TRAIN KILLS REINDEER
The Swedish Press tells the story of a reindeer herd of about 1000 animals which happened to cross a railway lino of the National Frontier Railway up in Lapland above the Polar Circle. The driver of the electrical train, passing at high speed, did not see the grey-white animals against the snow, so that about 100 reindeer were killed or maimed. Many animals got frightened and disappeared in the thick Lapland forest where they are not easily found. The Lapp owners will he paid by the State railways. The winter up in Northern Lapland is this year so cold that the Lapps have decided to move from the mountain regions down to the valleys, although the reindeer fodder has been excellent and abundant. The animals are well fed and in good condition, so that the Lapps expect to do good busi ness in spring, when the excellentj reindeer meat is exported southwards.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6543, 27 February 1928, Page 9
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155TRAIN KILLS REINDEER Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6543, 27 February 1928, Page 9
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