In Norway, Arctic Herder Loses Case Over Reindeer Culling
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In Norway, Arctic Herder Loses Case Over Reindeer Culling
Trond Pedersen Biti said that As I read it, the ruling doesn’t take into account the rights of the Sami people,
21, 2017
COPENHAGEN — A reindeer herder from the indigenous Sami community in the Norwegian Arctic on Thursday lost
a much-publicized case at Norway’s top court over a ruling that he must cull 41 of his 116-strong herd.
This month, Maret Anne Sara, the herder’s sister, drew attention to the case by hanging a
curtain made of 400 bullet-ridden reindeer skulls outside Norway’s Parliament in Oslo.
Trond Pedersen Biti said that As I read it, the ruling doesn’t take into account the rights of the Sami people,
21, 2017
COPENHAGEN — A reindeer herder from the indigenous Sami community in the Norwegian Arctic on Thursday lost
a much-publicized case at Norway’s top court over a ruling that he must cull 41 of his 116-strong herd.
This month, Maret Anne Sara, the herder’s sister, drew attention to the case by hanging a
curtain made of 400 bullet-ridden reindeer skulls outside Norway’s Parliament in Oslo.