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Pets Allowed In Apartment Buildings After Bill Passes
Keeping cats and dogs in an apartment building is no longer conditioned by neighbouring residents’ consent, after Alþingi passed a change to the law on multidwelling units. Until now, apartment building households could not keep their furry friends without acquiring the approval…
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Dog Dies Of Heatstroke In Capital Area
A dog died of heatstroke in the capital area on Saturday, May 17, while another was taken to an animal hospital in critical condition, reports Vísir, citing the post by the volunteer organisation Dýrfinna. Several dogs have also gone missing during the…
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Pet Owners Demand Changes To Animal Import Regulations
Concerned pet owners met today with a representative of the Acting Minister of Food Agriculture and Fisheries, demanding a review of regulations on the import of pets, reports RÚV. Multiple pets and their owners gathered outside the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and…
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Icelandair To Stop Transporting Dogs On Passenger Flights
Starting November 1, Icelandair will no longer transport pets on its passenger flights, reports RÚV. The shift means that pets will now only be transported using Icelandair’s cargo planes flying from New York and Liège in Belgium. However, most dogs come to…
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Giving the Cats of Reykjavík a Chance
Words: Eldlilja Kaja Heimisdottir Concerned about the number of cats looking for new homes throughout the capital area, Krakkaveldi journalist Eldlilja turned to Hanna Evensen at Kattholt, the Icelandic Cat Protection Society, for the inside scoop on their work rehoming cats and…
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Dogs, Owners Run Race In Seltjarnarnes
A hundred dogs and their owners ran a race Thursday evening in the UMFÍ dog run in Seltjarnarnes, the first time this event has been held, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new…
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Kashmir The Raven Is Quite The Social Butterfly
A family in Vogar has raised three ravens in the past. The last one, Kashmir, has just flown the nest. In a Fréttablðið article, the family recalls some of their favourite memories of their feathered friends. Gunnar Júlíus Helgason and his family have always kept…
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Gunnlaugur The Cat Goes On An Epic Adventure!
A pet cat has returned home safe and sound after going missing four months ago, Vísir reports. Gunnlaugur, who lives near Hofsós, was found yesterday, in Varmahlíð, Skagafjörður – about 50 kilometres away from his home. Freyja Amble Gísladóttir’s boyfriend has owned…
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What Are Icelanders Talking About?
Arguably the most talked-about topic in Icelandic social media these days is the so-called third energy package. In the simplest possible terms, it’s a European Union energy policy devised in 2009 that is also supposed to include EEA countries, amongst them Iceland.…
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Icelandic Government May Soon Review Laws On Importing Cats And Dogs
A new report commissioned by the Icelandic government has concluded that Iceland could relax its pet quarantine laws without significantly increasing risks. The Icelandic Kennel Club (HRFÍ) has been a vocal advocate of dialling back the length of quarantine times. Iceland’s laws…
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Smuggled Bird Detained At Icelandic Border, Later Deported
A caged bird that someone attempted to bring into Iceland by ferry was detained by customs, and later deported. According to an announcement from the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST), the bird was brought to Iceland in mid-August in a car…
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Bureaucracy Blocks Pets Being Allowed In Restaurants In Iceland
Despite much-touted claims to the contrary, no restaurant or café in Iceland has been able to allow pets in their establishments, as they cannot fulfill government requirements. Last October, in one of her last acts as Minister for the Environment, Björt Ólafsdóttir…
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From Now On, Pets Are Allowed On Reykjavík Buses
As of today, you can now bring your pets on the Reykjavík city bus, and that means more than just cats and dogs. Vísir reports that this is a one-year experiment, wherein the Ministry of the Environment gave bus company Strætó a…
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Pets Now Allowed In Icelandic Restaurants
I have a dream that one day I can walk into a coffeeshop where all the baristas are corgis. I have a dream that a Mexican restaurant will open up on Laugavegur where all the servers are Norwegian Forest cats. I have…
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Missing In Iceland: Rabies
So you plan on flying your adorable akita from America to Akranes. Well, best make plans in advance because upon arrival in Iceland, each and every foreign pooch is subjected to a long period of solitary confinement. Yes, just like Laverne Cox…
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Kitten Calamity: Shelter At Cat-pacity
Pandemonium has ravaged the cat shelter Kattholt this summer as the number of homeless cats arriving in recent weeks has exploded, which has lead to impossible overpopulation in the shelter. The shelter, along with Kattavinafélag Íslands (The Friends of Cats Association of…
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Ask An Expert: Can I Have A Pet Snake?
If you’re some sort of snake-man hybrid looking to emigrate to Iceland, we’re afraid it’s bad news. In this country, it’s against regulations to have a pet snake, turtle or lizard. We asked Þorvaldur Þórðarson, Manager of Import and Export at the…
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Tourists Cut Lamb’s Throat
Yesterday, police in east Iceland charged a group of nine tourists with stealing and killing a lamb, reports RÚV. Locals watched as the tourists chased down the lamb and called the police. When police arrived, the people initially tried to hide the…
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Icelandic Facebook Groups: Hundasamfélagið
2016 and 2017 have been rough times for humanity. Syria, Orlando, Manchester, Alan Rickman, Donald Trump, Harambe, the list goes on. Of course, we’re not trying to trivialize these disasters—the death of Harambe and the refugee crisis are incomparable—but there has never…
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Smuggled Cat Killed By Authorities
A Swiss couple travelling to Iceland in their camper van via the Norröna ferry to Höfn, got a shock when their cat was confiscated and killed by authorities. The woman who owned the cat was also arrested. Under Icelandic law, pets can…
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Most Bus Drivers Reportedly Against Pets On The Bus
A representative for capital area bus drivers says almost all of them are against letting pets ride the bus, with many threatening to quit if it happens. As the idea of letting pets ride the bus has been gaining traction, it has…
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Objections Raised To Pets On The Bus
Sufferers of asthma and allergies have voiced objections to the possibility of allowing pets on city buses. “Naturally, we’re working for our members, and a great many of them who’ve written and called are very much against this and are very afraid,”…
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Bus Company Looking Into Letting Pets On Board
The capital area bus system is now seriously considering allowing dogs and other pets onto city buses, and the formal initiative for the idea is at least a year in the making. “We really want to take a good look at allowing…