During the summer, the walrus Freya has been seen in several marinas in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

Among other things, she is said to have swam close to shore and climbed onto several small boats to sunbathe.

Now the walrus has been euthanized, reports VG.

During the past week, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has made its own observations and concluded that the risk of dangerous situations for humans and other animals is very high.

- The decision to euthanize was made after a collective assessment where we concluded that people's lives and health could be in danger, says fisheries director Frank Bakke-Jensen to the newspaper.

According to him, the killing was carried out according to current procedures for the killing of marine mammals

Several measures have been discussed to remedy the problem of the late walrus.

- A possible relocation operation would have been very complicated and associated with high risk, so this option was chosen, says Bakke-Jensen to the newspaper.

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Here the 600-kilogram walrus Freya is sunbathing on boats Photo: NRK