Norwegian officials speculated the animal may have come from a Russian military facility.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have come from a Russian military facility.
He said Monday fishermen in Arctic Norway last week reported the tame white cetacean with a tight harness swimming around. On Friday, fisherman Joar Hesten, aided by the Ree Wiig, jumped into the frigid water to remove the harness.Audun Rikardsen, a professor at the Department of Arctic and Marine Biology at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsoe, northern Norway, believes “it is most likely that Russian Navy in Murmansk” is involved.
Rikardsen said he had checked with scholars in Russia and Norway and said they have not reported any program or experiments using beluga whales. Hesten told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that the whale began to rub itself again his boat when he first spotted it.
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