Freya the walrus has had her personal sculpture constructed alongside the coast of Oslo, in commemoration of her life.
The sculpture is a lifesize artwork piece of Freya mendacity on her facet on the Kongen marina shores.
An internet marketing campaign rose $25 000 to fund the constructing of the sculpture.
The walrus frequented the Oslo coast, attracting wildlife fans, locals, and vacationers till authorities determined to euthanise her in 2022 attributable to public security issues. Her dying precipitated widespread criticism.
Sculptor Astri Tonoian instructed the BBC, ‘That is how people deal with wild nature, however it’s also how people deal with people. That is how we handled Freya. And so, I’ll name the statue For Our Sins.’
The marketing campaign organiser additional shared that ‘I began this as a result of I’m livid about the way in which the [Norwegian] Fisheries Directorate and the state dealt with this example.’
Director Common of Fisheries Frank Bakke-Jensen stated that the transfer to euthanise Freya was based mostly on ‘an total evaluation of the continued risk to human security.’
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