A record number of women are expected to take part in Sweden's annual moose hunt when it opens next week, making up a quarter of those passing hunting exams according to officials.Some 300,000 moose, or elk as they're known in Europe, roam Sweden's woods during the summer months, and about a third of those are killed off each autumn during the hunt.
I am not quite sure why the somewhat elaborate description is necessary but according to The Local, "some 14,200 women in Sweden have now paid the annual hunting conservation fee required to hunt - including Sweden's glamorous, 24-year-old blonde-haired blue-eyed Princess Madeleine.
