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Albino moose in danger
Aftenposten ^ | 10/7/08

Posted on 10/06/2008 7:17:53 PM PDT by LibWhacker

Norway's albino moose was back in the news on Friday, after some hunters threatened to shoot it.

The moose, called "Albin," first sprang to attention after it was sighted in the forests south of Oslo in 2006. It since has been observed in Våler, Skiptvet, Spydeberg and Svinndal in Østfold County.

The local hunting season south of Hedmark starts October 5 and will last all month. A wildlife conservation official in Østfold, Åsmund Fjellbakk, told newspaper VG that he now has heard that a hunting team in the area is keen on tracking down the rare animal and making it into a trophy.

"I heard about three to four weeks ago that the hunters are not going to protect the moose," Fjellbakk said. "I’ve been told this by private persons."

It’s not illegal to shoot the albino moose, but most have earlier agreed to let it be.

Landowners in Norway, meanwhile, report that they're now making more money selling hunting rights than they are from the timber in their forests. There are now about 400,000 registered hunters in Norway, with the female portion rising from 29,500 five years ago to 42,570 last year.

Most of the hunters are in Nord-Trøndelag and Hedmark, where one of seven men take part in the annual moose hunt. Norway's moose population is currently estimated to be 100,000, with 35,000 shot last season.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Food; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: albino; animalrights; danger; environment; hunting; moose; moosehunting; norway; palin

1 posted on 10/06/2008 7:17:53 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Did it bite someone's sister?


2 posted on 10/06/2008 7:18:57 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: LibWhacker

Don’t let AP see this.


3 posted on 10/06/2008 7:20:19 PM PDT by unspun (Web search: "Cloward-Piven AND Obama" - get the truth out to all GOP officials & conservative media.)
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To: unspun

lol


4 posted on 10/06/2008 7:25:40 PM PDT by MES401067
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To: LibWhacker

If it bites my sister it will be in danger. She doesn’t get over these things easily.


5 posted on 10/06/2008 7:28:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Paying taxes for bank bailouts is apparently the patriotic thing to do. [/sarc])
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To: LibWhacker

There’s one moose in need of early snow cover.


6 posted on 10/06/2008 7:28:22 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: LibWhacker

"Yo, baby!"

7 posted on 10/06/2008 7:33:34 PM PDT by airborne (Don't pray that God is on your side. Instead, pray that you are on God's side!)
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To: LibWhacker

Albino moose — let’s paint a target on it and ship it to Alaska — see how long it lasts.


8 posted on 10/06/2008 7:35:36 PM PDT by Silly (www.McCainLove.com)
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To: LibWhacker

cute ‘lil duffer, isn’t he?


9 posted on 10/06/2008 7:37:02 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: LibWhacker

Maybe they’re not being fed enough cheese.

I’m series.


10 posted on 10/06/2008 7:37:42 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic ("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
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To: LibWhacker

11 posted on 10/06/2008 7:40:21 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: LibWhacker

Wow, that thing is WHITE. Most white animals get filthy and turn beige/brown with green stains pretty fast.


12 posted on 10/06/2008 7:42:06 PM PDT by ottbmare
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To: LibWhacker

Hey, can I start the new Freeper trend!!!

Albino Moose in danger; Sarah Palin’s fault.


13 posted on 10/06/2008 7:53:09 PM PDT by autumnraine (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: LibWhacker

Mønti Pythøn lk den Hølie Grailen

Røtern nik Akten Di

Wik

Alsø wik

Alsø alsø wik

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?

See the løveli lakes

The wonderful telephøne system

And mani interesting furry animals

The Producers would like to thank The Forestry Commission
Doune Admissions Ltd, Keir and Cowdor Estates, Stirling
University, and the people of Doune for their help in the
making of this film.
The Characters and incidents portrayed and the names used
are fictitious and any similarity to the names, characters,
or history of any person is entirely accidental and
unintentional.
Signed RICHARD M. NIXON

Including the majestic møøse

A Møøse once bit my sister ...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse
with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
star of many Norwegian møvies: “The Høt Hands of an Oslo
Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Mølars of Horst
Nordfink”.

We apologise for the fault in the
subtitles. Those responsible have been
sacked.

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those
responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked
have been sacked.

Møøse trained by TUTTE HERMSGERVORDENBROTBORDA

Special Møøse Effects OLAF PROT
Møøse Costumes SIGGI CHURCHILL
Møøse Choreographed by HORST PROT III
Miss Taylor’s Møøses by HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME
Møøse trained to mix
concrete and sign com-
plicated insurance
forms by JURGEN WIGG
Møøses’ noses wiped by BJORN IRKESTOM-SLATER WALKER

Large møøse on the left
half side of the screen
in the third scene from
the end, given a thorough
grounding in Latin,
French and “O” Level
Geography by BO BENN

Suggestive poses for the
Møøse suggested by VIC ROTTER
Antler-care by LIV THATCHER

The directors of the firm hired to
continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to
be known that they have just been
sacked.

The credits have been completed
in an entirely different style at
great expense and at the last
minute.

Executive Producer
JOHN GOLDSTONE & “RALPH” The Wonder Llama

The Producers would like to thank The Forestry Commission
Doune Admissions Ltd, Keir and Cowdor Estates, Stirling
University, and the people of Doune for their help in the
making of this film.
The Characters and incidents portrayed and the names used
are fictitious and any similarity to the names, characters,
or history of any person is entirely accidental and
unintentional.
Signed RICHARD M. NIXON
JOHN GOLDSTONE & “RALPH” The Wonder Llama
EARL J. LLAMA
MIKE Q. LLAMA III
SY LLAMA
MERLE Z. LLAMA IX
Directed By
40 SPECIALLY TRAINED
ECUADORIAN MOUNTAIN LLAMAS
6 VENEZUELAN RED LLAMAS
142 MEXICAN WHOOPING LLAMAS
14 NORTH CHILEAN GUANACOS
(CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LLAMA)
REG LLAMA OF BRIXTON
76000 BATTERY LLAMAS
FROM “LLAMA-FRESH” FARMS NEARE PARAGUAY
and
TERRY GILLIAM AND TERRY JONES


14 posted on 10/06/2008 7:59:16 PM PDT by Yankee
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To: LibWhacker

15 posted on 10/06/2008 8:16:06 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Silly
Photobucket

Don't mess with my girlfriend!!!!!!!...........

16 posted on 10/06/2008 8:19:46 PM PDT by GitmoSailor (AZ Cold War Veteran====McCain/Palin 2OO8==My Mouse is a MOOSE=Donate to FR)
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To: GitmoSailor

EBONY AND IVORYYYYY!!!


17 posted on 10/06/2008 8:21:20 PM PDT by Silly (www.McCainLove.com)
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To: darkwing104
Did it bite someone's sister?

Edgar Winter's, evidentally.

18 posted on 10/06/2008 11:02:08 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Poisoning the customers is bad for business." --Quark, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*)
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To: LibWhacker
Let me be the first to say..."Sarah's Fault!"

Cheers!

19 posted on 10/07/2008 5:09:46 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; darkwing104

Cheese, anyone?


20 posted on 10/07/2008 5:13:40 AM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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