On Mar 22, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > 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. >
Deer are farmed for meat in New Zealand. With the controlled diet and somewhat limited movement, venison is very good, much better than the wild variety. Paul > ann > > AlunFoto wrote: > >> 2011/3/22 Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
