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Rasdød: Photo Svarthø landslide where 245 reindeer died
Animal tragedy happened in Oppdals part of Trollheimen, specifically in the area south of Storhornet, was discovered Wednesday afternoon.
Two local residents, Day Jørund Vik and John Bjorndal, wanted to see the extent of the landslide and took a trip inland area that day.
– We had heard about exceeded and wondered how big it was. We discovered that animals were taken and notified reindeer owner, says Vik Adresseavisen.
Animal tragedy is also featured in a number of other media including local newspapers Opdalingen and Up and NRK Sor-Trondelag.
In the spring
Exceeded proved about one mile wide and nearly as far. It is estimated that there is about 120,000 cubic meters of snow.
That means that between 30,000 and 40,000 tons has swept across and brought all or most of the reindeer herd on a few hundred animals that went on winter in the area.
Thursday – three to four days later – was four animals who still lived, unearthed by the snow of herder Gustav Kant and crews had been called.
Three of the animals were so severely injured that they had to be euthanized. The fourth, a doe, was in such good shape that she speeded and disappeared into the mountains.
Rein owner and his aides have so far unearthed 35-40 dead animals from snowpack given to have a depth of between two and nine yards.
The dead animals lay partly on the surface and partly they were buried in the snow. The rest is probably well down in the snow and many of them will hardly be found until the snow melts in the spring.
Eksremværet «Ole»
Avalanche danger in the mountains was great last weekend and it was no shortage of warnings associated with extreme weather “Ole”. Monday went another major landslide in Skar Brook valley in Oppdal. This was triggered by a snow groomers who ran track preparation.
It is not the first time that an animal tragedy like this in Trollheimen. As late as in 2013 lost the same Herders 40-50 animals in a similar landslide. This happened in the valley south of Åmellomfjellet, also in the area southwest of Storhornet.
The tragedy, however, was not discovered until June, when the snow melted and the people who live in the area discovered all åtseleterne circling in the area.
Over the past 10 years there has also been several other ras Trollheimen where a smaller number of animals are killed.
A similar tragedy happened moreover in the area by Svarthø Snøhetta reindeer area in 2006. This exceeded took at least 245 animals, including many pregnant females.
Courtesy of Jan Arve Ødegård
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