Friday, January 29, 2010

Iceland: Not Pure, Not Natural, Totally Spoiled

Did you know that Iceland kills any polar bear that manages to make it onto the island?

Check out this article: http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&ew_0_a_id=357093

Some excerpts from it:
The task force’s conclusion was to kill all polar bears spotted in Iceland for three reasons: they are dangerous, they are not at risk of extinction and it is too costly to save them, as Hjalti Gudmundsson from the Environment Agency of Iceland, who was a member of the task force, explained on RÚV’s news magazine Kastljós last night.

The slain polar bear was such a young animal that police fear another bear, an adult, might be on the loose in the area. The Coast Guard will start searching the country's northeastern coastline from air today as soon as there is sufficient daylight. People in the region are asked to be careful.

So, I made a variation of the cover of Iceland's tourist brochure to illustrate the wonderful love for nature the country has.

Here it is (Click to view larger):

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