The walrus who rose to repute this 12 months for her lovely stubbornness to sunbathe on docked boats in Norway’s Oslo turned into euthanised, stated officers.
Nicknamed Freya, the walrus turned into positioned down because it remained a continual danger to human safety given that human beings have been getting too near her.
“The choice to euthanise turned into taken on the idea of a international assessment of the continual danger to human safety,” stated a assertion through Frank Bakke-Jensen, head of Norway’s Fisheries Directorate.
“We cautiously tested all of the feasible solutions. We concluded that we couldn’t assure the health of the animal through any of the manner available,” he stated.
Repeated appeals to the general public to maintain distance from the walrus did now no longer work, officers had in advance stated, including that human beings have additionally been throwing matters at Freya. They stated they have been thinking about euthanising the 600-kg younger woman if human beings retain to defy its advice.
The walrus had grabbed headlines ultimate month after she turned into noticed in Oslo waters, at instances visible attacking a swan or sunbathing on docked boats. She had end up well-known with human beings, every now and then with children, looking to get near her to take photographs.
Besides Norway, Freya have been noticed withinside the UK, Denmark and Sweden.