Posted on 10/06/2023 8:43:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A moose that was found wandering down the tracks of the Stockholm subway and causing havoc was shot dead by a wildlife ranger on Wednesday after the service on the southern part of a busy line had to be suspended.
The moose somehow managed to enter the enclosure that surrounds the tracks and roamed the southwestern part of the so-called Red Line with above-ground stations. At one point, seven stations had to be closed.
Claes Keisu, a press officer with the subway operating company — owned by Stockholm County Council — told Swedish news agency TT that the animal had entered the Varby Gard station in suburban Stockholm at around 11 a.m. TT said that the moose wandered for several hours and the number of stations that were shut down gradually increased
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Did it bite anyones sister?
Rocket J. Squirrel: Bullwinkle was a misunderstood moose who was trying to turn his life around in retirement.
Cheese?
Really did they have to shoot him? Probably was just curious or confused.
Agreed...all they had to do was drive him out....he could have, however, been confused cause he was old and/or ill.
Sorry to hear about it.
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti.
Good eatin’!
Moose are huge,dangerous, and not in any way endangered.
Thailand?
Why didn’t anyone pay his fare? Boy they are tough on fare-jumpers in Sweden. Should be working in NYC.
seems the moose could have been shot with a tranquilizer and moved.
It is still my first cup of coffee this AM, but I read "Moose-lim" and thought maybe the Swedish police were growing some Köttbullar....
That’ll learn him.
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