Head hunt

It’s a jungle out there, as some people say. It was literal for Sweden’s capital of Stockholm last 30 June, when a wild animal strayed there in the morning.

An elk was casually roaming the street in Rorstrandsgatan, surprising diners at a strip of al fresco cafes and restaurants, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Animal control agents rushed to the scene and put the moose down around 7 a.m., according to AFP, adding that no person was harmed.

“When an elk is in densely populated areas, there can be a danger for traffic and such, so a decision was made to put the animal down,” Stockholm police spokesperson Susanna Rinaldo said.

Police speculated that the elk got lost after being rejected by its mother.

Meanwhile, a black bear seen on a trail camera in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, USA back in 2023 raised public concern and sparked a lookout for the animal since then.

It was in May that the bear was caught on camera again, and this time the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) dispatched a hunting team.

The hunters set up a cylindrical trap and lured the bear on 3 June. They then anesthetized the animal and removed the hard plastic barrel lid, wringing its neck for the past two years, NBC News reported.

“The neck was scarred and missing hair, but the bear was in much better condition than we expected it to be,” AP quoted state bear specialist Cody Norton as saying.

The DNR could only wonder how the black bear survived with the lid stuck on its head for so long.