Turns out walruses climbing boats is extremely common. There was no good reason to euthanize freya.
Posted Aug 15, 2022, 11:46 PM UTC
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She wasn’t euthanized bc of climbing on boats. She was put down bc she was a risk to people who would not stay away from her and got way too close for their own safety. If she had attacked someone, she could easily have killed them. The humans were also a risk to her.
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This doesn't make sense to me. Sounds like an excuse to just kill a wild animal to prevent millionaire's pleasure boats getting damaged. They could have put up barriers on the millionaire marina or added some security. If people want to mess with wild animals, that's on them. Why kill a wild animal? Seems illogical.
Search youtube for "Walrus climbs boat", sort by "upload date" and then go back a couple years. you will find HUNDREDS of examples of walruses doing just that in marinas and ports all around their range.
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I’m not sure what you don’t understand. Look at this article. People had children within feet of the walrus. A walrus can be vicious and can kill prey very easily.
In 2016, a tourist and a zookeeper were killed by a walrus. The tourist, of course, was taking selfies and got too close. The walrus pulled him under. The zookeeper went in to try to save the dummy and was also pulled under. Both killed bc one person got too close.
Many people were surrounding Freya daily. It had nothing to do with boats. It had to do with people not making good decisions and others having to step in to mitigate the risk they were causing.
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a dog can also kill a kid very easily if it keeps messing with it. what then? kill all the walruses and deer and dogs and every other wildlife that will attack if you mess with it?
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Whatever. I’ve provided you with a good reference and logic. If you refuse to understand and/or accept it, that is your choice.
Good day.
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And we thought Harambe would be the last
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Euthanize the euthanizers. Poor Freja!
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Shit pisses me off.
It was killed because idiots wouldn't leave it alone and kept getting too close. That should be the idiots problem not the animal's.
that was just a lame excuse imo.