![The Story of Freja, the World's Oldest Harbor Porpoise <em>(Phocoena phocoena)</em> and her Contribution to Wildlife Conservation](/uploads/issue_articles/thumb/.100x70/s_q422_f1.jpg)
On 7 April 1997, a 2-year-old female harbor porpoise was caught in a fixed purse-sein net off the Danish coast. She was brought to the Fjord&Bælt in Kerteminde and placed in a semi-natural habitat, which allows for natural water and weather conditions year-round.