 point white elk. READ »

Dig reveals human skulls mounted on stakes

Science & Technology: 19 Sep 11
Several human skulls found mounted on wooden stakes have been uncovered from a Stone Age lake bed in central Sweden in what is believed to be the first discovery of its kind anywhere in the world. READ »

Dog owner sentenced after attack

National: 17 Sep 11
A dog owner in western Sweden was sentenced and fined after her Rottweiler viciously attacked two joggers in a wooded area last summer. READ »

Woodpecker threatens Facebook server hall project

Business & Money: 16 Sep 11
Plans to erect three major server halls in Luleå in northern Sweden, a project believed to be initiated by social media giant Facebook, has been halted due to the conservation of a rare woodpecker. READ »

'It's changed my view of humanity': prosecutor

National: 13 Sep 11
On Tuesday the trial against 24 people for possessing and distributing child pornography opened in Sweden, in a case that has drawn widespread attention as all but one of the defendants are women. READ »

Nature snapper stripped of photo award

National: 13 Sep 11
Photographer Terje Hellesö, has been stripped of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's Nature Photographer of the Year award after admitting that he manipulated a number of his pictures of predatory animals. READ »


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