Sustainability
For us, care goes hand in hand with sustainability. Care for the animals first and foremost, but also for nature, our visitors and the welcome you receive. Sustainability also means taking care of everything from ethical sourcing to conserving natural resources. On the farm, we are investing in a sustainable environment; we are installing and planning for renewable energy with solar panels on our roofs, charging points for electric cars and minimal water consumption in our new toilets.
We use meat produced on-site from deer in our enclosures and forests. We always try to choose locally sourced produce in what we make and sell.
Animal welfare
Keeping animals in enclosures, or in a wildlife park, is not something to be taken for granted. Our visitors share many thoughts and feelings on the matter. We welcome this and are happy to tell you more about our work with the animals.
We want to show you our moose, but on their terms, as we have explained. We are committed to ensuring they have as natural and wild an environment as possible, just as they are used to. That is why we have limited opening hours, with just one guided tour a day during the summer. The rest of the year, when we are not open to visitors, they live as moose do in the wild, but always with access to food and our care.
Räntemåla Farm is one of the largest moose parks in terms of area, and our moose are not tame in the same way as at many other places; we treat them as wild animals. However, they are happy to approach you, our visitors, when there are treats on offer, so in that sense they are not wild, but calm and confident.
We contribute to education and research
Over our many years as a moose park, we have contributed to research in various projects. This has included, amongst other things, understanding the moose’s complex digestive system and how it is affected by parasites. We have taken blood samples and collected droppings for analysis. Together with vets, zoologists and the network within the Swedish Moose Park Association, we possess collective expertise and extensive knowledge of wildlife. We have also taken part in a major production for UR (Swedish Educational Broadcasting Corporation) to help more children and young people learn about the interplay between nature and animals. You can watch it here (in swedish): Allt finns på naturens meny: Älgens skog | UR Play
During our guided tours, we tell visitors all about the moose, of course, but also about why the moose has been red-listed, how climate change is affecting wildlife, and how important the forest and the management of our Swedish wildlife populations are.
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Our deer and moose live in a natural environment, surrounded by forest and wilderness. There is plenty of wildlife around our enclosures. During the rutting season, wild moose come looking to enter the enclosures. And our moose are drawn out to them.
A couple of years ago, one of our bulls made his way out during the mating season; he simply lifted the gates with his enormous antlers and walked straight out into the forest. For two weeks, he was out and about, several kilometres from the farm. Right in the middle of moose hunting season!
But one day he was back here, in the yard. He wanted to get back to his mates, to safety, free from hunters, roads and cars. We opened the enclosure gate and he followed us in. A great proof for us and a lovely story, given that he could just as easily have chosen to stay out in the wild, or been shot. He actually had a bullet hole in his ear!
