Elk farm

[umit]

Is there any elk farm (or reindeer, moose, etc. I don't know the difference) in or close to Helsinki???? My friends want to pay a business visit to one of them...

[network_engineer]

I checked but could not find anything near Helsinki, not on the Internet at least.

Reindeer farm? It is called Lapland

Kind regards.

[Pursuivant]

Moose and elk are wild animals, so you cannot "farm" them. Reindeer herding area is up north... the southernmost place that has a few is in Kokemäki
http://www.kokemaen-matkailu.info/kriivari.html

[interleukin]

Moose and elk are wild animals, so you cannot "farm" them.

Well actually.... http://www.algenshus.se/indexe.htm

[Rick1]

Is there any elk farm (or reindeer, moose, etc. I don't know the difference)

Moose you get on your car in whole Finland, for a reindeer you have to drive up north You can win from a reindeer, would not make a moose angry. Do not think the animals are into business at the moment, it is holiday time

[umit]

Thanks for the replies... kriivari is 200 km away from Helsinki, I think not bad

[CatNip]

Not close but you can find all of them in http://www.ahtarinelainpuisto.fi//in_english or http://www.ranuawildlife.fi/?deptid=18395

Other links:

http://www.korkeasaari.fi/animals
Reindeers: http://koti.phnet.fi/ovassir/

Open farm: http://www.kotielaintila.net/
http://www.rehndahl.fi/farm.htm

[umit]

Thanks CatNip, but my friends are not interested in those kinds of farms, zoo or wildlife parks. They want to examine the feasibility of importing large amounts of elk meat from Finland...

[Karhunkoski]

If they want to buy meat (as in it being detached from the animal), they would probably get more luck talking to a trader acting on behalf of a meat processing plant (one doesn't normally buy meat at the farm gate in Finland, unless the farm has a meat licence. Taking an animal between your legs and cutting its throat with the bread knife has been legislated out of the Finnish way of life for some time)

[Pursuivant]

Moose and elk are wild animals, so you cannot "farm" them.

Well actually.... http://www.algenshus.se/indexe.htm

OK can (they do it in Russia) vs. may as in legally.

[umit]

If they want to buy meat (as in it being detached from the animal), they would probably get more luck talking to a trader acting on behalf of a meat processing plant (one doesn't normally buy meat at the farm gate in Finland, unless the farm has a meat licence. Taking an animal between your legs and cutting its throat with the bread knife has been legislated out of the Finnish way of life for some time)

My friends want to see a farm, I'm sure the farm owner would also inform them about legislation and the Finnish way of life, when they attempt to cut one of the elks right at the spot...

[Upphew]

If they want to buy meat (as in it being detached from the animal), they would probably get more luck talking to a trader acting on behalf of a meat processing plant (one doesn't normally buy meat at the farm gate in Finland, unless the farm has a meat licence. Taking an animal between your legs and cutting its throat with the bread knife has been legislated out of the Finnish way of life for some time)

My friends want to see a farm, I'm sure the farm owner would also inform them about legislation and the Finnish way of life, when they attempt to cut one of the elks right at the spot...

Moose are not domesticated, so no farms with them. Reindeer is somewhat domesticated, but even they are roaming by themselves most of the year.

[Karhunkoski]

My friends want to see a farm

I've never heard of a moose farm, one where they actually raise moose in large numbers for slaughter (not the type where you can take the kids for an afternoon looking at farm animals and buying icecreams).

Moose live wild in Finland
Hunters shoot a certain number each year (somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 depending on the population size)
Hunters' families and their friends use the meat
Some is sold to supermarkets via licenced meat plants

Find a trader!

[umit]

Find a trader!

OK! I'll find a trader, but my friends still want to see a farm. Reindeer is fine... Maybe they want to espionage the facility and set up a reindeer farm themselves in Turkey

[interleukin]

but my friends still want to see a farm

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