Since last spring, a lost walrus has appeared along the southern coast of Norway. Late last month, the 600-kilogram female walrus often climbed into the Oslo Fjord to bask in the sun on a moored yacht.
Walrus Freya
She also had a nice name, the Norse goddess of love , "Freya", which was reported by the Norwegian Embassy in China at the time.
Official blog of the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing
According to WWF, Freya is likely to have come from the Arctic. Her presence in Norway caused a stir, but there were also some worried voices.
In response, the Norwegian Fisheries Agency issued a statement on July 18 saying that "this mammal is in stable condition and can stay in place", and stressed that people should keep their distance and be careful when swimming in the sea. Because after all" she wasn't necessarily as slow and clumsy as one might think. ”
But after a week of on-site observation, it became clear that the walrus had not distanced themselves from the walrus as the statement said.
Locals watch walruses up close on August 10 (Source: Norwegian Fisheries Service)
Freya the walrus seems to have received a lot of pressure from everyone's attention, and her spirit has also been strongly disturbed. Faced with this situation, the authorities should have rescued Freya, but they did not think that the authorities euthanized Freya in the early morning of August 14 because of the "consideration" that Freya was a potential threat to human security and her own life safety was not protected.
In fact, a similar thing has happened in China, remember the Siberian tiger "Wandashan No. 1"? In April last year, a Northeast Tiger injury incident occurred in Jixi, Heilongjiang, and on the same day, the staff of the Heilongjiang Forestry and Grassland Bureau gave the tiger anesthesia gun and organized experts to evaluate various indicators of his health status. It took only 26 days from the time of the incident to the successful release of nature.
Siberian Tiger "Wandashan No. 1"
Freya, the walrus, on the other hand, paid the price with her life because of the nearly one-year inaction of the Norwegian authorities.
The article is reproduced in: Charity China Network_Starting from my heart