MOSCOW, Sept 5 — Animal rights groups said yesterday that gunfire killed a beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness sparked suspicions the creature had...
What you should know about: Getting your money back for AirAsia, MAB, Batik Air flights late five hours or moreThe organisations NOAH and One Whale said they had filed a complaint with Norwegian police asking them to open a criminal investigation. — Picture via Directorate of FisheriesMOSCOW, Sept 5 — Animal rights groups said yesterday that gunfire killed a beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness sparked suspicions the creature had been trained by Russia as a spy.
Photographs published Wednesday by the two organisations showed what appeared to be bullets lodged in holes in the animal’s blood-streaked body. Police confirmed they had received a complaint and said they would look into the matter “to determine whether there are reasonable motives to launch an investigation”.
Norwegian officials said Hvaldimir might have escaped an enclosure and been trained by the Russian navy, as he appeared to be accustomed to humans.A third organisation that had also tracked the whale’s movements, Marine Mind, said it found Hvaldimir’s dead body floating in the water on Saturday at around 2:30 pm .
In 2019, the hypothesis of a “spy whale” was fuelled by the strategic location of the Barents Sea, a hotbed of East-West rivalry during the Cold War.
Whale Suspected Of Being ‘Russian Spy’ Shot Dead Animal Rights Groups Say As They Demand Probe
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