Looked like he was falling into the ice... and that you wer fairly near
him -- so just wondered if there
were people about helping him up.
Yes, feeding wild animals not a good idea, although you probably know
they eat reindeer meat in Alaska and
Canada - and the critters get domesticated to a point and dressed up for
Christmas.. so those are not
likely to get eaten.
I _think_ that some are farmed for meat.
ann
AlunFoto wrote:
2011/3/22 Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com>:
He needs to get a job with Santa...
Were you able to help in anyway?
The Svalbard reindeer is stockier than other subspecies, and can't run
like Rudolph. I don't think they'd be of much use for Santa. :-)
Feeding wild animals is strictly forbidden on Svalbard. It's a
principle of ignoring them so they ignore us. Polar bears being the
exception, of course. If I got it right they are sedated, tagged and
relocated by helicopter. Then if observed a second time in the city,
they are killed.
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