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Ireland seeks peace for Wally the Walrus
Government issues appeal after Arctic animal’s boat-smashing tour of Cork coast
The Irish government wants the public to leave Wally the Walrus alone.
- Shawn Pogatchnik
- Politico
The 800-kilogram walrus has become a celebrity since arriving earlier this month off the coast of Cork, at least 2,500 kilometers southeast of his usual Arctic habitat.
He’s capsized at least two anchored boats and damaged several others while seeking shelter on the nearest local equivalent to sea ice.
Wildlife officials have pleaded for people to stop reporting sightings of the walrus on social media, saying the swarms of resultant onlookers are getting dangerously close and…