Or was Freya really killed to protect the heavily subsidized Norwegian whaling and sealing industries from the political consequences of the Norwegian public falling in love with a marine mammal? Norwegian prime minister defends killing Freya“I support the decision to euthanize Freya,” Støre told the Norwegian national television network NRK hours after the killing. But much criticism of killing Freya also came from within Norway. “You cannot expect 1.6 million people not to swim in Oslo fjord,” Per Espen Fjeld said. Changing the subject, Per Espen Fjeld pointed out that “There are 30,000 walruses in the North Atlantic.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2022 14:08 UTC