On questionable grounds, Sámi reindeer herders in Norway, like Jovsset
Ánte Sara, have been labeled environmental criminals. A myth of overstocking reindeer and the ecological destruction they cause to the arctic tundra has become an official, political truth. The Norwegian government uses this myth to impose forced slaughter of the reindeer population, reducing the Sámi’s herds. The government’s appeal of Ánte Sara’s legal victory against them took place on January 24, 2017.
