https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Many hunters in Norway choose not to set their sights on the rare white elk, meaning the genetic factor that produces it can thrive. https://www.thelocal.no/20200714/why-rare-white-elk-can-be-spotted-in-norways-forests Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:35:12 +0200 why-rare-white-elk-can-be-spotted-in-norways-forests A Norwegian man was forced to take refuge in a tree after being chased by an elk while out jogging. https://www.thelocal.no/20191230/norwegian-man-goes-out-for-run-is-chased-up-tree-by-elk Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:58:44 +0100 norwegian-man-goes-out-for-run-is-chased-up-tree-by-elk Local wildlife authorities were forced to put down an elk in Østfold county earlier this week after it fell from the roof of a daycare. https://www.thelocal.no/20180405/elk-shot-in-norway-after-falling-from-daycare-roof Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:41:44 +0200 elk-shot-in-norway-after-falling-from-daycare-roof A line on Oslo's T-Bane metro was temporarily closed on Tuesday after an elk fell from a bridge onto the track near Gjønnes station. https://www.thelocal.no/20180130/norway-metro-closed-after-elk-falls-from-bridge Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:52:36 +0100 norway-metro-closed-after-elk-falls-from-bridge Plummeting numbers of elk in Norway’s Elgregion zone could be a threat to the country’s hunting season, according to hunters. https://www.thelocal.no/20170926/norway-elk-hunt-threatened-by-wolves-hunters Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:14:37 +0200 norway-elk-hunt-threatened-by-wolves-hunters New wolf cubs have been born for the first time in four years at Kristiansand Zoo. https://www.thelocal.no/20170601/in-pictures-norwegian-zoos-cute-new-wolf-cubs Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:26:01 +0200 in-pictures-norwegian-zoos-cute-new-wolf-cubs Norway’s minister for agriculture and food Jon Georg Dale has called for the Food Safety Authority to brace itself to cull thousands of reindeer after evidence of the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease was confirmed by experts. https://www.thelocal.no/20170330/norway-authorities-prepare-for-mass-slaughter-of-reindeer Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:44:43 +0200 norway-authorities-prepare-for-mass-slaughter-of-reindeer Demand for hunting permits is so high that Norway’s state-owned land and forest authority Statskog has announced that a Lotto machine will be used to help process the applications. https://www.thelocal.no/20160406/norwegians-to-play-elk-hunting-lottery Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:44:43 +0200 norwegians-to-play-elk-hunting-lottery It was a busy day for "aggressive elk" in Harstad, with police reporting two separate incidents within a four hour span. https://www.thelocal.no/20160209/norway-kids-defeat-aggressive-elk-with-snowballs Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:13:13 +0100 norway-kids-defeat-aggressive-elk-with-snowballs A Norwegian vet was this weekend forced to shoot a rare white elk he spotted on a hunting trip, after seeing that one of its horns had nearly snapped off leaving an infected wound. https://www.thelocal.no/20151029/norway-hunter-shoots-rare-white-elk Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:52:34 +0100 norway-hunter-shoots-rare-white-elk The hunter in Norway who shot two elk in a zoo a fortnight ago has admitted to police that he killed the animals, but claims he was unaware he was shooting through a fence. https://www.thelocal.no/20151021/hunter-admits-to-shooting-elk-in-norway-zoo Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:38:58 +0200 hunter-admits-to-shooting-elk-in-norway-zoo A group of hunters in far northern Norway shot dead two elk only to realise seconds later that they had been shooting through the fence into a zoo. https://www.thelocal.no/20151015/hunters-shoot-elk-in-zoo Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:35:20 +0200 hunters-shoot-elk-in-zoo Watch this incredible close-up drone film of an elk -- rather than loping off into the bushes, the curious animal sniffs and nuzzles the hovering camera. https://www.thelocal.no/20151002/curious-elk-plays-with-drone Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:37:24 +0200 curious-elk-plays-with-drone Oslo this week took delivery of the world's largest elk sculpture, a ten-metre-high beast in shimmering steel which stands 30cm taller than its Canadian rival 'Mac the Moose'. https://www.thelocal.no/20150526/worlds-highest-elk-statue-arrives-in-norway Wed, 27 May 2015 00:52:41 +0200 worlds-highest-elk-statue-arrives-in-norway A succession of mystery hairless elk have have been spotted in the village of Neiden close to Norway’s far northeastern border with Russia, leaving scientists scratching their heads as to the cause. https://www.thelocal.no/20150511/mystery-hairless-elk-leave-scientists-puzzles Tue, 12 May 2015 00:36:39 +0200 mystery-hairless-elk-leave-scientists-puzzles A skier from Drøbak, south of Oslo, has won top billing on the website of Norway’s largest selling newspaper after he took what is mooted to be the first ‘Elk Selfie’ or ‘Elkie’ and posted it on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.no/20150304/norways-first-elk-selfie-makes-front-page Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:09:50 +0100 norways-first-elk-selfie-makes-front-page One of Norway's leading elk experts has called for six-digit fines to be imposed when motorists or trains kill the animals, arguing that is the only way to force rail and road organisations to take action. https://www.thelocal.no/20140319/expert-calls-for-six-digit-fines-for-elk-deaths Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:29:00 +0100 expert-calls-for-six-digit-fines-for-elk-deaths A Norwegian man has put eight unwanted stuffed elk up for sale on Finn.no, the country's version of eBay -- under the category 'art'. https://www.thelocal.no/20140307/man-puts-stuffed-elk-family-up-on-norways-ebay Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:16:00 +0100 man-puts-stuffed-elk-family-up-on-norways-ebay Norway is livening up the main road north from Oslo with the world's largest elk sculpture, a ten-metre-high beast in shimmering steel which will serve as the country's answer to the UK's Angel of the North. https://www.thelocal.no/20140122/norway-to-build-giant-elk-of-the-north Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:34:00 +0100 norway-to-build-giant-elk-of-the-north The annual invasion of elk to the town of Finnsnes in northern Norway has reached such high levels that the neighbourhood group tasked with rescuing and herding the animals is now refusing to coming to the aid of citizens. https://www.thelocal.no/20140110/local-watch-group-resigns-after-elk-invasion Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:28:20 +0100 local-watch-group-resigns-after-elk-invasion