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Re: Sick whale euthanised…by blowing it up

duncanriley — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:56:47 -0000

Bob,
I'm going on the press reports. If you can point me to a correction or proof otherwise I'd happily change the post.

Re: Sick whale euthanised…by blowing it up

Bob — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:09:57 -0000

Duncan, your comment is completely untrue. Check the facts please. The whale was not blown up. In fact the whale was sick, dying, and suffering. Because of its size the use of to sedatives would have been quite dangerous, expensive, and likely ineffective. The whale was put down by a directed charge to the brain, an internationally approved and effecctive method - not at all unique. It is a very sad event that was by no means taken lightly by those involved. - Bob

Re: Sick whale euthanised…by blowing it up

duncanriley — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:12:18 -0000

It's a humpback, same as the whale in Sydney a few months back. I don't doubt that putting it out of its suffering was the right thing, but the methodology is interesting at best :-)

Re: Sick whale euthanised…by blowing it up

CW — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:19:27 -0000

Duncan I seem to recall somewhere that they couldn't euthanise the whale the usual way because of its size. I'm glad they put it out of its suffering, anyway

Re: Sick whale euthanised…by blowing it up

Mat Packer — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:19:29 -0000

WTF