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Sheep Population In Iceland Has Dropped By 50 Percent
The population of sheep in Iceland is the lowest it has been in forty years, according to Bændablaðið. The number of sheep is down by just over 50% since 1980. At the same time, the cattle population has risen by over 35%…
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Most People In Iceland Who Hit Sheep With Vehicles Just Drive Away
It’s that time of year again: the Icelandic lambs for the season have been born around the country, and now the sheep are heading out to graze for the summer. This, with an increase in car traffic brought on by tourism, has…
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Scrapie Detected Again In Northwest Iceland Sheep
Last detected in the region only a few months ago, the degenerative nerve disease appears to have returned to northwest Iceland after a years-long hiatus. The Icelandic Food And Veterinary Authority (MAST) reports that scrapie has been detected on the farm Álftagerður,…
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Iceland’s Sheep Farmers To Get 5.2 Billion ISK From The Government
Sheep farmers in Iceland can expect subsidies this year, which in total will amount to over five billion krónur, but not without conditions, RÚV reports. At stake is striking a balance between not overproducing and thereby devaluing sheep on the market and…
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FINALLY: Iceland’s New Ram Registry Is Out Now
The Ram Registry, an annual catalog of ram’s available for breeding, is finally out, much to the delight of Iceland’s sheep farmers. For the unfamiliar, the Ram Registry offers Iceland’s sheep farmers a chance to see the breeding rams available this season,…
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VIDEO: Outlaw Sheep Family In Iceland Visit Health Clinic, Later Apprehended
A ewe and her two lambs visited a health clinic in Eskifjörður, in east Iceland, yesterday. The family has been evading being herded all autumn long, but are now back in custody. Eskifjörður resident Sævar Guðjónsson told MBL that this particular sheep…
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Protest At Icelandic Slaughterhouse Prompts Counter, And Counter-Counter, Protests
A planned solidarity protest at a slaughterhouse in South Iceland has not only set off a counter-protest, but also a protest against the counter-protesters. Fréttablaðið reports that the organisation Reykjavík Animal Save will this Friday hold a protest outside the Sláturfélag Suðurlands…
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Wanted: Volunteer Sheep Herders For East Iceland Village
If you were looking for something to do during the first weekend of September, consider the idea of herding sheep. RÚV reports that the annual sheep round-up for Borgarfjörður Eystri in northeast Iceland is facing a labour shortage, due to both a…
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An Island Unto Themselves: A Solstice Adventure On Grímsey
The island of Grímsey is the only place in Iceland that’s in the Arctic Circle. Getting there was quite the journey. We left Reykjavik at 2:30am to arrive in Dalvík in time for the 9am ferry, which arrived at Grímsey at noon.…
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Counting Sheep: Ka Ki Wong’s Latest Short Set In Iceland
You are walking towards the person you have been searching for your whole life. Your heart starts beating faster and your hands are sweaty. You’re so close that you can almost touch them. The person turns around. You wake up. This is…
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Word Of The Issue: Ostaskeri
Travellers are often surprised by the peculiar ‘ostaskeri’ found in Icelandic Airbnb kitchens. Although it looks like a spatula, the horizontal blade at its base betrays its purpose: it’s a cheese (osta) cutter (skeri)! But why do Icelanders often talk about how…
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Word Of The Issue: Að Kynda
Have you ever heard Icelanders’ favourite story about the word ‘kynda’? Tour guides in particular love to explain how it roughly translates to ‘heat up’ and that it derives from the word ‘kind’ which means ‘sheep.’ In fact, they say, packing a…
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Drone Ranger: Southern Farmer Ditches Dog, Utilises Drone To Herd His Sheep
Forget about recording scenic footage of the country’s beautiful, rugged terrain: when it comes to utilising the power of drones, Icelanders are all about work rather than play. Perhaps inspired by the drones working tirelessly to bring the nation fresh, hot pizzas,…
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Iceland’s Looming Sheep Crisis
One of Iceland’s best known exports is lamb meat. Last January, the country saw record domestic sales of lamb meat, attributed in part to the tourism boom, and just under 6,800 tonnes were sold in 2016 alone. Statistical analysis of Iceland’s sheep…
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Swan Attacks Sheep – VIDEO
Icelanders Sigríður Línberg Runólfsdóttir and Halldór Margeir Sverrisson have taken several videos by drone of the Álftafjörður area, RÚV reports, whose name translates as “swan fjord”. Rightly so, it turns out, as the video below shows what happens when anyone gets too…
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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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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Fisherman’s Fat
Hi Nanna, While visiting the the Maritime Museum in Bolungarvík I learned that in the olden days Icelandic Fishermen used to use lýsi to make their clothes waterproof, how many litres do you think I’d need to make say a large jacket…
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Vegans Beware: Placenta Cream Coming To A Face Near You
Placenta, the controversial ‘super goop’ is now being used in a brand new face cream created by students at the University of Iceland. Don’t worry, they’re not asking you to stick placenta on your face. The cream is made using active ingredients…
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Not-A-Unicorn Spared Trip To Slaughterhouse
The one horned ram, incorrectly identified by international media as a “unicorn” has been spared from the slaughterhouse, though his notoriety and fame did not play any part. Turns out the ram just isn’t very punctual. After the lambs are born in the…
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“Too Much Lamb” Being Produced In Iceland, Says Farming Head
The high exchange rate and the closing of the Russian market has created a serious situation amongst sheep farmers in Iceland, the head of the Farmers Association of Iceland (BÍ) says. “As the situation is now on the foreign market, we’re losing…
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Iceland May Be Overproducing Lamb
Concerns surrounding the sale of Icelandic lamb on the international stage might come down to one simple factor: overproduction. As reported, the Icelandic government wants to earmark 100 million ISK in order to promote the sale of Icelandic lamb in foreign markets.…
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Sheep Death By Car On The Rise
There has been a sharp increase in incidences of sheep struck and killed by cars in northwest Iceland, brought about by a number of factors. RÚV reports that there have been about 50 reported sheep impacts in the Westfjords this year alone.…
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North Iceland Sheep Wreaking Havoc
Free-roaming sheep are reportedly doing extensive property damage in a corner of northeast Iceland. RÚV reports that the sleepy Icelandic town of Fjallabyggð has been recently contending with numerous complaints about sheep on the loose who have been engaging in extensive property…