The Local Sweden 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 Mink farm attacked by animal rights group Around 50 protesters broke into a mink farm in Tomelilla in southern Sweden on Saturday afternoon, interfering with cages and disturbing the mating minks. https://www.thelocal.se/20130317/46774 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:44:00 +0100 46774 Activist wrote threat letters in his own blood A 21-year-old animal rights activist is being prosecuted at the Gothenburg District Court, suspected of arson and writing threat letters, sometimes in his own blood. https://www.thelocal.se/20111028/37022 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:49:00 +0200 37022 Swedish mink farms slammed for 'cruelty' Animal rights activists say they have uncovered evidence of animal cruelty in Swedish mink farms, and are calling on the government to ban the rearing of mink for fur. https://www.thelocal.se/20100810/28286 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:39:00 +0200 28286