Sweden's multiplying moose pit farmers against powerful hunting lobby

Sweden abounds in moose, cheering the country's passionate hunters but not its agriculture and forestry sectors which say profits are being munched away

A mild-mannered monster of the Scandinavian forests is setting Swede against Swede as farmers and hunters bicker over how to coexist with the world's largest population of moose.

Hunting season will open in the south of Sweden on 12 October, when more than a quarter of a million Swedes will fell about 90,000 moose in a matter of weeks.