satellites. and it has the largest all-electric satellite ever launched. a fitting tribute, meanwhile, to a huge global star has been unveiled in norway. freya, the enormous walrus who captured fans around world is remembered with a life-sized bronze statue after she was very controversially euthanized last year. take a look. lamb almost a year after her death, freya is once again lying in the sun. a memorial to honor the famous creature who loved to sunbathe, often in inconvenient places for humans. the ceremony took place on a cool day overlooking the water not far from where freya used to bask in the sun and where she
was strocontroversially euthani. translator: i was very provoked by the way freya was streeted and how her life ended. people were a little too curious aen and were a little too close. freya was a charming nuisance in oslo, wriggling onto docks and boats, sagging under her weight to get some rays. a simple pleasure that made her a global star, but that would be her downfall. last august, norwegian authorities said despite warnings, people were getting too close to the 600-kilogram walrus, so she was euthanized. the decision sparked anger and sadness with some critics saying it was too rushed. but the government said it would have been too dangerous to move
probably think you can go wherever you want. she drew criticism, while she was euthanized last august, the condition to put freya down made people angry and they collected $14 million to erect a monument. translator: i think it s an important monument and ar artistically well done. it s about the human right to intervene in nature in strange things that we don t like. they re inconvenient for us especially when we get a little scared we might get hurt. and then there s a balance between nature s right and man s right. and this is a very nice skimp of that. a bronze sculpture was inaugurated on saturday. it s estimated freya was about 5 years old.
A bronze sculpture of Freya, a walrus that gained global attention last year by playfully basking in the Oslo fjord until officials euthanased her, has been unveiled in Norway.
A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in an Oslo fjord before it was euthanized by the authorities has been honored with a bronze sculpture in Norway. The life-size sculpture by Norwegian artist Astri Tonoian was unveiled Saturday