Hvaldimir, who rose to fame in 2019 for his friendly antics, was found dead on August 31 by fishermen who dragged his body ashore to Risavika Port.
Animal rights organisations had earlier raised concerns that wounds on his body resembled gunshot injuries and feared he had been targeted.The Veterinary Institute has announced that the final autopsy report will be available within two weeks.Share article
The announcement came after two prominent animal rights organisations raised concerns that the famous beluga was the victim of intentional human-inflicted injury.Regina Haug, founder of OneWhale, with Hvaldimir's body.Local police received a request from animal rights organisations OneWhale and NOAH to investigate a suspected shooting.
"The injuries on the whale are alarming and of a nature that cannot rule out a criminal act — it is shocking," Siri Martinsen, veterinarian and leader of NOAH, said last week.Claims Russian 'spy whale' Hvaldimir was shot to death in NorwayOneWhale and NOAH, two prominent animal rights organisations, claim he was deliberately killed and suffered gun shot wounds.
An X-ray of Hvaldimir's body also did not find any evidence of gunshot wounds and no signs of further external damage were found during the autopsy.The whale's stomach was also found to be empty during the autopsy and most of his organs had broken down.
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