A walrus nicknamed Freya that attracted crowds whereas basking within the solar within the Oslo fjord has been euthanised.

“The choice to euthanise was taken on the premise of a world analysis of the persistent risk to human safety,” the top of Norway’s fisheries directorate, Frank Bakke-Jensen, stated in a press release.

“We rigorously examined all of the doable options. We concluded that we couldn’t assure the wellbeing of the animal by any of the means obtainable,” he stated.

Officers had beforehand stated they had been contemplating euthanasia as a result of repeated appeals to the general public to maintain their distance from the younger feminine weighing 600kg (1,300lb) had been in useless.

Freya, whose identify was a reference to the Norse goddess of magnificence and love, had been making headlines since 17 July when she was first noticed within the waters of the Norwegian capital.

Walruses usually dwell within the much more northerly latitudes of the Arctic.

Between lengthy naps – a walrus can sleep as much as 20 hours a day – Freya was filmed chasing a duck, attacking a swan and, as a rule, dozing on boats struggling to assist her bulk.

Regardless of repeated appeals, curious onlookers continued to strategy her, generally with kids in tow, to take pictures.

Freya had already been sighted within the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden and selected to spend a part of the summer time in Norway.

Freya first gained notoriety in Norway by climbing on to pleasure boats in Kragerø, an idyllic southern coastal village.

The walrus is a protected species that feeds primarily on invertebrates resembling molluscs, shrimps, crabs and small fish.