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 Livestock owners in the southern Swedish region of Skåne are despairing after a series of deadly attacks on their sheep. https://www.thelocal.se/20121103/44206 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:41:00 +0100 44206 A Dane who thought he had felled two massive wild boars on a recent hunting trip in southern Sweden is facing criminal suspicions after it turned out the animals were actually Highland bulls. https://www.thelocal.se/20120831/42934 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:47:00 +0200 42934 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 An outbreak of anthrax at a farm in central Sweden has prompted veterinary officials to launch an investigation into where cows that died from the disease have been buried in Sweden going back to 1916. https://www.thelocal.se/20110727/35184 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:32:00 +0200 35184 The number of sadistic sex crimes against animals in Sweden has doubled over the past four years, according to statistics compiled by broadcaster TV4. https://www.thelocal.se/20110322/32742 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:19:00 +0100 32742 Nine Swedish meat processing facilities have had their licences to export to Russia revoked after failing Russian meat inspections carried out last spring. https://www.thelocal.se/20091201/23582 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:45:00 +0100 23582 Living conditions for Swedish pigs are worse than previously realized, an animal rights group claims, citing its own video evidence. https://www.thelocal.se/20091124/23442 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:25:00 +0100 23442 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 A fire which broke out on Monday night in a barn on a farm in Skärstad in central Sweden has claimed the lives of 46 animals. https://www.thelocal.se/20081021/15090 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:41:00 +0200 15090 Sweden’s outbreak of blue tongue disease continues to spread as animals in the Småland region of south central Sweden and neighbouring Skåne county to the south have now been diagnosed with the condition. https://www.thelocal.se/20080924/14538 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:54:00 +0200 14538 Two animals infected with blue tongue disease have been destroyed, as Sweden’s agricultural ministry gears up to prevent a wider outbreak of the feared livestock disease. https://www.thelocal.se/20080908/14194 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:43:00 +0200 14194