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[[File:Freya (walrus).jpg|alt=Freya the walrus|thumb|Freya the walrus]] | [[File:Freya (walrus).jpg|alt=Freya the walrus|thumb|Freya the walrus]] | ||
'''Freya''' was a young female [[walrus]] who appeared along the coasts of several western European countries (the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) from October 2021 until she was killed. | '''Freya''' was a young female [[walrus]] who appeared along the coasts of several western European countries (the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) from October 2021 until she was killed. Freya was nicknamed after Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and beauty. The name was chosen by Frisian broadcaster Omrop Fryslân, after being spotted near Terschelling, from over 2,000 submissions from their audience. | ||
A rare sighting in the areas where she appeared, she attracted the attention of wildlife enthusiasts and the wider public but Norwegian authorities declared Freya a threat to human safety.<ref>[https://archive.is/20230430210828/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/world/europe/freya-walrus-statue-norway.html#selection-481.0-481.62 Freya, the Walrus Killed by Norwegian Officials, Is Immortalized as a Sculpture] Archived ''The New York Times''</ref> | A rare sighting in the areas where she appeared, she attracted the attention of wildlife enthusiasts and the wider public but Norwegian authorities declared Freya a threat to human safety.<ref>[https://archive.is/20230430210828/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/world/europe/freya-walrus-statue-norway.html#selection-481.0-481.62 Freya, the Walrus Killed by Norwegian Officials, Is Immortalized as a Sculpture] Archived ''The New York Times''</ref> | ||
On the night of August 13, 2022, Freya was killed by a team of four men from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. Their patrol boat arrived at the Oslo marina where the walrus was basking on a moored boat. The day before the killing the team took a video of Freya socialising with the marina staff. Then, during the night, the team shot her with a rifle, using bullets which were described as "the ammunition to be used for that type of animal". An anesthetic dart was not used as there was concern that Freya would drown. The carcass was then covered with a tarp and towed away by boat. | On the night of August 13, 2022, Freya was killed by a team of four men from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. Their patrol boat arrived at the Oslo marina where the walrus was basking on a moored boat. The day before the killing the team took a video of Freya socialising with the marina staff. Then, during the night, the team shot her with a rifle, using bullets which were described as "the ammunition to be used for that type of animal". An anesthetic dart was not used as there was concern that Freya would drown. The carcass was then covered with a tarp and towed away by boat. | ||