Freya the walrus

He added that it was a complicated situation with a large wild animal in Norway's most densely populated area. “After all this is a walrus that is astray, i.e. ...

Aae added that the Facebook group had been a great tool for keeping people informed about where the walrus was, meaning they could avoid her if necessary. Others also criticised Norway for choosing to euthanise the animal. Increasing competition for food drives them further away from their usual habitat and toward heavily populated locations like Oslo. The 600kg female walrus, nicknamed Freya, rose to fame in the country over the last few weeks due to her fondness for sinking boats. But had now been “MURDERED…by the Directorate of Fisheries in Norway because she was perceived as a ‘continued threat to human safety’,” he added in his tweet. “Norway is the country that killed Freya after being around for over two years around the entire North Sea. What a shame!”

Jonas Gahr Støre speaks out after criticism from campaigners, while a zoologist says decision was inevitable.

“But taking care of this individual really has nothing to do with taking care of the walrus population.” There are 30,000 walruses in the north Atlantic.” “Elsewhere, authorities managed to keep them away, and people managed to show consideration. “You cannot expect 1.6 million people not to swim in Oslo fjord,” he said. We have great regard for animal welfare, but human life and safety must take precedence.” Sometimes we have to make unpopular decisions.”

Norway's decision to kill the young female walrus named Freya on Sunday, August 14, 2022 has caused a backlash on social media that's extended into today.

But, on Sunday, August 14, 2022, Norway’s fisheries directorate killed her. Norway’s fisheries directorate said on August 14 it had “thoroughly considered” the decision. Frank Bakke-Jensen said experts at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research were included in the decision-making process. Others are calling Norway’s decision “a national shame.” And many have asked why authorities couldn’t move the walrus to a safer area. Freya weighed in at about 1,300 pounds (600 kg). Sometimes, when she climbed onto boats, the boats sank. Freya had as much (if not more) right to be on that beach! Authorities claimed Freya was becoming increasingly distressed by the many humans around her. Freya was named named for the Norse goddess of love and beauty. Norway delivered on that threat by killing the healthy walrus. people would throw things at her but she was the “danger to public”. euthanasia wasn’t the answer for this, they should have relocated her.#FreyaTheWalrus Frank Bakke-Jensen, a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, is currently the head of Norway’s fisheries directorate. Freya was a young female walrus, of a species normally found in the Arctic. And there was something about Freya’s “hot-girl summer” that apparently delighted many people.

The precise location of Freya the Walrus's birth is not known, but it is thought that she was born somewhere in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the ...

People flocked to see this embodiment of love and beauty and to take pictures of her for their Instagrams. And in a cruel twist of fate, those same qualities that made her so beloved, that catapulted her to fame, ultimately led to her demise. Freya even came to the UK: first Northumberland, and just a month later, the island of Vementry in Shetland. As she travelled, she developed a fandom, igniting headlines wherever she went. Rest in power Freya – your love and velveteen beauty were too big for this world. In the years that followed, Freya was spotted in several locations; off the coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, where she was the first walrus to visit the country in over 23 years. Fearing the potential harm she might cause, the decision was sadly taken to end Freya’s life, based “on an overall assessment of the continued threat to human safety”, according to Frank Bakke-Jensen, Norway’s director general of fisheries. For though Freya seemed friendly, she did pose a threat: walruses are known for attacking people, especially when they’re in boats.

Despite a backlash from conservationists, Jonas Gahr Støre says authorities made the correct decision over Freya amid public safety concerns.

"Her health has clearly declined. "Through on-site observations the past week, it was made clear that the public has disregarded the current recommendation to keep a clear distance to the walrus," it said. Jonas Gahr Støre said "it was the right decision" to euthanase the 600-kilogram female, known as Freya.

Freya the Walrus, goddess of our times, thicc queen of the Oslo Fjord and majestic woman of the seas has been euthanised by Norway's Directorate of ...

To be frank with you Frank, I don’t think this was the right call at all. If you’ll excuse me, I have some mourning to do. You put an entire walrus down because people wouldn’t distance themselves from her and were being idiots? So… Freya hurt nobody and that was good enough for you to euthanise her? The people loved her. She was spotted doing the same in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. She was famous, flourishing and in her lane.

Freya the Walrus had become an unlikely local and international celebrity on the Oslo Fjord where she was spotted in July and August.

Pour one out for Freya the walrus, as the beloved wild Norwegian animal was sadly euthanized by Norway's government this week.

“What I have been warning against for months has happened: Freya was killed, in my opinion, too hasty a conclusion,” Rune Aae wrote in a public Facebook post. RIP to Freya, a truly iconic walrus who always followed her heart. “We have great regard for animal welfare, but human life and safety must take precedence.” Keep reading to learn more about Freya and why this sweet "hvalross" was killed. But it was last month when Freya started making international headlines. In the news release, the Norwegian government explains that it “considered all possible solutions carefully,” but concluded that it would not be possible to “ensure the animal’s welfare,” as the proposed plan to relocate Freya in partnership with the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research would be too complex.