A vacationer has been hit with a hefty positive after getting too near a walrus in Norway.
The person was slapped with a positive of 12,500 Norwegian Kroner (£900) after he ventured onto an ice floe within the archipelago of Svalbard final week and “disturbed a walrus that was mendacity on the ice”.
Members of the general public noticed the person in query approaching the mammal and reported him to the native governor whereas “elements of the incident have been additionally noticed by the governor’s staff”.
Legal guidelines in Svalbard imply that people should behave in a means that doesn’t result in pointless disturbance of the wildlife.
The authorities stated in an announcement: “The governor encourages everybody to maintain a good way from walruses in order that they aren’t disturbed and in order that no hazard to folks can happen.”
The offending vacationer was dropped at the governor’s workplace the place he accepted his punishment.