I almost hate reading the paper or looking at news sites these days.

That dreadful oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, heading towards all the fragile wetlands where there are mink and otters, not to mention all the birds, fish and *shiver* yes, even gators in its path. How ghastly is that for all the wild fauna there.

Then I see that the ash spewing out of that unpronounceable volcano in Iceland is toxic and is threatening the animals in that area.

The American mink, considered an invasive species, has settled there and from what I understand, wolverines and sables can be found around Iceland so those poor creatures, together with the Icelandic ponies, etc, are susceptible to inhaling the toxic ash.

wolverine

BUT … did you know that, according to Wiki, it is illegal to keep ferrets in Iceland?!? I wonder why? Maybe they’re afraid that the ferrets will jump up and scare the reindeer as they gallop across the tundra! Sheesh.

reindeer

I hope the worst case scenario won’t happen and both areas will manage to get through with the minimum loss of wild (and domestic) animals.

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