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 dramatic reduction in the amount of annual ice cover in the Baltic Sea is making it harder for seals to breed, a new study by the Finnish Environment Institute has found. https://www.thelocal.se/20190210/dramatic-decline-in-baltic-ice-hitting-ringed-seals Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:11:41 +0100 dramatic-decline-in-baltic-ice-hitting-ringed-seals What happened to the seal who tried to cross the road? Police in Gävle in northern Sweden gave him a fishy snack and helped him back into the water. https://www.thelocal.se/20160404/lost-seal-wins-hearts-after-swedish-police-rescue Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:17:23 +0200 lost-seal-wins-hearts-after-swedish-police-rescue The rules for selling seal products have been tightened. An exemption allowing the trade of products made from seals culled as part of wildlife management has been revoked by the EU, which could affect seal trade in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150206/new-eu-rules-affect-swedish-seal-hunt Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:19:00 +0100 new-eu-rules-affect-swedish-seal-hunt An outbreak of bird flu has likely killed about 3,000 seals off the coast of Sweden and Denmark this year, Swedish authorities have announced, raising the alarm a month after Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20141216/bird-flu-suspected-in-mass-deaths-of-scandinavian-seals Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:46:00 +0100 bird-flu-suspected-in-mass-deaths-of-scandinavian-seals Ten times as many seals have died off the West Coast of Sweden in 2014 than in a typical year, with scientists saying the mortality rate is a mystery. https://www.thelocal.se/20141003/seal-deaths-surge-in-sweden Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:41:00 +0200 seal-deaths-surge-in-sweden The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has ruled that up to 400 seals can be culled along the country's coast in a bid to protect depleting stocks of fish. https://www.thelocal.se/20140405/400-seals-face-cull-in-bid-to-save-fish-stocks-2 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:54:34 +0200 400-seals-face-cull-in-bid-to-save-fish-stocks-2 Anders and Benjamin, two wild seal pups threatened with being put down according to Swedish law, will likely be able to remain at the Swedish zoo that has cared for them since they were found in the woods over Easter. https://www.thelocal.se/20130409/47222 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:05:00 +0200 47222 The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has ruled that two seals found over Easter and taken in by the Kolmården animal park in south Sweden should either be returned to the wild or put down, but Kolmården has refused to comply. https://www.thelocal.se/20130406/47170 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:34:00 +0200 47170 A seal pup was found in a forest in eastern Sweden on Sunday almost six kilometres from the closest body of open water, raising questions as to how it got there, Swedish media reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20130324/46908 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:16:00 +0100 46908 Residents in a southern Swedish elderly home will soon get to cuddle up with a fuzzy seal from Japan. https://www.thelocal.se/20121222/45236 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:04:00 +0100 45236 Unwanted Playboy magazines, recalcitrant seals and an enormous glue spill - The Local's News in Brief tackles the smaller offbeat news stories from around Sweden this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20120413/40242 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:15:00 +0200 40242 A leading fisheries consultant has warned that killing more seals and cormorants is the only way to reverse the trend of ever diminishing fish stocks in the Stockholm archipelago. https://www.thelocal.se/20120116/38534 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0100 38534 A number of young seals are reported to have left the sea and wandered onto dry land in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20080401/10832 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:47:00 +0200 10832 The virus that killed almost 200 seals off Sweden's west coast and in Denmark during the summer is not 'seal plague' as was previously thought. Experts are now warning the general public to avoid any contact with seals that are sick or dying. https://www.thelocal.se/20070824/8275 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:08:00 +0200 8275