© Runar Snær Reynisson - RÚV Hundreds of sheep have died across the country
RÚV reports that the deaths have hit especially hard in Borgarfjörður in west Iceland, Eyjafjörður in the north, and across east Iceland. The wide area over which the deaths are occurring - as well as the alarming rate at which sheep are dying off - has many farmers worried. In some cases, half of entire flocks have been lost.
Svavar Halldórsson, chairperson of the National Association of Sheep Farmers, told reporters that he believes disease may be to blame. As such, he and other farmers have begun taking blood samples from ill sheep to be analyzed by the National Veterinary Authority.
More specifically, MBL reports that bad hay may be killing the sheep.
Svavar has no exact figures on how many sheep have fallen so far, but told reporters that the deaths have "been a heavy weight on our farmers, to miss so many animals."
Reader Comments
Could it be related to volcanoes giving off deadly fumes.
it's only bill and melinda gates. killing off species that interfere in their one world food supply idea. also helps jack up food prices on unfounded fears. think the recent egg debacle. chop chop, here. chop, chop, there. they are going in for the kill. hillary or jeb. God Bless America.