[reykjavik acts] perhaps some species can be saved

After a rather torrid lot of posts from me lately, perhaps reflecting the current mood, in desperation I went to Iceland, which can usually be relied on for a cheerful post and I think it’s done so again:

The Environmental Health and Protection Office of the City of Reykjavík decided on Monday to give baby geese and other nestlings, hatched around the Reykjavík Pond next spring, food to secure their survival. A report says the growth rate of the bird species has come to a standstill.

“We take the report very seriously,” said the director of the Environmental Health and Protection Office, Gísli Marteinn Baldursson. “If we don’t take action now we might lose the variety of bird life we have enjoyed at Reykjavík Pond.”

In addition to feeding the nestlings hatched at the pond next spring, the Environmental Health and Protection Office of the City of Reykjavík has decided to take actions to scare the lesser black-backed gull away, which often beats the other birds to the food.

Hope they don’t overdo it and start losing the ‘lesser black-backed’ as well. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best.