Post by Joanna on Aug 29, 2014 1:00:05 GMT -5
Icelandic Game of Thrones goats face extinction
Iceland's only surviving commercial goat farm, Háafell, is to be put up for auction soon because of much dept on the farm. There are less than 820 Icelandic goats left on Earth and almost 400 of them will be slaughtered if the auction goes through. Money is now being raised (click on link below) to help save the farm and the Icelandic goat.
This time the dragons will not kill the goats! In a scene from season 4 of Game of Thrones, Khaleesi's dragon, Drogon, breathed fire over a herd of goats before snatching one up in his talons and carrying it away. Today, these goats aren't being menaced by a fire breathing dragon ... but the threat to their lives is just as dire.
You can help rescue the goats from Game of Thrones by donating to the campaign to save farmer Johanna Thorvaldsdóttir's goat farm. Time is of the essence. If the funds are not raised within the next month to save Johanna's farm, this unique species, introduced to Iceland by the Vikings a thousand years ago, will disappear forever.
Johanna sacrificed everything, including her career as a nurse in Reykjavik, to save the Icelandic goat. At one time, the species was so neglected, its numbers had fallen below 90 animals. As a result of the tireless work and devotion of Johanna, her husband Thorbjörn, and their six children to save the species, their farm, Háafell, sustains the largest population of Icelandic goats in the world.
Source: News of Iceland, August 8, 2014.