Moose paralyzes Stockholm subway – and is shot dead

9/27/2023, 4:39:35 PM

Highlights: Moose paralyzes Stockholm subway – and is shot dead. He walks around on tracks and gets lost in a subway station. Video shows the animal running along the tracks above and below ground. Several stations had to be closed as a result of the moose's excursion. The moose has been shot by gamekeepers after it got lost in the station Vårby gård and was unable to be lured out again. The animal had paralyzed large parts of the red line of the Stockholm subway network.

He walks around on tracks and gets lost in a subway station: a moose has disrupted public transport in Stockholm. His excursion did not end well.

Moose in the countryside (symbolic photo)

Photo: Patrick Pleul/ dpa

A moose has caused major disruptions to subway traffic in the Stockholm area and has been shot as a result. The animal got lost first on the tracks and then in the station Vårby gård, as a spokesman for the Stockholm public transport company told the Swedish news agency TT and the radio station SVT, among others. In the station, they first tried to lure the moose out again – but because this did not succeed, gamekeepers had to shoot the animal.

Previously, the moose had paralyzed large parts of the red line of the Stockholm subway network. Several stations had to be closed. Videos from the newspapers »Aftonbladet« and »Expressen« showed the animal running along the tracks above ground.

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