Swedish Cops Bust Hedgehog Owner

TheLocal.se:

Police have raided the apartment of a woman in Gävle, Sweden, after being tipped off that she was housing a fugitive: A wild hedgehog she was caring for in violation of the country's hunting laws.

"We carried out a raid this morning. And there was indeed a hedgehog in there," Hans-Olof Sundström of the Gävle police told the local press.

Read the whole story: TheLocal.se

Comments

[cobraxus]

03:19 PM on 08/04/2011

it's Spiney Norman!

[NorwegianBoatOwner]

05:40 AM on 08/02/2011

Um...this is blown waaay out of proportion...
Firstly, it was not a "raid". (Bad translation). It was a "visit".
They did not "search" her home. She showed them the hedgehog and admitted to everything.

Yes, it is illegal to house a wild animal as a pet. But it is only in the most extreme of cases where you are fined or run the risk of jail.

She was informed about the law. And got a "warning"

The End. :)

[Ann-Pittsburgh]

03:54 PM on 08/01/2011

For the comic perspective of a Swede on bureaucratic overzeal, read Comment # 22 that follows the original story. Priceless.

[onnozol]

04:02 PM on 08/01/2011

Hilarious.

[vesaversa1]

01:47 PM on 08/01/2011

This little guy is lucky .

[karen lyons kalmenson]

12:56 PM on 08/01/2011

jail time for possession with intent to smell

come on, a nice woman caring for a cute critter...ok someone start a hedge fund for her defense

[onnozol]

03:47 PM on 08/01/2011

Aren't you being a bit prickly? Maybe they wouldn't have seized it if she hadn't been so pokey about getting out of the house.

[karen lyons kalmenson]

04:15 PM on 08/01/2011

i porc you pine
thank you
for your
witty opine
very pointed indeed
and delivered with
great speed

[Spiral Architect]

12:50 PM on 08/01/2011

Sonic!!

[Max Shaw]

01:01 PM on 08/01/2011

he's wanted in for destroying many downtown areas on South Island and his connection with general mayhem and bedlam.

[unindoctrin8d]

11:08 AM on 08/01/2011

Aw isn't that cute. If this is the best they can do for environmental news here at huffpo/AOL they just aren't looking. Negligence or intent...?

[ThinkCreeps]

10:17 AM on 08/01/2011

Maybe they thought it was the wikileaks guy?

[Moose Luck 99]

10:09 AM on 08/01/2011

I wonder if they can sniff out truffles or exotic mushrooms?

http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=146&contentid=8606&page=2

[enigma2]

09:22 AM on 08/01/2011

Harboring a hedgehog fugitive, I wonder how many snails he took out. Come to think of it, does Sweden even have snails.