The following articles have been tagged with "Rabbits":
Lifestyle: 7 Jan 13
It took some time, but the figures are finally in, with rabbits, reindeer, and remarkable words all figuring prominently among The Local's ten most popular stories of 2012.
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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.
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Society: 2 Feb 12
A Swedish rabbit has hopped into the hearts of YouTube viewers worldwide thanks to a video displaying his impressive sheep herding skills.
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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.
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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.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 11
With the summer sun in the ascendancy, it’s time to lather on the sunscreen, pack a picnic, and head out to explore some of the 50,000 playgrounds on offer across Sweden. The Local’s Karen Holst tips some of the country’s best.
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Business & Money: 10 Feb 11
Sweden does not generate enough rubbish and 600,000 tonnes of foreign refuse were imported in 2010 to meet demand from district heating plants.
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Lifestyle: 9 Dec 10
What’s on in Sweden: British punks in Stockholm, American scratchers in Gothenburg and a study of entertainment in Malmö.
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National: 28 Oct 10
Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has sustained a wave of outraged reactions from viewers after a news programme showed excerpts of the slaughter of rabbits.
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Science & Technology: 4 Oct 10
The first of the 2010 Nobel Prizes, the prize for medicine, has been awarded to British researcher Robert Edwards for his work on in-vitro fertilization.
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National: 23 Apr 10
A Swedish court jailed three men on Friday for torturing two rabbits in Stockholm last year. The court served the three men with prison terms ranging from two to four months, while a fourth man was fined.
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National: 16 Apr 10
Police were forced to eject several people from Södertörn district court on Thursday as four men faced trial on animal cruelty charges after setting light to several rabbits.
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National: 10 Apr 10
Hundreds of well-bred rabbits took the opportunity to make new acquaintances and reproduce when a roof collapsed at Sweden's premier rabbit show in Nyköping in February.
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National: 27 Mar 10
A farmer in southern Sweden has been reprimanded by animal welfare authorities for the severe neglect of more than 100 animals.
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National: 20 Feb 10
A roof collapsed on Sweden's largest rabbit show in the early hours of Saturday morning leaving more than a thousand furry animals trapped inside the building.
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National: 20 Feb 10
Heavy snowfall in southern and central parts of Sweden has caused several roofs to cave in, while rail authorities have called a halt to a number of train services amid continuing extreme weather conditions.
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Society: 12 Oct 09
The bodies of thousands of rabbits culled every year from Stockholm parks are being used to fuel a heating plant in central Sweden.
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Society: 22 Sep 09
A chance look by police into an abandoned pet store in western Sweden revealed a gruesome discovery.
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National: 24 Jun 09
A lawyer contracted by the Swedish Migration Board to represent asylum seekers has a personal blog in which he refers to Islam as a “psychosocial disease”.
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National: 11 Apr 09
Rabbit meat is becoming an increasingly popular item on the Swedish dinner table, with demand peaking at Easter time, farmers say. Some 300,000 rabbits are slaughtered each year in Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 18 Nov 08
Jennifer Heape checks out what Malmö has to offer in terms of entertainment and activities for families with kids this winter.
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Lifestyle: 16 Oct 08
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman.
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Society: 18 Aug 08
Stockholm's population of wild rabbits has been curbed thanks to the city's Traffic Office. Around 4,000 rabbits have been shot by specially hired bunny busters.
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Society: 24 Dec 07
Two of Stockholm's largest department stores have had a trying Christmas season as customers complain about 'inappropriate' window displays.
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National: 20 Jul 07
The producers of hit Monty Python musical 'Spamalot' are turning to Sweden to find the next leading lady for the London show. The talent search will form the basis of a new TV3 show starting in the autumn called 'West End Story'.
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National: 18 May 07
Police have arrested two animal rights activists suspected of releasing a number of rabbits for their cages in an eastern Swedish village on Thursday night.
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National: 30 Oct 06
Two brothers on Gotland have found Viking-age coins in a neighbour's garden. "I just stumbled on an Arab silver coin that was around 1,100 years old," said 20-year old Edvin Svanborg.
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Society: 19 Oct 06
Stockholm's 6,000-strong rabbit population causes such problems that workers with shotguns patrol the streets to reduce their numbers. But the council denies that it plans to start gassing the animals.
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