More Than 300 Reindeer Were Killed By Lightning Storm In Norway

AFP

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in southern Norway, Norwegian officials say, in the largest such incident known to date.

The 323 reindeer, including 70 young, were found on Friday by a gamekeeper on the Hardangervidda plateau, a national park where Europe’s largest herd of some 10,000 wild reindeer roam freely.

“There were very strong storms in the area on Friday. The animals stay close together in bad weather and these ones were hit by lightning,” an official from the Norwegian Environment Agency, Kjartan Knutsen, told AFP.

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Reindeer are social creatures and usually move in packs.

“It’s unusual. We’ve never seen anything like this on this scale,” Mr Knutsen said.

Norwegian authorities have yet to decide what to do with the animals.

“We’re going to decide soon whether to let nature run its own course or whether we will do something,” he said.

Of the 323 reindeer killed, five had to be put down due to their injuries.

(Feature image source: AFP)

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