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Animal Farm: The Sequel
I clambered through the turnstiles and stared, mouth agape. “You did it! You crazy son of a bitch, you did it! It’s… it’s a chicken. We could tear up the rulebook on local fauna. It doesn’t apply. They’re totally wrong. Chicken do…
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Reykjavík Zoo’s Seal Pool To Be Upgraded
The Reykjavik Family Park and Zoo’s seal aquarium is set to be upgraded in order to comply with animal protection standards, RÚV reports. The recent Reykjavík City Council Convention stipulates that the aquarium should be extended and deepened, with a new animal…
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Fox Roaming Loose In Laugardalur
The fox escaped from the Reykjavík Family Park and Zoo last night, reports RÚV. According to Þorkell Heiðarsson, an employee of the Reykjavík Family Park and Zoo, the fox managed to get out through a hole in the fence. Þorkell says the…
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COVID-19 In Iceland: Four Active Cases, More Changes On Monday
One new case was detected by deCODE genetics yesterday, meaning here are currently four active infections in Iceland. Just five cases have been reported so far this month. Chief epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason expects Iceland to reach the milestone of no active infections…
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Proposed Permanent Python Perturbs Politician
The Environment Agency of Iceland has granted a permit to the Reykjavík Family Park & Zoo to fly in a ball python as a new resident, MBL reports. While there is no exact timetable on when this python will make an appearance,…
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Sick Sea Eagle Recovering Well
A sea eagle found weeks ago has been recuperating at Reykjavík’s zoo, and is well on the road to recovery. RÚV reports that Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson, an ornithologist at The Icelandic Institute of Natural History, found the eagle just outside of Ólafsvík.…
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Leaf-Cutter Ants Have Arrived In Iceland
As you may already know, Iceland doesn’t have as many species of wildlife as the rest of the world does. So when we have guests coming from abroad, we are extra excited. This month we got the news that two colonies of…
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Video: Animal Lover, Fox Tamer
Agronomist Stella Kristjánsdóttir has the greatest job in the world. “I often joke that I was picked up by the wrong family,” Stella Kristjánsdóttir laughs as she strews grain to a crowd of about three dozen hungry ducks and geese. Although born…
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Assan The Eagle Recovering Nicely, Will Soon Fly Free Again
An eagle found injured in west Iceland last January is reportedly recovering swiftly, and will soon be flying again. The City of Reykjavík has announced that the eagle in question, Assan, has come out of indoor care, and is making a great…
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Wounded Eagle To Make Full Recovery
A wounded eagle found by tourists in west Iceland is now recuperating, and should return to the wild next month. RÚV reports that the eagle in question was spotted by tourists last Tuesday just west of Stykkishólmur in west Iceland. The eagle…
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Zoo Directors Want Law Changed To Save Baby Seals
Zoo management want the law changed to allow animals that have grown up with humans to be released into the wild. RÚV reports that zoo management filed this request with Reykjavík City Council’s Sports And Leisure Committee. Such a change to the…
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News In Brief: Early August
Don’t believe the hype. Despite plenty of news coverage detailing dangerous stunts by tourists in the past few months, Icelanders still love you guys! According to a new poll from Market and Media Research, 80% of Icelanders feel good about tourists in…
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Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 12, 2015
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to: letters@grapevine.is –––––––––– On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:58 PM, Ana Maria wrote: Hi! I’m a freelance journalist and I would like to do a story for the british press about the baby seal…
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“Perfectly Disrespectful” To Zoo Animals
A seal researcher is flummoxed at the Icelandic practice of killing zoo animals and feeding them to other animals. Susan C. Wilson, the director of Tara Seal Research (TSR) in Northern Ireland, told MBL she was taken aback by recent news of…
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Captured Seal Executed, Fed To Foxes
The baby seal that was captured after escaping from the zoo has been put down to be made into fox food, despite campaigning attempts by Icelanders to spare its life. Director of the Reykjavík Family Park And Zoo Tómas Óskar Guðjónsson confirmed…
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Seal Escapes Zoo, Heads Straight For Campsite
A baby seal had itself a small adventure after escaping the zoo last night, replete with some biting involved. RÚV reports that the youngster escaped from the Reykjavík Family Park And Zoo last night, but rather than make a beeline for the…
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The Art of Travel
“He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. Residence as tourism in its most concentrated form? Perhaps not, but staying home and smelling the roses seems like an increasingly…