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Severed elk head found in local recycling bin

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Severed elk head found in local recycling bin
The elk in the picture is not the head mentioned in the article. File photo: Mark Earthy/TT

A woman who came across a trail of blood in the snow in western Sweden made a gruesome discovery at a local recycling station, finding the severed head of an elk among bags of old newspapers.

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"Why would someone do such a thing?" the woman told the local Västgöta-Bladet newspaper.

"Think if this means that we can't keep our recycling station."

The woman made the macabre discovery on Sunday afternoon when she was on her way to a recycling station in Tidaholm.

Police later confirmed the find, which turned out to be more than just the head of an elk.

"Someone was going to discard their waste when they saw a pair of ears sticking out from a bag that was stuck in the hole," spokesman Björ Blixter of the Västra Götaland county police told the GT newspaper.

"It appears to be an elk that's in pieces in the container. The animal is to some extent frozen in the container."

Pär Hemström, head of local recycling operations was also taken aback by the discovery.

"It's unbelievable," he told Västgöta-Bladet.

"Sometimes we don't get information like this before it's too late and that can have devastating consequences (for recycling operations)."

Police have since cordoned off the area near the recycling station. While police have no suspects, Blixter said the find could constitute some sort of environmental crime.

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