Animal rights groups on Wednesday said gunfire killed a beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness sparked suspicions the creature was trained by Russia as a spy.
The organizations NOAH and One Whale said they had filed a complaint with Norwegian police asking them to open a "criminal investigation."
Nicknamed "Hvaldimir" in a pun on the Norwegian word for whale, hval, and its purported ties to Moscow, the white beluga first appeared off the coast in Norway's far-northern Finnmark region in 2019.
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P1nkman@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y
There are, unfortunately, people we could live without in this planet.
Plopp@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Most of us, actually.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
Ugh, that’s terrible. Poor thing. People are so cruel
helenslunch@feddit.nl · 20 pts · 1y
Xartle@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 1y
Ok, that is awful, but part of me can't help thinking "he knew too much".
Nyx0r@discuss.online · 11 pts · 1y
That poor beautiful creature.
mlg@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
So either executed by Russia because... the whale didn't like Putin....
or
Executed by the USA because... the CIA doesn't take any chances.......
thebigslime@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Pretty hard to defenistrate a whale
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Oh no, not again.
Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Don't give them ideas.
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
Sure?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=berlin+aquarium+burst&t=fpas&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
If it was America it would have been captured, killed, and dissected.
Hikermick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
If it was Russia the whale would have fallen out a window
renrenPDX@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
So no word on what it was strapped to the poor thing?
greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
lnhld9u7f5wywnxaom@discuss.online · -12 pts · 1y
capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
In the time it took you to write this, you could have gone on Google and proven to yourself that it is. Instead, you doubled down on ignorance. Good job!
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
The account was made today and every single comment was deleted, also the not name
capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Not every single comment, but 100% a troll account or a very sick individual.
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
I literally can't read a single comment in his account, every single one have the removed by a moderator
capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Weird, I wonder if it's a difference between instances or maybe clients?
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Probably, or federation issue
SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
And the are all on world news