Reindeer Attacks Human..Hreindýr réðst á starfsmann við kálfamerkingar
(Iceland -Original story Morgunbladid mbl.is)
The staff at East Iceland Natural History Institute is quite busy these days making reindeer calves and counting wild reindeers in the eastern part of Iceland. One staff member was lucky to get away alive when a reindeer attacked him.
The reindeer, a doe with a newborn calf, attacked Reimar Ásgeirsson when he tried to approach the offspring to mark it.
“The doe ran towards me with, trying to stab me. I just managed to grab her horns before she reached me and slide sideward, so only the other horn stabbed my coat,” Ásgeirsson told Morgunbladid.
The cow tried repeatedly to stab Ásgeirsson but he managed to run away.
Another employee of East Iceland Natural History Institute, Gustaf F. Eggertson, took an outstanding picture of reindeers swimming over Jökla, a glacial river which runs though the eastern highlands. It is known that reindeers can easily cross rivers, but there are few eye witnesses.
Enlish translation from Iceland Review
Going to Iceland in May….searching for any Tribal Elders or persons connected to the reindeer that have been transported to Iceland from other countries….IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WE MAY CONTACT PLEASE LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY. WE WORK FOR WORLD PEACE/ NON-PROFIT AND BRING TRIBAL ELDERS TOGETHER IN MANY PLACES AROUND THE WORLD.
NAN MORTON
WISDOM OF THE GRANDMOTHERS FOUNDATION
Hello Nan Morton
Reindeer were transported to Iceland in 1771 and there are currently about 2000 of them I believe. They were transported from Northern Norway and are not herded by people, but run wild in small herds primarily today in the Eastern part of the country.
Have just returned from Norway (due to go back again this week)- loved every moment, particularly the similarity between Irish and Norwegians, the fjords, the islands around Oslo, the pride in the Viking feats, the wonderful ships from the 10th Century that we saw in the Viking Ship Museum. But also amazed at how little many of the wonderful people we met knew or understood about their Sami fellows, their language, their reindeer and the life of the northern half of their country.
A comment here to Mr. Philip Burgess.
Reindeer where brought first to Iceland in 1771 during the period 1771 untill 1787 there where several imports of Norwegian reindeer to differnet locations in Iceland.
One of the members of the reindeer import comitty in the 17 hundreds was my great great grandfather Lawman and marshal Jón Hjaltalín.
The references here come from the Book Hreindýr á Íslandi 1771-1960 written by Ólafur Thorvaldsson, The book was issued in 1960
i think Mr Burgess is mixing the Greenland import of Norwegian reindeers in 1953 to Nuuk Kangerdlua.in Greenland.
sincerely and thanks
Stefan H. Magnusson
Reindeer herder and owner
In Greenland
Thanks for the correction, reference and interesting post Stefan! You are of course correct..
I live in England and own a small herd of reindeer. When one of my reindeer cows calves she is so protctive of her young, she is as equally as dangerous as a bull in full rut.