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Reykjavík Animal & Family Park Seal Pool To Be Expanded 2021
The seal pool in the Reykjavík Animal and Family Park (Húsdýragarðurinn) will be expanded next year. The city representative of the Pirate Party, Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir, spoke to Vísir about the expansion project, which is estimated to cost ISK 100 million. The…
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María Meðalfellsgæs: Where Is She Now? The Inside Scoop
On Tuesday the Grapevine told the story of María Meðalfellsgæs: the goose who could not be stopped. The theory is that she was probably raised in a domestic setting and then thrown out; as a result, holiday home owners in Meðalfell couldn’t…
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Car Crash Pigs Given Much Needed Rest Before Being Slaughtered
Yesterday we reported on the 114 pigs that had a car accident in Árnessýsla in the south of Iceland. Despite what was initially reported, sadly 30 pigs died in the crash and the rest were given emergency treatment for their trauma and…
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Free Keikó 2: Amusement Park Imports Beluga Whales To Iceland
The Ministry of Fisheries and the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority has granted permission for moving three beluga whales from Shanghai to the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, reports RÚV. The whales are owned by the international corporation Merlin Entertainments, which is one of the…
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Pig Gelding Will Stop At Once
After much public outcry, pig castrations without anaesthetic will end today.RÚV reports that Iceland’s pig farmers have issued a statement saying that due to extensive coverage in the media on the matter, from this day forward, they will no longer perform castrations on…
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Boom In Animal Welfare Complaints
In 2012 roughly 50 civilians reported possible cases of animal abuse to the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority. This jumped up to 50 complaints per month in 2013, reports RÚV.Chief Veterinary Officer Sigurborg Daðadóttir told RÚV that the incidents of actual abuse had not gone…