Tourists charged with animal abuse

mbl.is/Árni Sæberg

The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority has pressed charges against tourists who cut a lamb’s throat in Breiðdalur earlier this month. The case is currently in the hands of the Eastern Region’s Police Commissioner.

On July 3rd, farmers at Núpur in Berufjörður saw nine foreign tourists, all grown men, chase down the lamb. The men are said to have chased the land for about a kilometer before catching it, at which point the lamb was tired, disoriented and desperate according to witnesses who say that it had probably given up. The men cornered the lamb at the beach, caught it and cut its throat.

Police found the lamb's remains in the trunk of the group’s car. The owner of the lamb pressed charges and after admitting their crime, the men paid the farmer for the property damage and were fined 120 thousand Krona by police. Animal abuse was not a part of the charges at the time as police can only investigate such crimes after the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority has pressed charges.

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