Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
The title says 'elk', but the second link shows a moose and comments indicate that elk is a mistranslation of the Swedish term for moose.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/08/10/Mysterious-disease-hits-elk-in-Sweden/UPI-14581344626429/
http://www.thelocal.se/42530/20120810/
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/08/10/Mysterious-disease-hits-elk-in-Sweden/UPI-14581344626429/
Mysterious disease hits elk in Sweden
Published: Aug. 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 10 (UPI) --
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Fourteen adult elk around Blekinge in southern Sweden have recently been found in the woods in severe states of paralysis, emaciation and blindness, TT/TheLocal.se reported Friday.
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"There is no scientific explanation," Lennart Balk of Stockholm University told the Aftonbladet newspaper....
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/201...k-in-Sweden/UPI-14581344626429/#ixzz23HfHWq1z
http://www.thelocal.se/42530/20120810/