George Takei and Adjoa Andoh react to death of Freya the walrus

[drbat]

Freya the walrus was put down after onlookers would ignore safety warnings and get too close to her. https://t.co/iKloB2mHTC pic.twitter.com/sGUUkvZ3Mw
- USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 15, 2022
A 1,300-pound walrus named Freya who became popular for sunbathing in the Oslofjord was euthanized by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries over concerns for

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[shimabukuro]

We (humans) were a mistake

[honeym00navenue]

I feel like they always chose the easy way out that costs the least amount of money? They could've done so much more. We really are the dumbest species alive.

[sibylblack]

We are not dumb. We are cruel.

[honeym00navenue]

we ARE cruel, but imo we're also pretty fucking dumb. yes, we have science and stuff but the majority? idiots

[inkstainedlips]

It amazes me that we have people who invented rocket ships and other insane technology, and then there is everyone else...

[inkstainedlips]

I don't know how humans go around never thinking about how their actions will impact others. Learn some goddamn self control.

[my_moloko]

[progression]

I’m sick of people. I watched a video of a mama seal protecting her baby from some asshole who refused to move from them and someone left a comment saying “this is horrible, this would be as dumb as approaching the bison at Yellowstone”…. and then literally the next day I saw a video of a group of idiots leading their young children near a herd of bison at Yelllowstone.

Animals shouldn’t die because people can’t fucking leave them alone.

[starsaregas]

If it's the video that I saw when the bison started to charge at them to defend itself they started to run off without their child too smh. Thankfully the kid was okay.

[progression]

Oh god, no it wasn’t that. But, yay for knowing that happened. 😫 People are the worst.

[blazingeternity]

Sometimes I wonder if people's self-preservation instincts are broken? Or has evolution already started to fizzle them out of our genes? I've never seen a bison in person (but would love to!), only captive-bred wisents, and they're already massive. The ground literally shakes, they tower above you like a bus and leave no doubt that they can and will outrun you. Our biological alarms should be going off left and right to stay away from these personal space loving giants, and yet...