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May 28, 2012
Veterinarian
The following articles have been tagged with "Veterinarian":
Rocko the cat found 250 kilometres from home
Society: 4 May 12
A man from southern Sweden was shocked to receive a call from someone who’d found his missing cat Rocko – three weeks after it went missing and 250 kilometres away.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Housing a hedgehog is a crime: Swedish police
Society: 29 Jul 11
Police raided the apartment of a woman in Gävle in eastern Sweden after being tipped off that she was caring for a wild hedgehog in violation of the country's hunting laws.
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Missing Malmö snake an 'expensive hoax': report
National: 10 May 11
The deadly snake reportedly on the loose in a Malmö apartment block, prompting panic among residents and leaving a six figure bill for the ensuing hunt, was probably a hoax, according to the building's caretaker.
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'Missing snake' note rattles Malmö residents
Society: 4 Apr 11
A report that one of the world's deadliest snakes has escaped from its owner in an apartment building in Malmö in southern Sweden has left residents living in fear.
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Foreign degrees pose Swedish jobs challenge
Analysis & Opinion: 23 Mar 11
Many employers require foreign-earned diplomas and certifications to be translated and verified according to Swedish standards; an often expensive and time-consuming process, The Local's Karen Holst has found.
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Chickens 'tortured' during slaughter: report
Society: 8 Mar 11
The Swedish National Food Administration has discovered that a number of chickens were not bled during the slaughtering process and thus may have been scalded and plucked alive.
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Tapeworm prompts pooch smooch warning
Science & Technology: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's National Veterinary Institute has warned dog owners not to kiss their pets and to wash their hands after petting them following the discovery of parasite that can be fatal for humans.
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Swedish wolf import plan hits Finnish hurdle
Politics: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's plan to replenish its wolf population with pups imported from its neighbours has met resistance from Finland.
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EU acts to stop Swedish wolf hunt
Politics: 27 Jan 11
The European Commission on Thursday formally reported Sweden’s wolf hunt for violating European Union environmental laws. Sweden’s environment minister said that the hunt would nevertheless continue.
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Swedish birds 'scared to death': veterinarian
Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
A county veterinarian has speculated that the birds that fell from the sky in central Sweden on Tuesday may have been frightened by fireworks, then run over by a car after landing on the road in the dark.
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Court: biting head off live mouse 'not a crime'
Society: 17 Nov 10
A 23-year-old Swedish man has been acquitted of animal cruelty charges after a court ruled that biting the head off a live mouse was “repulsive, but not criminal”.
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Brownie the cat killed in 'sterilisation' mishap
Society: 10 Oct 10
A 19-year-old pet owner from northern Sweden took her cat Brownie to the veterinarian to be sterlised. Instead, her pet ended up dying in her arms.
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Man charged for biting head off live mouse
National: 6 Oct 10
Animal cruelty charges have been filed against a 23-year-old Swede who bit the head off a live mouse while one of his friends filmed the episode on a mobile phone camera.
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Zoo antelope may have starved to death
Science & Technology: 19 Aug 10
A bongo antelope at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna may have starved to death, newspaper Eskilstuna-Kuriren wrote on Wednesday.
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Woman attacked by wolf at wildlife park
National: 1 Aug 10
A 21-year-old woman was bitten by a wolf on Friday during a private guided tour at Kolmården wildlife park.
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Swedish family lived with 191 cats
Society: 20 Jul 10
A 60-year-old woman lived in a Stockholm suburb with her mother, her sister, her son...and 191 cats.
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Jilted hubby exacts mousy revenge
Society: 1 Feb 10
A 59-year-old man has been arrested for using his ex-wife's musophobia to wreak a cruel revenge for their break up after he pushed 19 mice through her letter box on Sunday morning.
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Minister dogged by more wolf hunt criticism
Society: 13 Jan 10
Sweden’s environment minister Andreas Carlgren continued to defend the country’s recent government-sanctioned wolf hunt despite a lack of evidence supporting part of the minister’s justification for the cull.
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Politician buried 11,000 chickens in mass grave
Society: 23 Jun 09
A local politician-cum-chicken farmer in southern Sweden has landed himself in hot water for burying 11,000 hens in a mass grave without contacting the proper authorities.
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Painted chicks lead to abuse charge for Swedish magician
Society: 5 Jun 09
A Stockholm magician has been charged with animal cruelty for painting several baby chickens as part of a show at a trendy night club last year.
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Muslim group: 'Make halal slaughter legal'
Politics: 31 Mar 09
The Muslim Association of Sweden has renewed calls for the legalization of religious slaughter practices such as kosher and halal.
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Pigs boiled alive at Swedish meat plants
National: 17 Mar 09
Living pigs have been scalded to death at four large Swedish meat processing plants, according to the National Food Administration.
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Malmö elephant dies after sit down protest
Society: 11 Mar 09
Malmö emergency services had to break off their attempts to coax a lying elephant back on to its feet on Wednesday afternoon - the elephant refused and had to be put down.
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Men, women and dog fall through thin ice
National: 2 Jan 09
Three people fell through the ice near Västerås in central Sweden on Friday afternoon, adding to a raft of accident reports earlier in the day.
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Blue tongue disease hits Swedish farm
National: 8 Sep 08
Two animals infected with blue tongue disease have been destroyed, as Sweden’s agricultural ministry gears up to prevent a wider outbreak of the feared livestock disease.
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Obesity threatens man's best friend
Society: 21 Jun 08
Every fourth dog in Sweden suffers from obesity and weight problems, Dagens Nyheter reports. Dog owners shoulder the blame, experts argue.
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'Swan woman' convicted of cruelty to animals
National: 9 May 08
A 68-year-old woman who had eleven swans living in her tiny Stockholm apartment has been found guilty of cruelty to animals.
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Minister calls for EU ban on tail docking
Politics: 27 Apr 08
Swedish minster of agriculture, Eskil Erlandsson, has called for an EU ban on the docking of dogs' tails.
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Man shoots neighbour's parrot
National: 23 Apr 08
A 25-year-old man from southern Sweden has been reported to the police for shooting his neighbour's parrot.
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Sweden: a nation of dog lovers
Lifestyle: 15 Apr 08
Life is pretty rosy when viewed through the eyes of a dog fortunate enough to grow up in Sweden, writes René Rice.
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Swedish town swept up in world's biggest sled dog race
Lifestyle: 9 Mar 08
On a snow-covered hilltop next to a quaint, wooden church, the smell of urine and wet fur fills the air and the sound of howling, snarling dogs is almost deafening: the world's largest sled dog race is about to begin, AFP's Nina Larson reports.
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'Ban sex with animals'
Society: 19 Oct 07
Liberal Party member of parliament Jan Ertsborn has called for Sweden to ban sex with animals, having witnessed an upsurge in the popularity of the practice in recent years.
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Dogs spread hospital superbug
Science & Technology: 30 May 07
Swedish veterinarians have warned of an impending public health problem as a number of dogs are found to be infected with MRSA, the superbug generally associated with hospital environments.
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'Swan woman' returns to Stockholm
National: 15 Mar 07
Gotham City had Batman, Stockholm has Swan Woman. After six weeks of relative anonymity, the woman was spotted again yesterday placing a swan in an IKEA bag.
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Bird flu: Sweden on alert
Science & Technology: 5 Feb 07
Sweden has boosted its monitoring of wild birds following outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu strain in Britain and Hungary. There are currently no new restrictions, but vets are calling for vigilance.
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Swedish animal park hunts missing wolf
National: 5 Dec 06
A six-month old wolf cub has gone missing from an animal park in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. Despite an intense search by park workers the cub has not been seen for over two weeks.
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Elephant injured in Stockholm crash
National: 10 May 06
A crash north of Stockholm on Tuesday resulted in three elephants escaping from their truck, while another was injured.
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Puppy smugglers arrested in Karlskrona
Society: 19 Mar 06
Smugglers were caught trying to bring eleven puppies into Sweden via Karlskrona on Saturday night. A trade being fed by the fashion for small dogs, customs officers say.
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Bird flu controls tightened
Science & Technology: 1 Mar 06
Bird flu reaches Sweden
Examination of the area where birds were found with possible H5N1 virus is stepped up as controls are introduced across Sweden. Bird owners in many parts of the country are being asked to register with local officials.
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Bird flu reaches the Baltic
Science & Technology: 15 Feb 06
Sweden introduces emergency measures as it is confirmed that two dead swans found in the Baltic Sea 100km from the southern tip of Sweden were carrying the deadly H5N1 virus. All Swedish poultry must be taken indoors, says the Board of Agriculture.
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Stockholm and Gothenburg poultry ordered indoors
Science & Technology: 27 Oct 05
All commercial poultry in Sweden's two main metropolitan areas is to be kept indoors from Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu. And duck hunting is banned.
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E-coli outbreak traced to vegetable grower
Science & Technology: 17 Sep 05
The source of an e-coli outbreak affecting 110 people in western Sweden has been traced to a vegetable grower. The crops had been watered using a nearby stream.
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Astra Zeneca: new animal testing laws threaten 5,000 jobs
Business & Money: 16 Aug 05
Anglo-Swedish drugs company Astra Zeneca threatens to move its research labs out of Sweden if the government goes through with plans to tighten up the laws on animal testing.
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Sweden highlights bestiality problem
National: 29 Apr 05
Swedes are increasingly indulging in farmyard frolics - resulting in physical and psychological injury for the unwilling animals, according to the country's first government-commissioned study on the issue presented on Friday.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »
"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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