Firenze Sage: yes indeed, poor Rudolph… [reindeer unsustainable?]

Rudolph ……  “unsustainable”?

An arbitrary command to kill reindeer herded by the Sami people?   Come on, Norway. Santaâ€s sleigh may be a few reindeer short as Norwayâ€s Supreme Court has ordered a reindeer herder to slaughter much of his herd just days before Christmas.

The supreme court in Oslo ordered Jovsset Ante Sara, a reindeer herder of the semi-nomadic Sami people, to slaughter 41 of his herd of 116.  The court ordered the slaughter  on the grounds that a herd of his size is unsustainable and contributes to overgrazing, according to the New York Post.

Sara has successfully defended against the order twice since it was originally given in 2014.  He says that  he will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) since killing that many of his herd would make it impossible for him to make a living, according to The Guardian.

The semi-nomatic Sami people have a long history of herding reindeer in Lapland, Norway, Sweden and elsewhere  for over 1,000 years. See  pictures.  

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Firenze Sage comments:   Notice the precision with which the know it alls issue a  ukases — kill 41,not 39 or 44.

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