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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 points 1 week ago

There are, unfortunately, people we could live without in this planet.

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Most of us, actually.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Ugh, that’s terrible. Poor thing. People are so cruel

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 20 points 1 week ago

Poor thing spent it's whole life working for humans, then abandoned by them, then murdered by them...

[-] Xartle@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

Ok, that is awful, but part of me can't help thinking "he knew too much".

[-] Nyx0r@discuss.online 11 points 1 week ago

That poor beautiful creature.

[-] renrenPDX@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

So no word on what it was strapped to the poor thing?

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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.......

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

If it was America it would have been captured, killed, and dissected.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

If it was Russia the whale would have fallen out a window

It least it wasn’t tortured before it was killed. Yall enjoying your burgers?

this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024
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