Tag: animals
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...
Puffin population under pressure
Norway's puffin population has declined by two-thirds over the past 30 years and researchers are recording another major reduction this season. They say the...
Wild boar crossing the border
Norway is in the process of acquiring another species of animal that it's not sure it wants, as increasing numbers of wild boar have...
New albino moose sighting
An albino moose that's been sighted several time around Hobøl, southeast of Oslo, may have had an offspring, reports the web site for local...
Polar bear shot after dragging off Svalbard paddler
A polar bear launched an unusual attack on the tent of two paddlers on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, dragging one of the young...
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