Sixty-five animals died on railway track on
Saturday while further 41 killed last week during winter migration
Agence France-Presse in Oslo
Monday 27 November 2017 10.37 GMTLast
modified on Monday 27 November 2017 23.12 GMT
More than 100 reindeer have been killed by
freight trains in northern Norway in the past
days in what has been called a senseless tragedy.
One train killed 65 deer on a track on
Saturday while 41 died between Wednesday and Friday, the public broadcaster NRK
reported late on Sunday.
“I’m so angry that I’m dizzy,” the owner of
the 65 dead reindeer, Ole Henrik Kappfjell, told NRK. “It’s a senseless animal
tragedy … a psychological nightmare.”
Norway is home to about 250,000 semi-domestic
reindeer and most of them live in the far north of the country. At this time of
year, herders take the reindeer to the winter pastures in search of grazing
grounds, a perilous journey as many animals are hit by cars and trains. Some
also drown.
Photos taken by the documentary filmmaker Jon
Erling Utsi showed dead reindeer lying in the blood-stained snow. Some were
shot after they were left wounded in Saturday’s incident. “It was a nightmare
to watch,” he told NRK.
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