Mink caught with the shopping cart in the store on the Nobeltorget.

Police received the alarm of a deer had sought shelter in the Coop Near the shop at Nobeltorget. It turned out to be a slippery mink, who was caught with a shopping cart for onward travel to the veterinary hospital.

A content mink, a different than the one pictured, has been caught in the Coop on the Nobeltorget in Malmö, sweden.Image: Lennart Gullberg

At 12:16 on Friday, the police alarm from a customer in the Coop Near the store at the Nobeltorget in the centre of Malmö.

According to the alarm, there was a deer in the shop.

“But it turned out to be wrong when we came,” says Fredrik Bratt at the police control center.

the Deer was a mink. A slippery mink.

“this is The first time we get a visit from a mink,” says an employee in the store to the new york times.

Were faults on the lookout for something good?

” No. It seemed most eager to avoid all the curious glances in the store, ” says the employee.

The butiksanställde and a customer helped put a basket over the faults.

” It was not difficult. It limped forward, says the butiksanställde.

When the police came, pricked a sheet of cardboard in under the cart. Thus was the faults färdigpaketerad for transport to the animal hospital.

At 14 o’clock on Friday puffed faults out at the veterinary hospital. The hospital staff has consulted viltrehabiliteraren Jan-Åke Hillarp at the disaster Relief bird and wildlife in Skanör.

Viltvårdaren Jan-Åke Hillarp.Image: Lars Brundin

Is it a mink?

” Yes.” First, there was a question if there was possibly a ferret. But we have discussed pälsutseende and wool, and colors. It is definitely a mink, ” says Jan-Åke Hillarp.

According to Hillarp, there are a lot of mink around the canal in Malmö. But for the damaged faults from Coopbutiken will the story end badly.

Mink is currently considered an invasive species in Sweden. Mink may not be released.

So, it is the killing that awaits after livräddningen in the store?

— Unfortunately. It is as it is. We must follow the law. But really is there a better end to get a syringe and fall asleep than to get caught in a trap and rushed to death as many minks do, ” says Jan-Åke Hillarp.