Sir David Attenborough's Our Planet accused of lying about the walrus massacre

Though, producer Sophie Lanfear has since shut any idea that polar bears were behind the harrowing footage and stood by the facts laid out on screen.

‘We filmed pacific walrus falling from high cliffs,’ she retorted. ‘They were not being driven off the cliffs by the polar bears and we know this because we had two team members watching the cliffs from afar who could see the polar bears and were in radio communications with us to warn us about any bears approaching the crew closer to the walrus and the cliffs.

‘Once the walrus had rested at the top for a few days they wanted to return to the sea when all the other below started to leave. We would watch them for hours teetering back and forth on the edge before finally, falling off.

‘Fundamentally, the reason walrus used this haul out location is because of a lack of sea ice in the region, meaning they are coming ashore more frequently than they did in the past. And at this particular site, once the beach below the cliffs was full, they spread out and up the cliffs and were unable to find their way safely down, with tragic consequences.’

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