{"id":1609596,"date":"2022-08-16T21:48:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T01:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609596"},"modified":"2022-08-16T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T01:49:13","slug":"norway-defends-euthanizing-walrus-that-got-too-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norway-defends-euthanizing-walrus-that-got-too-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Defends Euthanizing Walrus That Got Too Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorway-defends-euthanizing-walrus-that-got-too-famous%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Norway\u2019s beloved celebrity walrus, nicknamed Freya, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/euthanasia\">euthanized<\/a> by the government on Sunday. And despite backlash from the public, the agency is defending its decision to end Freya\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries seemed to blame the public for its decision to euthanize the\u00a01,300-pound walrus, citing concerns for Freya\u2019s welfare and the risk that she could harm a human who was too close.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough 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,\u201d the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiskeridir.no\/Yrkesfiske\/Nyheter\/2022\/hvalrossen-i-oslofjorden-er-avlivet\">said<\/a>. \u201cTherefore, the Directorate has concluded, the possibility for potential harm to people was high and animal welfare was not being maintained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries claimed that\u00a0it looked extensively at moving Freya, but such an option was impossible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving the animal was deliberated thoroughly with the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research,\u201d a press release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extensive complexity of such an operation made us conclude that this was not a viable option,\u201d agency director general Frank Bakke-Jensen said in a\u00a0statement. \u201cThere were several animal welfare concerns associated with a possible relocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freya was known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/juliareinstein\/freya-walrus-norway-killed\">sunbathing<\/a> on small boats, and sometimes sinking them with her massive body. The walrus\u2019 endearing nature made her a celebrity over the summer, drawing large crowds of adoring\u00a0Norwegians.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big story in Norway this summer is a walrus we&#8217;ve named Freya has made it to our shores and is touring the country, laying around and sinking boats <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rQolsxd88b\">pic.twitter.com\/rQolsxd88b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steinkobbe\/status\/1549470090030202885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the government, it was those large crowds of adoring fans that did her in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe operation was conducted in a humane fashion by personnel from The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHighly skilled and trained personnel executed the order in conduct with current routines and regulations for euthanasia for marine mammals,\u201d Bakke-Jensen added.<\/p>\n<p>Some are not at all happy with the decision to kill the beloved walrus.<\/p>\n<p>One Norwegian headline in the aftermath read, \u201cRage after Freya\u2019s death,\u201d and a TV broadcaster said the walrus was \u201ckilled by her audience,\u201d NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp\/rcna43073\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a nice young lady \u2014 good health \u2026 everything was fine with Freya,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-9NtRYL1lPc\">reacted<\/a> Rune Aae, a biologist who was tracking the walrus. \u201cSo, I\u2019m really sad on her behalf \u2014 what we did to her, that was really not nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bakke-Jensen\u00a0acknowledged the backlash, but stood by the\u00a0decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have sympathies for the fact that the decision can cause reactions with the public, but I am firm that this was the right call,\u201d the director general said. \u201cWe have great regard for animal welfare, but human life and safety must take precedence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norway\u2019s beloved celebrity walrus, nicknamed Freya, was euthanized by the government on Sunday. And despite backlash from the public, the agency is defending its decision to end Freya\u2019s life. The\u00a0Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries seemed to blame the public for its decision to euthanize the\u00a01,300-pound walrus, citing concerns for Freya\u2019s welfare and the risk that she &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1609618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1609596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}