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 The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may expand the right to hunt seals in the Baltic Sea due to an increasing population of the mammals. https://www.thelocal.se/20200204/sweden-to-introduce-hunting-quotas-to-cope-with-growing-seal-population Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:29:31 +0100 sweden-to-introduce-hunting-quotas-to-cope-with-growing-seal-population Makers of Sweden’s stinky fermented herring delicacy surströmming are braced for shortages this season following an “explosion” of seal numbers in the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.se/20180430/seal-explosion-threatens-fermented-herring-shortage Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:26:02 +0200 seal-explosion-threatens-fermented-herring-shortage 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 Small and fuzzy seal pups currently lining southern Swedish beaches have caused quite a stir, as many concerned callers to the police have worried that the pups have been helplessly abandoned on the beach. https://www.thelocal.se/20120805/42432 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:50:00 +0200 42432 An angry seal pup was found in very poor condition on the shores near a marina in Österåker, an island community about 30 kilometres north of Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20110410/33122 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:47:00 +0200 33122 More than 2,000 seals around Sweden's coast are now believed to have died this summer, mystifying scientists. Previous estimates put the death toll at just 200. https://www.thelocal.se/20071013/8779 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:39:00 +0200 8779 The number of seals in the Baltic colony continues to grow, with the current population estimated at 25,000 animals compared to 4,000 in the 1970s. But today's seals are skinnier than earlier generations and many of them suffer from bowel ulcers, according to the Swedish Museum of Natural History. https://www.thelocal.se/20070301/6563 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:49:00 +0100 6563