https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A cow destined for slaughter made a last-minute mad dash for freedom in rural Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20170214/cow-attempts-great-escape-from-slaughterhouse-in-sweden Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:20:37 +0100 cow-attempts-great-escape-from-slaughterhouse-in-sweden Police in southern Sweden have issued a public warning about a pregnant cow on the loose, after two people were sent to the hospital after a hustle with the heifer. https://www.thelocal.se/20140723/swedes-to-hospital-after-pregnant-cow-attack Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:55:00 +0200 swedes-to-hospital-after-pregnant-cow-attack A Swedish farmer who woke up to find his 69 cows missing last year was charged on Monday for insurance fraud, as investigators suspect the man simply spirited the cattle away to cash in on insurance money to the tune of 550,000 kronor ($48,000). https://www.thelocal.se/20131203/swedish-cow-theft-farmer-faces-fraud-charge Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:30:00 +0100 swedish-cow-theft-farmer-faces-fraud-charge A team of hunters in the remote wilderness of northern Sweden were given quite a scare by what they thought was a gang of menacing bears that turned out to be a large invasive species of a different kind. https://www.thelocal.se/20130917/50276 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:56:00 +0200 50276 Dairy farmers in Sweden are threatening to use their tractors to block all dairies in the country if the price of milk does not increase. https://www.thelocal.se/20121114/44410 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:45:00 +0100 44410 A 23-year-old man from southern Sweden has been convicted for defrauding two farmers after failing to deliver on a promise to deliver 90 head of cattle. https://www.thelocal.se/20120703/41810 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:13:00 +0200 41810 Dozens of cows were found dead on a farm in central Sweden on Thursday after having drowned in their own excrement, prompting veterinary officials to launch an investigation into the incident. https://www.thelocal.se/20120629/41730 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:59:00 +0200 41730 A farmer in western Sweden recently shot a bear dead after it attacked his cattle for the second time in one week. https://www.thelocal.se/20120423/40420 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:58:00 +0200 40420 A farm in southern Sweden has become the venue for a rather unusual tale of unrequited love, after a boar developed strong sexual desires for the breeding bull. https://www.thelocal.se/20120222/39258 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:57:00 +0100 39258 Authorities in southern Sweden are investigating a macabre theft involving a dead cow and nearly 200 kilogrammes of missing meat. https://www.thelocal.se/20090528/19718 Thu, 28 May 2009 14:44:00 +0200 19718 An aggressive conspiracy of ravens is wreaking havoc on farmers in central Sweden, having killed more than a dozen animals in the last 3 months. https://www.thelocal.se/20090513/19432 Wed, 13 May 2009 17:19:00 +0200 19432 Data gathered during Sweden’s mid-December earthquake shows that cows in Skåne barely noticed the shaking beneath their feet, disappointing researchers who suspected the animals had an innate ability to detect natural disasters. https://www.thelocal.se/20090113/16876 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:43:00 +0100 16876