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 Concerns that a cat killer could be on the loose in the town of Skövde in central Sweden are growing after six pets were found dead in the same neighbourhood in just one week. https://www.thelocal.se/20151013/swedish-pet-owners-in-fear-after-mass-cat-deaths Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:56:17 +0200 swedish-pet-owners-in-fear-after-mass-cat-deaths The Parken Zoo animal park in central Sweden has suspended its head zookeeper for misleading statements about the killing of endangered animals at the zoo in a widening scandal that has prompted the Board of Agriculture to intervene. https://www.thelocal.se/20121019/43934 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:11:00 +0200 43934 A zoo in eastern Sweden has come under fire for reportedly putting down animals and claiming they had simply been transferred to another zoo, misleading information the zoo now regrets sharing. https://www.thelocal.se/20121017/43874 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:09:00 +0200 43874 Two dog owners have been remanded in custody on the suspicion of torturing two puppy dogs to death, in what is believed to have been an attempt for an insurance payout. https://www.thelocal.se/20120813/42570 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:00:00 +0200 42570 A 39-year-old Stockholm man has been convicted of animal cruelty after dragging a dog to death behind his car. https://www.thelocal.se/20120507/40678 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:48:00 +0200 40678 A man in Stockholm has been charged with animal cruelty for dragging a dog behind his car for several kilometres after forgetting he had tied it to his vehicle, according to newspaper Metro. https://www.thelocal.se/20120118/38566 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +0100 38566 Police in western Sweden are looking for someone who broke the necks of 30 carrier pigeons in a cage in a community allotment area north of Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20091005/22466 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:21:00 +0200 22466 A 20-year-old man has been arrested after nailing a dead cat to the door of a police station in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090819/21560 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:56:00 +0200 21560 A 32-year-old woman in Halland in western Sweden has been banned from keeping animals after it was discovered that she was keeping a horse in the cellar of her house. https://www.thelocal.se/20090314/18216 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:32:00 +0100 18216