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Line 12: }} '''Wally the Walrus''', also known as '''Wally the Wandering Walrus''', is a male [[Walrus\|arctic walrus]] who attracted much media attention for appearing, and [[hauling out]], during 2021 in several locations across the coast of [[western Europe]], mainly ~~the~~[[Ireland]] and [[~~British~~Great ~~Isles~~Britain\|Britain]], far away from the [[Walrus#Ecology\|typical range of a walrus]]. He is estimated to weigh around {{convert\|800\|kg\|lb}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|date=2021-09-20 \|title=Wally the wandering walrus is spotted in Iceland \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-58632372 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-14 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414225302/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-58632372 \|url-status=live }}</ref> == Biography == Wally is thought to have first appeared in March 2021, ~~off~~on ~~the~~[[Valentia ~~coast of~~Island]], [[County Kerry]], [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-03-15 \|title=Arctic walrus off Ireland's coast proves a rare sighting \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56404484 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2021-12-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205091941/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56404484 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Days later, he was spotted in [[Wales]] near [[Broad Haven South]] beach, [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-03-20 \|title=Walrus spotted in Wales, days after one seen off Ireland \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56470235 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-03-24 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324001132/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56470235 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Wally was then seen basking on the [[Tenby Lifeboat Station\|RNLI lifeboat slipway]] in [[Tenby]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-03-27 \|title=Pembrokeshire walrus seen 'basking in sun' in Tenby \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56550854 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2021-10-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022040259/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56550854 \|url-status=live }}</ref> While in Tenby, Wally would regularly sunbathe on the lifeboat slipway, causing problems when the lifeboat needed to be deployed. The local lifeboat crew used several methods to deter him, on one occasion using an [[Air horn\|airhorn]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-04-30 \|title=Wally the walrus: Lifeboat crew use horn to budge animal \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56940239 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2021-11-26 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126073925/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56940239 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Wally also sank a dinghy and attempted to board a fishing boat in Tenby Harbour.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-03-30 \|title=Wally the Walrus 'flipped dinghy and tried to board fishing boat' \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56582311 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417132531/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56582311 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Following these sightings in Wales, Wally left Tenby after nearly three months and was spotted off the coast of [[Padstow]] in [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-05-20 \|title=Wally the walrus: Arctic animal spotted for first time in Cornwall \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57173225 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2021-11-24 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124111402/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57173225 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Wally the Walrus in St Mary’s Harbour.jpg\|thumb\|Wally the Walrus resting on his pontoon in St Mary’s Harbour on 1 July 2021]] In May 2021, Wally the Walrus was seen in [[Les Sables-d'Olonne\|Les Sables d'Olonne]] in western [[France]], where local wildlife experts feared he had been hit by a boat.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-05-28 \|title=Wally the walrus 'hit by boat' after leaving Wales for France \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57282281 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417133152/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57282281 \|url-status=live }}</ref> After a sighting in [[Bilbao]], [[Spain]], Wally was seen two weeks later near the [[Isles of Scilly]], trying to mount boats near Porthcressa Beach, south of [[Hugh Town]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-06-18 \|title=Isles of Scilly: Wally the walrus spotted off beach \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57513381 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417134036/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57513381 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Wally was also pictured off [[St Martin's, Isles of Scilly\|St Martins]], sleeping on a local fishing boat.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-06-22 \|title=Wally the Walrus takes a nap on Isles of Scilly fishing boat \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-57572045 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417135135/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-57572045 \|url-status=live }}</ref> While in the Isles of Scilly, Wally the Walrus sank and damaged several boats, leading local groups, including the [[British Divers Marine Life Rescue]], [[Devon and Cornwall Police]], [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution\|RNLI]], [[Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust]], and [[St Mary's Harbour\|St Mary’s harbour authority]], to come up with a plan to humanely remove or deter Wally from the harbour.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-07-02 \|title=Isles of Scilly: Walrus Wally no longer welcome \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57688212 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417135210/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57688212 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Wally was also given a purpose-built [[Float (nautical)\|pontoon]] in St Mary’s harbour to bask on and to act as a safe space, which would also deter him from mounting boats, which would damage them.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-07-13 \|title=Isles of Scilly: Pontoon built to help Wally the walrus rest \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57827840 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417140202/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57827840 \|url-status=live }}</ref> He left the Isles of Scilly after nearly three months in early August.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-08-02 \|title=Isles of Scilly walrus spotted off Republic of Ireland \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-58065003 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417140202/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-58065003 \|url-status=live }}</ref> After leaving the Isles of Scilly, Wally the Walrus swam to [[Crookhaven\|Crookhaven Harbour]] in [[County Cork]], where another pontoon was floated for him to use to stop him from damaging local boats.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2021-08-20 \|title=Wally the walrus to get his own pontoon \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58279480 \|access-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-date=2022-04-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417135632/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58279480 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Three weeks after leaving Ireland, in September 2021, Wally was spotted in [[Iceland]].<ref name=":0" /> Line 27: {{Reflist}} [[Category:~~Tenby~~2021 in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Isles of Scilly]] [[Category:Tenby]] [[Category:Wayward walruses]] [[Category:Individual walruses]] ~~[[Category:2021 in the United Kingdom]]~~