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More than 140 reindeer have been found dead after jumping off a 700-metre (766- yard) cliff in northern Sweden.
The cause of the mass death among the herd, which mostly belonged to the Sami town of Tuorpons, is thought to have been a lynx giving chase.
Their loss to the community has been valued at about $42,400 (£22,000).
Mayor Nils Petter Pavval said it was a disaster for local people unlike anything he had ever seen before.
"It was a massacre," he told Swedish newspaper Norrlandska Socialdemokraten.
Mr Pavval said that fresh lynx tracks had recently been seen on top of the cliff.
High cost
The animals had already been dead for over a week by the time they were found at the foot of the mountain of Kaskaivo.
Their carcasses were rendered useless by the fall.
Although the settlement holds a total of 5,500 reindeer, many people only five or six animals and are now left with none.
Reindeer herding is still an important livelihood in traditional Sami areas. Although only a small proportion of Sweden's Sami work in the industry, reindeer-keeping is reserved for Sami people by law.
Clearly a practical joke by the lynx, gone terribly wrong.
More than 140 reindeer have been found dead after jumping off a 700-metre (766- yard) cliff in northern Sweden.
The cause of the mass death among the herd, which mostly belonged to the Sami town of Tuorpons, is thought to have been a lynx giving chase.
Their loss to the community has been valued at about $42,400 (£22,000).
Mayor Nils Petter Pavval said it was a disaster for local people unlike anything he had ever seen before.
"It was a massacre," he told Swedish newspaper Norrlandska Socialdemokraten.
Mr Pavval said that fresh lynx tracks had recently been seen on top of the cliff.
High cost
The animals had already been dead for over a week by the time they were found at the foot of the mountain of Kaskaivo.
Their carcasses were rendered useless by the fall.
Although the settlement holds a total of 5,500 reindeer, many people only five or six animals and are now left with none.
Reindeer herding is still an important livelihood in traditional Sami areas. Although only a small proportion of Sweden's Sami work in the industry, reindeer-keeping is reserved for Sami people by law.
Clearly a practical joke by the lynx, gone terribly wrong.
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