Campaigners commemorate mammal that drew large crowds in Norwegian capital last summer before being put down
A bronze sculpture has been unveiled in Norway of the walrus nicknamed Freya, who gained global attention last summer after basking in the Oslo fjord untilThe lifesize sculpture depicts Freya lying on her side on the rocky shore of Oslo’s Kongen marina, not far from where the real 600kg mammal last summer drew large crowds as she chased ducks and swans, and rested on boats that struggled to support her bulk.
“I started this because I’m furious about the way the fisheries directorate and the state handled this situation,” Holm said at the unveiling.“Beyond the issue of Freya, we need to ask ourselves how we treat animals and nature. We need to think about our relationship to wildlife.” Despite repeated appeals to stay away, onlookers who sometimes had children in tow approached the mammal to take photographs.
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