James Doogue

'Norwegian Authorities' have concluded the best option was to kill a 600 kg 'protected' Walrus to keep the people safe. 'Keeping us safe' seems to be the go-to excuse for bureaucrats to disregard civil rights and now animal rights and laws and make autocratic decisions.

This intrepid Walrus had pleased crowds in The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, England and Scotland without harming anyone, and without being given the death sentence by unelected officials. But sadly some Norwegian bureaucrats decided that because humans couldn't be trusted to act responsibly in their own interest, the best recourse was to kill the Walrus.

'The celebrity boat-climbing Walrus Freya has been euthanased by Norwegian authorities, who said she was posing a risk to humans after drawing large crowds in the Oslo Fjord.'

Specifically Norway's Directorate of Fisheries said Freya was put down early Sunday "based on an overall assessment of the continued threat to human safety".

"...the public has disregarded the current recommendation to keep a clear distance to the walrus,"

Over the last two and a half years politicians and bureaucrats have disregarded individual rights and civil liberties telling us it was imperative to "keep us safe". We've allowed them to get away with this without requiring proper justification or accountability.

Every time I think society will finally push back and put a stop to this authoritarian creep I am disappointed to observe we let it happen with barely a whimper.

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