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Huge rat ate protein powder

A man in the southern Norwegian city of Fredrikstad managed to trap an unusually large rat in his cellar, reports local newspaper Fredriksstad Blad....

Fur industry faces shutdown

Norway's fur (pels) industry is now under threat of shutdown from the highest political levels, after even more photos from local fur farms have...

Fur industry under attack, again

Norway's fur (pels) industry was fending off another barrage of criticism on Monday, after Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) showed new footage of animals suffering in...

Doubts rise over livestock losses

Norwegian farmers are eligible for government compensation when they report losses of livestock from predators, but the amounts have grown so high that questions are once again...

Bear hunt curbed

Norway's Ministry of the Environment has rejected applications to continue the culling of bears in Trøndelag and Hedmark counties. The ministry turned down an...

Bear ran off after break-in attempt

Am apparently hungry bear set off alarms and a massive, if unsuccessful, hunt over the weekend, after it tried to break into a barn...

Moose crashes into car dealership

Customers and staff at a car dealership at Rolvsøy in Fredrikstad, southern Norway, were understandably startled when a moose suddenly ran through the gate...

Predator casualty numbers rise

A record number of bears were shot in Norway during the most recent hunting season, and the numbers of wolves, lynx and wolverines shot...

EU seal ban takes effect

Norway's controversial seal hunt already is a shadow of its former self, and now the seal hunters can no longer export their products to countries...

Wolf pups break record

A pair of wolves in eastern Norway can boast a record number of offspring, report researchers for Skandulv, a joint Scandinavian project aimed at...

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