Sett in his ways: Angry badger brings Stockholm hotel to a standstill

A luxury hotel in central Stockholm came under siege early today by an ill-tempered badger that refused to allow any guests in or out, forcing police to intervene. The Swedish capital’s police website said: ”A crazy or stressed-out badger is preventing the staff and clients at a major hotel from leaving their cars, and from picking up their bags.” The Radisson Blu badger crisis began at around 5am and lasted some 40 minutes, when the police decided to take action.

The stressed animal was refusing to leave the place. So the police called in the local wildlife services to settle the problem,

Stockholm police statement

It remains unclear why the badger was angry. The leafy Swedish capital has many forests, lakes and canals that are home to many species of wildlife including elks and hare - but badgers taking over hotels are very rare.

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