Title: Sozzled elks hound old folks home (Sweden) Source:
BBC News URL Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4419876.stm Published:Nov 8, 2005 Author:BBC Post Date:2005-11-08 23:51:18 by robin Keywords:(Sweden), Sozzled, hound Views:5
Sozzled elks hound old folks home
This elk is likely to have a clearer head than the Swedish pair
An old people's home in Sweden found itself under siege from two drunks.
But these were no ordinary drinkers - the tipsy pair
were elks who had come upon some fermented apples outside the home in
Sibbhult, southern Sweden.
The cow and her calf developed such a taste for the
intoxicating fruit they refused to bow to police attempts to chase them
away from the home.
Police officers were forced to take tougher measures to make them leave, bringing in a hunter with a dog.
The elks did not need telling twice, and left without protest.
The only thing police needed to do to ensure the
pie-eyed pair did not return was remove the remaining apples, police
chief Bengt Hallberg said.
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