The moose hunt

Last week (October 12-18) was a big event for most of Sweden's 300,000 hunters - the moose hunt. The Swedish hunters' association said that they planed to shoot more than last year's 83,500 animals because of the increase in the moose population in Sweden. The main targets were this year's calves. Forest owners fear that a too-large moose population will cause heavy winter damages to newly planted trees.