Jonas Gahr Støre speaks out after criticism from campaigners, while a zoologist says decision was inevitable
Norway’s prime minister has said it was “right” to put down Freya, a 600kg female walrusin Oslo fjord, as animal rights campaigners attacked the decision but a leading zoologist insisted it was inevitable.
Norway’s fisheries directorate said the walrus was euthanised “based on an overall assessment of the threat to human safety” after the public ignored warnings not to get too close to her, often with small children, to pose for photographs. The agency concluded that the “possibility for potential harm to people was high and animal welfare was not being maintained”. Its director, Frank Bakke-Jensen, said other solutions, including moving Freya elsewhere, could not guarantee her safety., adding that while the agency understood the decision could “cause reactions with the public” he was “firm that this was the right call. We have great regard for animal welfare, but human life and safety must take precedence.
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