600 mink BITE each other to death after being driven mad by low-flying Swedish air force jets

Around 600 mink bit each other to death at a Swedish fur farm after being driven mad by low-flying military fighter jets.



Air force officials in Sweden have apologised for the incident involving aircraft from the F 7 Satena air base near Lidköping in south-central Sweden.



Experts say the roar of the fighter jet engines over the farm in Svenljunga caused the mink to panic and turn on each other and their young.

Hundreds of mink bit each other to death after being driven mad by low flying fighter jets at a fur farm in Sweden

The owner made the grisly discovery when he heard squeals of fear and agony after the flypast, part of a military exercise in the area.

Swedish Armed Forces lawyer Lena Ahlstrom told judges they were negotiating a compensation settlement with the farmer.

'It was an unfortunate event,' she said.

According to one report when the planes flew over the farm, the adult animals became so terrified they turned on their young and bit them to death.

The aircraft were from the F 7 Satena airbase which operates two squadrons of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, a fighter jet capable of flying at twice the speed of sound

When the farmer discovered the hundreds of dead pups he contacted the Armed Forces demanding financial compensation.

The Swedish Armed Forces are believed to have agreed to pay for the damages. The amount has not been revealed.



F 7 Satena operates two squadrons of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, a modern fighter jet which is capable of twice the speed of sound.







