“Photo of a reindeers’ antlers with reflective paint in Finland”
What FACTLY found
The photo is not real, it is an artwork by an Instagram user named, @vasjenkatro. The artist’s rendering was inspired from Finland’s idea of painting reindeers’ antlers, so they are not hit by cars at night. In 2014, the Finnish Reindeer Herders Association started to coat the antlers with reflective paint to prevent frequent accidents involving reindeer
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 September 2021, 27 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.