Wild Walrus Takes A Summer Vacation Across Europe | The Dodo Comeback Kids

Wally the wild walrus surprised everyone when he showed up in Ireland in the summer of 2021. Walruses don't typically travel that far South and because he didn't have access to ice, he settled for the next best thing - boats! His trip around Europe didn't end there and he eventually made his way to Spain! But things really took an even more surprising turn when a second walrus, Freya was also spotted in Europe at the same time.
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[@DG-cc6tx]

Disgusting that someone decided to kill Freya instead of finding an alternative sensible solution.

[@justin.channels]

Right. They could have sedated and transported her. This was needless.

[@francesheinig6420]

​@@justin.channelsyou're absolutely right. Let's kill the animal bc people are to stupid to stay away from them. They had a few different options. 1. Take her to her kind and then monitor her to make sure she does well with her own kind. 2. They could have put her in a zoo, not my favorite option, or sanctuary. 3. Could have made sure stupid ppl would stay away and leave her alone. This is why we have extinct animals. We kill them when they get to close. Maybe they should be allowed to kill us when we get to close. We are encroaching on there habitats not the other way around. We've been doing it as long as humans have been around. It's disgusting to here that any animal in today's world is being killed. There are exceptions to this of course, like end of life or to hurt to be fixed. If it can't live in the wild but could live some where else then put them in the foster or adoptive home or in a zoo or sanctuary where they can be cared for. Just bc an animal can't live in the wild doesn't mean they should be killed. We need to do better for our animals, all of them wild or not.

[@Gamerafighter76]

Eeyup.

[@elle2871]

Can't say enough about the fact they needed to kill her. This was tragedy.

[@jpraise6771]

God loves you all🙏

[@angelapellino885]

Rest on peace Freya. It is terrible that they killed her😔 Thank you for what you did for Wally, to set the good example 🙏🙏🙏

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

Homo sapiens is an invasive species.

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

shame on us for what happened to Freya. animals like them are usually too big to believe we could do them harm and are most vurnable to the concept of a gun, they trusted us too much

[@Saltine_American]

I thought you made a typo using the phrase Rest On Peace and then I remembered we are talking about giant animals that are obsessed with resting on everything. Makes total sense! ROP Freya

[@CaptainJackSparrow110]

Biologically speaking, Freya was too far away from others to mate and held no more use for her species. She consumed resources with no benefit to her species or any other species. Killing her did not endanger anything and protected the environment and human stuff.

[@multimulte]

@@CaptainJackSparrow110 You`re wrong. She ate the invading oysters. She was actually a good thing for the ecosystem in the Oslofjord. She wouldf have moved on sooner or later, heading back north. She wasn`t even old enough to mate. It`s a shame.

[@jen-a-purr]

I remember Wally. He tried to get in every boat no matter how big or small. Poor Wally. You can tell he’s young. His tusks aren’t very long. Rest well Freya…

[@sue8237]

Freya is an unforgivable tragedy. No excuse for what happened to her.

[@susannabonke8552]

Norway is not nice to environment. They are rich enough to protect a rare mammal.

[@entropino9928]

People just can't let others be harmed even if its their own fault. Our harm avoidant society is sick

[@jbkgjbkg]

I was in Oslo just days before she was killed, trying to get to see my first walrus ever. Such a sad story.

[@DuskLegend]

@@entropino9928and what harm was even going to happen? She was habituated to humans. Someone throwing her a fish or petting her wasn’t going to lead to an attack most of the time and if it did that would be on the person who approached.

[@theprettiestliyah]

can you read. even it's their fault it's not okay to let them get hurt, we all make mistakes, if you don't think helping people who screwed up is practical, good for you. But he's right, it's not okay to let people get hurt regardless of who's fault it is, empathy is not so common is it@@DuskLegend

[@shainamichalski]

Freya's death was COMPLETELY unnecessary! People always have to ruin things. It blows my mind how there are so many people that are so selfish as to endanger an animals life for a fricken selfie. You can admire nature from a healthy distance. People are so concerned about their safety, but PEOPLE are the ones to be afraid of...not animals.

[@sophial.6633]

💯 agree with everything you said.

[@madmesmith5187]

Well said i was thinking the same thing. Poor Freya was take from us because of ignorance of wild animals, shame on them .

[@geekthegirl6961]

Humans are the most destructive force on Earth. We will pay the price with our own extinction.

[@auntiec6294]

I don't know...a charging grizzly bear is scarier to me than a person. But that's just me. 😄

[@Digger-Nick]

Not really, they could've brought her to a sanctuary or just let her live there and fed her as is. Much like Peta, the people who claim to care for wildlife are always the people so eager to kill them.

[@imperialtekk9443]

Poor Freya. She should have been tranquilized and moved back to Iceland. If the can do it to bears they can do it for marine wildlife. Sad that they thought that was the best alternative for her 😪

[@pbh9195]

It's incredibly risky to tranquilize a large marine animal, there's a risk that it could drown should it dive in the water.

[@derpychicken2131]

Doing that to a massive marine mammal is extremely dangerous for those involved and for the animal, not to mention the absurd price of moving around large marine mammals. Not too many wildlife rescue organizations could foot the bill, I've worked at them before and we have to be pretty careful of spending the donation money.

[@nadiabairamis3854]

But it would be a lot easier to crowd fund a project for a well known individual animal that has made the news. They could have at least tried. Granted it’s obviously more risky with marine life but a chance for success is still better than euthanasia.

[@seanhiggins2740]

Did you watch all of the footage of these people who closely approached her? I mean like one or two feet away from her? She was comfortable, gentle and enjoyed their company. With a walrus expert from a nearby zoo, it would have been easy to safely catch her and take her anywhere without even tranquilizing her.

[@derpychicken2131]

@@seanhiggins2740 Yes, and have you heard of the grizzly man? Loved nature, showed the world how gentle bears were. Until he got killed by a bear he had known and interacted with for years. Wild animals are predictable to an extent, but completely safe? especially animals of that size and strength? Never. Don't take the chances, or else you will regret it. I have no doubt that 9 times out of 10, the animal could be transported safely, but not guaranteed safety is just not enough. Massive wild animals are just not predictable enough, and have the power to cause serious harm.

[@isaacsampang]

"She did not realize how dangerous we are" I love this linr

[@loniz7193]

Heart breaking how they dealt with poor Freya

[@tecumsehcristero]

I know right. I just heard of her but I really miss her 😭😭😭😭😭 poor gal

[@Bee-tj8gc]

What idiots make laws saying it's illegal to take pictures of wild animals? Some people are so overly authoritarian, it's disgusting

[@Mandy7D7]

@@Bee-tj8gc The ones trying to save an animal by keeping people away. It's not about the picture, it's about people getting too close in order to take them. And as the information explained, Freya was killed for too many people wouldn't do just that. Stay away. How is this hard?

[@michaeljackson8002]

@@Mandy7D7 That's silly, if you get close and she hurts you then it is her fault. No need to kill her just in case that would happen

[@9sheri9]

@@Bee-tj8gc you have completely missed the point.

[@fayed9540]

I’m so sad for Freya. She spent a lot of time in the town I’m from in the Netherlands and everybody was instructed to keep their distance and just let her be. She sort of became the mascotte of the shipyard/harbour here because she loved to hang out there and just chill.

[@83lamartina]

truly sad, I can't believe that :(

[@RedLine_Renesis]

Humans are trash

[@annien.1727]

R.I.P, Freya.😭💐💔

[@randomguy4781]

saddened to hear they put her down. rip freya

[@purberri]

I was really shocked that they choose to kill Freya instead of helping her.

[@alanstorm6915]

They could have called in for help & tranquilized her. put her on a boat and brought her back to her habitat but no let's kill her because it's easier and cheaper.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Or friggin controlling the people actively getting close to her

[@Smiley957]

I think we should euthanise the evil Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries as clearly they pose a danger to wild life 😡

[@slamyourheadin9449]

What do you expect? They are from Norway.

[@notreallyhere67]

That's government bureaucrats. "we killed the walrus for its own good" - basically the Norwegian bureaucrats.

[@elle2871]

RIP Freya. We weren’t good enough for you.

[@emmajayne327]

I started bawling when I heard about Freya… people need to respect the help of people who know the animals habitat and how to get them back safely like Wally 😭

[@susannabonke8552]

Some former viking's decendant's simply forgot their respect for nature.

[@sari-kitty]

I remember hearing about what happened to Freya in the news. It's so incredibly sad, heartbreaking, and completely unnecessary. The ocean is their home, not ours. When I heard how horrible people were treating Freya, it disgusted me. They could have tranquilized her and moved her to safety. I think they were just being cheap and lazy. It's 100% humans fault she was killed. I'm glad Wally survived.

[@potetnamnbaknamn895]

First off, tranqualizing heavy animals is dangerous to them, secondly; you could have offered to pay for moving her yourself, but nooo, other people have to pay for your vanity projects.

[@slamyourheadin9449]

@@potetnamnbaknamn895 it’s not safe for the animal to be tranquillised because it could kill it, so then they killed it instead. See how dumb this is?

[@potetnamnbaknamn895]

​ @SLAM YOUR HEAD IN No, because shooting it in the head was painless. Meanwhile tranqing whould have run the risk of the animal, more likely than nor: Having her internal organs crushed by her own weight, heart failure, lungs getting squeased into chooking her to death, or if she got spooked by the dart; diving into the sea and drowing when the tranq started working.

[@CaptainJackSparrow110]

​I favor humans over animals. Our evolved minds can create morality that lets us work communally to survive and thrive as a species. We don't spend all our resources to save one person to live another month. We make moral judgments about cost versus benefit of a person's life. We typically see those issues at end of life stages. Most people don't factor in that it is only because we have become so technologically and socially successful that we can even make moral decisions about how much time, talent and treasure to spend on people with little to offer or little time left. These decisions have only been an option for less than a hundred years. Most of human existence we lived short hard lives. Catch a flu and you're dead in a couple days. Cut yourself farming and your're dead in a week. We are mammals and like all live birth animals about one in four women died during childbirth or become so disabled that they died in less than a year. It has been only in the past several decades that the technical option and wealth existed to even possibly do something like relocate Ashley Graham (her real name). The next question is whether it is right to confiscate taxpayer money to pay to give her a new home. I don't think so. There are plenty of charities concerning animals and if any of them had come forward with the cash to relocate her; they were free to do so. Why is no one blaming Peta or some rescue organizations?

[@KoopaKontroller]

@@CaptainJackSparrow110 PETA really? You mean the organization that routinely euthanizes and kills animals? Yeah, they would be a great choice.

[@lunkis3233]

Thank you for not killing Wally like Norway did with Freya. RIP FREYA I'm sorry that humans let you down.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

He's adapting to the human world. So beautiful, I wish we could have this relationship with all animals like that. He had a great adventure.

[@susannabonke8552]

Maybe this was confusion. Glad he made it back. Walrus's future generations will call him "the great explorer" when Europe is reigned by them!

[@sandyedens9222]

My heart hurts for Freya.

[@karencrane5963]

They deserve respect, they were put here just like us and we need to adapt to their presence as global warming brings us in closer contact with animals seeking refuge.

[@nitromartini1422]

More than likely, these walruses hot their directiond screwed up and ended up far from home. It is unlikely that this "climate change" hoax had anything to do with it.

[@shainamichalski]

Absolutely. I see ignorant comments on here about how there wasn't a mate for her, and she was eating and messing up the environment and such. They should have found an alternative solution instead of just taking her life. She deserved better. Humans are the main reason for killing environments, yet we make the call to end innocent animals lives for just living their natural lives as best they can.

[@karencrane5963]

@Michael Doolan See that's the problem, denial

[@taureanpov]

@Michael Doolan What kind of dumbass comment is that? What the 🤬 do you think has been the cause then, Mr. Scientist, if the problem is due to the planet getting hotter?!

[@janicemoore30]

@@karencrane5963 There is no data that supports the conjecture that human CO2 emissions cause "global warming." That is not "denial." It is simply the fact. Further, what warming has occurred over the past 150 years or so is well within the bounds of natural variation.

[@babalonkie]

"Wild animals are always best observed at a distance" - Sir David Attenborough

[@nitromartini1422]

All domesticated animals were considered "wild" at one time.

[@darkelysium2187]

@@babalonkie basically we bred the wild out of them

[@babalonkie]

@@darkelysium2187 Correct, but humans bred it via more than just conditioning... via genetics too. It was and is a sick and disturbing practice. Wild animals only belong in one place and one place only... in the wild.

[@cheryleewilcox3332]

Yes, the African people do that quite well. It's the Europeans who seem unable to do it.

[@darkelysium2187]

@@babalonkie Well too late for that. some of the plants and animals we cultivated have gotten to the point where they can't survive in the wild without us. We became their caretakers despite our lack of care for them. It's best we give them the best life we can give.

[@9sheri9]

This is one of the most respectfully presented videos to the public from Dodo concerning the safety & preservation of truly wild species of animals. Would love to see more educational content like this from this platform. *Case in Point* The differences of fate between Wally & Freya when able to educate the public.

[@Radiatingbeauty]

I love that Wally the walrus picked Ireland to rest up in 2021. Wally is a great success and is where he should be in. Iceland! So sad for Freya that she had to put down because of people.... 😞

[@neonblkhole]

I mean, she didn't *have* to be😞

[@WovilettaNr2]

As an Norwegian, Im so sorry for what we did to Freya. They tried first to take her to a secret location but the idiots found her again and told the rest of the idiots. People was so stupid that they even swimmed close to her and got SURPRISED that she didnt like that. So she become "dangerous" to the public.

[@mrs.h2725]

My husband is Norwegian, and he and his friends agree it's horrific they killed Freya for no reason. She absolutely should've been rehomed to a safe habitat.

[@tylerjeb7888]

It's an animal, get over it. We kill millions of cows every year. Also, no one was going to get hurt. These government types just love throwing their weight around. They did the same thing up in Puget sound and killed an orca up there. Government people are all morons.

[@poppinc8145]

They should have just tranquilized Freya, put her in a ship or cargo plane, and then transport her to Iceland or whatever nearby native habitat that was suitable. How do you think they get animals for zoos, so why can't they facilitate the same trip the other way around??

[@eltoro969]

WE didn`n t do squat. It was the Dep of Fishing in Oslo who finally shot her. Most likely because she started to sink and destroy rich people`s boats.

[@merlokden5844]

Which is why they need to be held accountable and dealt with as a statement towards others that are prone to taking the same path.

[@shan80luvs]

Poor Freya I’m so sad… what gave them the right?

[@BunnyQueen97]

@@mikshinee87 idiots who put themselves in harms way deserve harm. If you don’t understand that, go back to elementary school and finish growing up.

[@BigRedsCrib]

​@@mikshinee87 Is that why we kill tens of thousands of humans every year through war, murder, suicide, and manslaughter etc? This was an innocent animal who caused no harm to anyone, unlike humans who destroy everything we touch. If a human puts themselves in a dangerous situation with an animal and is injured, how is that the animals fault? This is the problem with society today we protect the stupid. In days gone by, they would have been weeded out through natural selection (making dumb desicions). However now we protect them and then they breed and bring down the IQ of the population.

[@Gen3designs]

@@mikshinee87 Not at all you are just another insignificant animal. If you don’t understand that then seek asylum

[@kitkat2472]

Very good question !

[@potetnamnbaknamn895]

The Norwegian people, if you and Walruses don't like that, then stay out of Norway.

[@jayburn00]

I find it funny to be honest how Wally was in some of those boats by himself, it made it look like the boat was his (I guess in a way it was at that point) and he was enjoying an excursion. He even looked like he was the captain in some of those pictures.

[@eunicee999]

I’m so sad to hear about Freya 😢 wished people did more to try and have her move more in the direction of her natural habitat

[@hamerhaai6274]

Poor Freya 💗 So relieved Wally never went to Norway 🙄. He is home safe with his buddies. People in the UK understood the concept of keeping distance from a wild animal.

[@kfogo7459]

i am furious about this! i really dont understand this "reasoning": oh yeah some people are too stupid to keep their distance, the idiots could get hurt and learn a lesson or get darwined out of here, so let us kill an innocent animal just bc. if i fall in a wild river bc i am stupid, will we dry out all rivers to make sure that can never happen? to hell with that 😞

[@laffy840]

U.S need to be taking notes

[@noktanold]

Healthy, wild animals keep away from humans. This walrus was shot because it destroyed boats, and was difficult to move. They tried using a raft, but Freya didn't like it - preferred small boats.

[@fooliecoolie5284]

@@laffy840 and Europe needs to pull their head out of their ass

[@klauslunde]

@@noktanold exactly some people just dont understand because they havemnt even seen the destruction that comes with an animal that likes a literal predator

[@wesleyraven1477]

RIP FREYA..... that's what you get for trusting humans

[@richmahogany1710]

wtf why didnt they just tranquilize her and drop her off in the arctic. bastards freya wasnt gonna hurt nobody.

[@NStalgia070]

Frank Jensen in particular

[@malloryg4251]

Sad but true. As irresistable as it seems to approach a friendly wild animal, we must resist because it will always end up in their demise : (

[@pineapplecat7908]

Don't put the blame on Freya. I'm appreciative that at least you pointed out the huge hole in humanity's moral code, but she didn't know humans were dangerous. She wasn't raised by her kind, or had ever met her kind. Just a note.

[@rojack79er]

No that's what you get for trusting some humans. These guys could have done something to help her out instead of kill her but instead they took the easy way out.

[@leannevandenbos5767]

Respect all the animals and treat them how they want to be treated.

[@amandas5553]

Poor Freya. Breaks my heart into pieces how cruel humans can be to our precious animals of the world 😭😭😭

[@mochimochi82]

I hope the humans who were incapable of leaving Freya alone realize how complicit they are in her death.

[@Counterbalance_]

I don't think they care. They got their pics to post online after all. Now they can move on to something else.

[@mochimochi82]

@@Counterbalance_ When they’re digging up our fossils they’ll refer to this as the Socialmediozoic era. Assuming there’s anyone left around to dig.

[@misspad7282]

People like that don't care about too much, otherwise they would have kept their distance in the first place. They were more concerned about getting their videos on their cellphones so they could post them on social media. Sickening that people like that exist.

[@MaryanaMaskar]

@@misspad7282 there are a lot of them. Too many.

[@helicopter9806]

@@Counterbalance_ we do

[@cheryleewilcox3332]

Omg I can't believe that they murdered Freya. That is simply unacceptable.

[@amandadonegan2137]

Guesss how many Whales they murder yearly!

[@pibly7784]

Ireland and other countries would’ve financially helped to save her- I’m sure of it.

[@evelynavanti4201]

Thanks for using the correct word. Yes, it's murder, not "euthanasia". Euthanasia is compassionately relieving another's suffering. The only suffering they were relieving were their own. Selfish, conscienceless, heartless humans strike again. WE are the most dangerous species on the planet -- by far. She did absolutely nothing to deserve her death sentence. She hadn't been aggressive or threatening. She was looking for HELP and companionship, and instead paid the ultimate price for trusting our species. Shame on her executioners.

[@UTSareth]

You see this kind of attitude and lazyness all the time, killing is easy so they do it. I remember articles on for example this what 1 in few million white stag that wondered in a city in the UK and instead of trying herd it away or tranquillise they just shot it. Australia was shooting puppies to prevent people from adopting them at the shelter in the excuse people might come into contact with each when visiting and catch covid. There was a dog living wild in a park, very friendly and people looked after it, rspca just captured and straight up killed it and didn't tell anyone until after where many said they would adopt. Over and over over gain this happens.

[@harrison777ify2]

Yep, all cause humans are dumbasses by getting so close to her.

[@Camerasdontlie]

Beautiful absolutely beautiful go Wally. So sad for frea

[@rossreynolds5153]

Terribly sad to hear about Freya. I hope Wally is doing okay. Walruses are fantastic creatures.

[@yc9257]

One Walrus showed up in Germany, the local government just closed the beach to keep people away, What Oslo did. is the easy and cheapest way

[@magnuslund22]

Freya was patrolling the whole coast of the Oslofjord. So what you are saying is that the Norwegian government should have closed down the entire fjord right?

[@ElysetheEevee]

@@magnuslund22 No, what they're saying is that there were definitely options the Norwegian government could've taken aside from outright murdering her. Simple as that. Just because they brought up what one government did doesn't mean another can't come up with better, more creative solutions that benefit everyone involved. Get a grip, really.

[@robertabust]

I'm happy for Wally but very sad for Freya, and angry too 😡😭😭

[@drewizkoollikeicecre]

Nice patience and compassion Norway!

[@CallardAndBowser]

Good Lord ! Melanie is stunningly pretty !!

[@flos251]

RIP Freya

[@RYNGIN]

So sad...

[@TornSparrow1974]

7:33 "This was avoidable, and this was unnecessary." ... Correct. Freya shouldn't have been put down. Just heartbreaking...

[@tecumsehcristero]

Wally's pontoon AKA floating bed. What a cutie pie. He's such a good dude.

[@apolloisnotashirt]

Its heartbreaking because in my heart I believe that these two were a lost couple looking for each other.

[@kennethsatria6607]

How could anyone be so heartless as to kill something that docile and gentle only seeking a social connection with other creatures out of loneliness? She hasn't even attacked or shown any sort of aggression, its just needlessly cruel like even Harambe had a single flimsy reason that the public was already stressing him out and they had to choose the kid or him and that sedation would have been dangerous. In both cases they should have had someone friggin herd the humans away. I cannot believe that has to be a thing now, are we as a species that entitled to enforce our will on intelligent and non violent acting animals?

[@SwayzeOnYa12]

BRAVO BRAVO!! I hope you will always be a voice for the voiceless brother ✊🏾

[@lizrogers4819]

... I would have chosen the kid's parents.

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@lizrogers4819 Yeah they definitely should have escorted EVERYONE out there to diffuse the situation.

[@cnj2328]

It's scary.

[@markscouler2534]

Norwegians need I say more they kill anything sane with the Chinese

[@joet7136]

Aw he's just a kid judging from the size of his tusks. Must be a bit scary to be the only walrus swimming around for thousands of miles.

[@mcoutant8964]

I’m furious with Norway for killing Freya.

[@IrrvelevantElephant36521]

Me too! I some times like north korea 🇰🇵 but when they kill an animal like a walrus 🦭 it makes me mad 😡 it makes want to fight them those jerks killed my favorite animal something has to be done

[@klauslunde]

if this happend to you something you worked for 10 years to get then it was just destroyed by a walrus then ofc youd put it down its just sad cuz its a walrus and not any other creatures man i think youve killed so many insects in your life if you really care about one walrus care about the rest of the creatures of the world the walrus was 1 motnh in oslo

[@pagliaccisghost269]

"Furious" isn't a strong enough word.

[@ElysetheEevee]

@@klauslunde What you said makes literally no sense. Your point also seems to indicate that removing her and relocating her wasn't an option, which it damn well was. Yet another person taking it personally. I assume you're from Norway. I don't typically make such assumptions, but just like another person spamming excuses all around with the same last name, it's the only thing that makes sense. Nobody is blaming Norway for having to find a solution to protect people and property. Everyone is blaming Norwegian wildlife officials for the solution they chose, out of several options. That's the difference here. In addition, about the caring for every single insect jibberish you were saying. Humans don't HAVE to care about only one thing at a time. For all we know, if the commenter sees an insect in their house they relocate it outside. Many people do. I do that. It's not thay uncommon. Making the assumption that they jump to kill everything they see is just stupid and is excusing poor behavior from other entities that DO take to this method automatically, such as this case with Freya. The fact that two other countries did the right thing previously and set a precedent for proper control in such a situation simply makes Norway's handling of the situation that much more deplorable.

[@susanharris3552]

@@ElysetheEevee My mom relocates spiders. With her bare hands. I can only do jumping spiders. I also relocate beetles. But, I draw the line at mosquitoes and bees. Love your response BTW.

[@Sugizo1969]

I was enjoying the first half of the video and was thinking I needed to keep this on my playlist. Then turns out the ending is so sad and brutal and selfish. I have forever changed my impression of Norway.

[@Annieriannie]

Same as the story about Luna. Heartbreaking!

[@marlecmarine5393]

Norway has a brutal history of whaling and killing marine animals and birds on a massive scale, they opposed the ban on whaling for years.....

[@helicopter9806]

One thing we did has changed your entire view on a whole country. Good job

[@Minitrivi2973]

Poor freya😢😢😢happy for wally .

[@beatpirate8]

thank you for caring for wally and ensuring he could get home. thank you for this story

[@kyihsin2917]

Freya was not "euthanized". She wasn't sick, she wasn't suffering. Euthanasia is mercy killing of a person or animal who is in great, incurable pain. Freya was simply killed.

[@latyshal.2286]

Thank goodness Wally found his way back his natural habitat (The Artic). Sending a big thank those people for doing all the could do to protect Wally until he found his way back home. As for Freya, I wish the same could have been done for her. If only the human spectators would have respected Freya and kept their distance, she would be alive today. Rest in peace Freya. 🙏🏿💛💫

[@schousehead]

oh plz, that was a government official saving money by MURDERING freya, dont sugar coat it

[@duneydan7993]

@@schousehead Freya's death was really sad but unfortunatly predictable. Even ignoring the cost of a few sunken boat. Because People weren't respecting her and keeping their distance, she became a potentialy dangerous animal. Keep in mind that, as friendly as she was, she was a 600kg walrus and when she would have hurt someone by accident, injuries can quickly be serious even fatal. I mean, people were swimming with her for goodness sake! Experts also warned people that she was showing signes of overstress, probably due to her innability to find somewhere calm and away from the crowd to be able to rest correctly. And for the tranquilizer idea. When shot, a 600kg animal will take time to start "sleeping", that is if you manage to get past the blubber at the first shot. You can't, without a lot of heavy equipments and staffs, contained a wild walrus on a boat therefor she would have most probably be scared by the dart, jumped into the arbour, passed out and drowned! A slow, silent and horrifiyng death. Instead she was killed by a shot in the head with a gun while she was sleeping. Her death was instant and painless. I love animals but I always try to be objective. As much as it saddened me, the gouvernment decision seems logical to me.

[@frankprior9376]

The problem was not the spectators come on...

[@hfjtrytry9216]

@@frankprior9376 of course it was, wally was mostly left alone byt he british and he found his way home. the problem is without natural selection we have 8 billion humans and far too many of them are dumb.

[@yuleithky1474]

​@@frankprior9376debieron defenderla.

[@Xander102]

Omg I teared up watching him be so happy

[@Seabacon346]

Wow. He’s huge!!! And so so beautiful 😍

[@margaretszuky7065]

**THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL THAT BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS INNOCENT ANIMAL, PERIOD!!

[@2005charcoal]

Heartbreaking, thank you to those magnificent people who helped Wally. You are an example for a better and kinder world.

[@bobbyo5807]

Wow Wally what a big cute handsome boy! So unfortunate for Freya though.Thats so sad

[@sabrina19ization]

Prayers ❤

[@c.erine78]

People and their lack of boundaries, thank goodness Wally had y'all champion for him. I had a funny thought but lost it due to hearing the terrible news of Freya. RIP sweet Freya.

[@kfogo7459]

i cant believe they killed Freya! 😰

[@patrik9328]

Rip Walrus You were and still best walrus

[@susieturk1]

We are wildlifes worst enemy. We need many more people like these two folks.

[@pattoneill2402]

I just love a well-traveled walrus. Good for Wally. He wants us all to know it is their planet, too.

[@camez2345]

I cried off and on throughout the day when the news hit about Freya. I kept imagining over and over again her not trying to get away and even, curious and unafraid, moving closer toward the crew who were to euthanize her. I wondered if those people were crying, too, acting on someone else's directives while that person sat at their desk miles away. The arrogance and ignorance of the decision to kill her is on one hand minbogglong, but on the other, typical for us as humans. We think we own this place, but sooner than later, we're going to pay the price for regarding animals and nature like they're ours to control.

[@CaptainJackSparrow110]

Biologically speaking, Freya was too far away from others to mate and held no more use for her species. She consumed resources with no benefit to her species or any other species. Killing her did not endanger anything and protected the environment and human stuff.

[@amandadonegan2137]

You should seethe Grinderap in Faroe lslands.....part of Norway..

[@1977Janus]

@@CaptainJackSparrow110, just bullshit. She actually ate south pacific oysters, an invasive species, in our waters.

[@camez2345]

@@CaptainJackSparrow110 We disagree.

[@camez2345]

@@amandadonegan2137 ugh. I know. For a very long time, I have wanted to go to the Faroe Islands for their amazing beauty, but that practice is, I think, a deal breaker. It's not just that season, either, it's that I know mingling with the locals would mean sometimes chatting with people who view it as a positive thing. Even if I did my level best to avoid the topic, which I definitely would, I'd know. And even though I know my perspective as a foreigner who has no lived experience of the islanders' history or traditions and so in many ways, should be cautious in making judgements, it's hard to unsee the photos and videos. On the other hand, I've also thought that maybe I could go during a low-hunt time of year and while there, visit some of the bays and have a quiet spiritual moment, sort of telling the whales (and dolphins) that I'm sorry they died that way, which was likely painful and prolonged. I'd also throw in that if we do try hard to find a silver lining, it's that their deaths were not as senseless as many other animals' (and people's) are, and that in their case, their bodies are used to the maximum extent to feed many meals to many of the island's inhabitants, hopefully some of which will grow up and be very concerned about the mercury content in the whales and dolphins and rethink their diets and gradually develop other food avenues. Life is so complicated. They never tell you that when you're a little kid! But that's probably for the best. Temporary ignorance is temporary bliss, and all kids deserve bliss.

[@deborahzahler913]

We celebrate your efforts with Wally and offer forgiveness to All who have yet to learn and embrace the Reverence for All Life so needed in our world 🌎 🙏

[@bleugaze]

I wasn't expecting that ending. I though Norway was one of the countries that houses the happiest ppl on Earth?

[@MsCellaneous]

Poor Freya. She was killed.

[@GreekGypsy]

💙

[@kd8199]

Murdered

[@cerscil]

Poor Freya. This literally made me cry.

[@manofmagic1803]

so people got too close, and the animal suffered? sounds about right. thanks humanity.

[@dandeehart9553]

Boy I’m glad I didn’t allow any children to watch this, this is such a tragic story, definitely not a ‘’comeback kid’’ heart warmer.

[@UCanCallMeJesus1]

What happened to Freya makes me so sad. People got close to her so they decided to kill her! She was just living.

[@1111poppy]

If we get to close to nature we will experience and know the truth.

[@I.____.....__...__]

The BBC video about Freya from a few weeks ago has a lot of angry comments. She's the new Harambe. Humans are evil. 😠

[@Smiley957]

I think we should euthanise the evil Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries as clearly they pose a danger to wild life 😡

[@jillcampbell8019]

Not all of us- including compassionate you. 💜

[@drill_fiend1097]

I would say even less justifiable than Harambe. She didn't even bite nor grab on people at all, and probably caused less damage to property than Wally who climbed on boats.

[@thatdutchguy89]

Yeah, i hate humans.

[@Bread9sticks]

@@thatdutchguy89 so you hate yourself?

[@Apropoetic]

Oh joy, I love a surprise sad ending... just what I was looking for.

[@DeeperWithDiego]

I took pictures of Freya a few times. What a smiling lady!

[@vktravellog1242]

It is disgusting what they did to Freya. Instead of a solution they resorted to just getting rid of the problem. Really shows the problem is not animals but humans who resort to quick solutions without thinking of the right solution! So angry 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@joecat916]

Well there are a lot more humans than walrus. They are an indicator species that reflect the state of the environment that our world depends on. I think killing the creature is like smashing a mirror because we are not understanding enough to see the ugly truth! 🐳😥

[@1111poppy]

Yep I am angry too.

[@angelacalais6449]

Hopefully the barbaric idiots who killed Freya, a gentle harmless soul, rather than find a way to protect her and get her home will suffer horrific physical and mental pain every day for the rest of their miserable lives and then rot in the deepest bowels of Hell!

[@pineapplecat7908]

@@angelacalais6449 Agreed. Highly.

[@AnarinaTV]

Aw! Poor Freya 😭😭

[@Xander102]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Freyah will be missed oh my days . My heart . What a majestic being…. 😢

[@janiejones6789]

And I TRUSTED The Dodo . BOOOO on you!

[@tiffanyjack6095]

Why is it that humans seem to sacrifice the animals first, instead of educating the public? Or hell, policing the public? We, the humans, are the ones infringing on their habitats, and yet we kill them rather than leave them alone. I just don't get it. I don't think I ever will. Sedation and moving her, which would have been my absolute last resort, would have been a better option.

[@sandraotero5951]

No, you make too much sense. 🙃🤪🥰

[@quaver1239]

Agreed. Or manage the people. Humans need “managing” far more than animal wildlife ever does.

[@mindyg7064]

@@quaver1239 Humans need culling. Plain and simple. We've protected the stupid, selfish and ignorant for generations rather than letting Darwinism do its job and now the world is as you see it today. Those people all needed to be arrested, fined or punished in some way, forced to keep their distance. If it was up to me I would have just opened fire on the lot of them then and there and done the gene pool a huge favor. I despise humanity.

[@imperialtekk9443]

I whole heartily agree. Terrible they thought that was the best action to take. Instead of just moving her back home.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Walruses are not native to Norway, nor is the inner Oslofjord and Oslo city it’s habitat🤣🤣🤣 As a Norwegian who lives in Oslo, I can tell you that you’re right in that they should have sedated her and moved her, but your other claims are not true. Also she just kept coming back. At one point she was on her way out, but apparently as a baby, she was not an adult yet, she liked destroying our boats to use them as madrases, eat sea birds, and chase after people in the water. Yes, it’s the public’s fault as they couldn’t leave here alone. Yet when you’ve never seen a walrus before, would you?! Also move her where? The arctic is a bit far away for them to move here all the way there… easy to judge. And the huge irony and paradox how people are all upset about one walrus being put down, yet how many of them eat meat everyday? Is a walrus more worth than any calf, lamb, chicken etc?!

[@emiranda2491]

That walrus is so adorable….❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@CaptainJackSparrow110]

So are you.

[@seanhiggins2740]

@@CaptainJackSparrow110 But you sure aren't.

[@CaptainJackSparrow110]

@@seanhiggins2740 I have a face only a walrus can love.

[@susannabonke8552]

Protect those majestic creatures.

[@SoandSoComics]

As a Waleus Lover I. LOVE THIS RIP Freda you were loved

[@CoochieGrabberTrump]

I love it. I love the fact that they didnt keep him in captivity. They gave wally a chance to live his life in the wild instead of making excuses for why he can't survive and must be in captivity.

[@CoochieGrabberTrump]

Freya being uthenized becuz of ppl getting to close is heartbreaking and unacceptable.

[@AZ_actual_voter]

RIP Freya. You deserved better from us.

[@DemonetisedZone]

Stunning creature. The size just leaves you with a sense of awe!

[@ilovesnature6371]

Awe 😢Poor Freya, May she Rest In Peace 🙏💔🌊🐟🌊🌈

[@Lifewithpersians]

Heartbreaking to hear they killed Freya! 💔💔

[@antoniusrono]

It's great that Wally can go to his habitat. Poor Freya. RIP Freya

[@rachierich8015]

Very sad to see the disappearing of their habitat. They deserve much better! 🥹 Killing Freya is silently saying ‘we don’t want her to damage our luxury boats!’ Shamelessly present as ‘we just want to prevent her from getting hurt!’ Protect an animal by killing her instead without help?! How kind?!☠️☠️☠️ Thanks for sharing the story!

[@lng1285]

This is so heartbreaking 😢

[@KarenJohnson27DC]

Wow! What a story. What a walrus!!

[@yoongiverse.]

Freya was just a sweet baby who wanted to lay around, and it wasn’t her fault at all if she ever became violent, which she didn’t. NORWAY WHY

[@KINGH4L0]

My favorite cop ever! Good job, brutha! Beautiful little story.

[@yusakug]

A beautiful story, but so sad about Freya. Glad Wally had his happy ending, at least.

[@sparkle3000]

Wildlife just wants a family like all of us. All people have to do is look and don't touch. It's a matter of RESPECT.

[@likesomania7162]

Wallie's story should become an animated movie!

[@MadamaCirimbriscola]

Freya was put down just a few days ago. Humans suck.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Correction, EVIL humans suck.

[@elisamichele1231]

Does anybody know why they couldn’t just relocate her like they do every other wild animal that comes into human areas? why did they have to put her down?

[@SophieMia806]

@@elisamichele1231...That's what I was wondering, also. Why not just relocate her to Iceland, or somewhere similar that has a large walrus population? Disgusting humans, euthanizing her for no legitimate reason. That breaks my heart. 😢

[@Abi-chanFictionFan]

The most disgusting part is that they debated what to do for about 3 days then decided that euthanasing her was "the best solution ". 3 days... They took that decision before trying anything else...

[@Ashley_Fan_1996]

Walruses should be respected

[@hazelisaacs2201]

Thor the Scarborough walrus put on quite a show of “personal relaxation” on the slipway right next to the shops & main road. The council cancelled the New Year 2023 fireworks display so as not to upset him. Yay.. walrus power!

[@helpmemyspaghettiistryingt959]

He purposefully came to Ireland for a summer holiday ❤️🌈

[@rubyred6167]

So sorry Freya, we humans can be so flawed. Thank you for making this story more public.

[@pineapplecat7908]

Yes. R.I.P. Freya, she died because our species was too lazy to do something. When people say that humanity's laziness could kill people, they were correct in their own way. Except we aren't killing people. We're killing Mother Nature herself.

[@PaendaTube]

@@pineapplecat7908 Islam mandates dogs be killed

[@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986]

Before I even watched this my first thought was ; ' For your own sake Wally the Walrus AVOID Norway 🇳🇴 Jus saying!' 🤦‍♀️🙄😡😥😳

[@WalrusNyetheBonkGuy]

LET MY PEOPLE BE!! 💗

[@sirbonobo3907]

Walross lives Matter!!!

[@rogerstalder7184]

Am i not Human if i have more empathy for Freya then for those in the Titan accident? ^^