Tag: reindeer

• Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 03:52 UTC

  Lighting kills more than 300 wild reindeers in Norwegian national park

  

  More than 300 wild reindeer were recently killed by lightning at a Norwegian national park, officials say. The Norwegian Environment Agency has released haunting images of reindeer—including 70 calves—that seemingly fell over where they stood in the grasses of Hardangervidda, the largest high mountain plateau in northern Europe.

• Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 22:20 UTC

  South Georgia reindeer eradication project to recover natural environment almost completed

  

  After many years of planning, and two field seasons on the ground, the main part of the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SGSSI, Reindeer Eradication Project is now all but done, according to the latest South Georgia newsletter. An estimated 3.140 animals have been sacrificed over a six-week period.

• Friday, February 21st 2014 - 07:49 UTC

  Successful second phase removal of reindeer in South Georgia

  

  The second phase of the government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) project to remove introduced reindeer from South Georgia got underway in early January, reports the latest edition of the South Georgia newsletter.

• Monday, July 29th 2013 - 22:25 UTC

  Norway media question why Oslo is not collaborating with South Georgia rat eradication campaign

  

  An ambitious multi-national move to reduce the rat population on the island of South Georgia has yielded results despite no Norwegian government funding underlines an Oslo media recalling the close relations of the Scandinavian country with the extreme south island and sixty years of whaling.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 13:22 UTC

  South Georgia completes first phase of reindeer eradication: 1.900 animals

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSCSSI) has announced the completion of the first phase of the eradication of reindeer from the island of South Georgia.