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"Russian spy" beluga whale that was found dead "had multiple bullet wounds," animal rights group says

www.cbsnews.com "Russian spy" beluga whale that was found dead "had multiple bullet wounds," animal rights group says

Animal rights groups said they had filed a complaint with Norwegian police asking them to open a "criminal investigation."

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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