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Colin the Whale :(

Wed Aug 20, 2008, 2:41 AM
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Poor Colin!

Colin is a 2 week old Humpback whale who was seperated from his mum about 5 days ago and is now swimming around in Sydney pittwater.

The poor lil' guy is starving and keeps coming up to boats and nudging them trying to get food.

Wildlife services have tried to tow him out to sea in the hope that he will be adopted by a passing pod, but no luck :(

Our SeaWorld won't take him because they say he is too weak and won't be able to travel. SW and the RSPCA said that there was nothing to be done to save him, so now 'experts' are pushing to have him euthanised to stop his suffering.

I mean...I know theres little chance for him to survive...But I think he should at least be deserved that chance. They should feed him (People have made formula for baby whales before. Orcas, for one. And there was also a story about a baby Grey Whale), then try and get him strong enough to be introduced to a pod later.
Euthanasia just seems so wrong.

Heres a picture of him from some news site. [link]



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~Kalialover90:iconKalialover90: Aug 20, 2008, 3:17:23 AM
so sad :(
poor little guy.
hope he have a big luck, perhaps he survife.

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*Empa85:iconEmpa85: Aug 20, 2008, 5:49:59 AM
Awful =/
I really feel bad for him
I hope he gets luck on his side soon

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~Ryengu:iconRyengu: Aug 20, 2008, 6:56:33 AM
:( How hard would it be to catch/make something for him?

That name sounds familiar though...o.o

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~Tiffany007:iconTiffany007: Aug 20, 2008, 8:58:41 AM
I hope he will have a happy end. =(
=bladebandit:iconbladebandit: Aug 20, 2008, 10:18:17 AM
...ok, I understand why they euthanise old, sick, suffering animals.

But...this is just crazy. That's a new life they're trying to end. o_o

They gave animals like JJ the grey whale a new life...I really don't understand why they can't do the same to this little one. :(

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~Killer--Girl:iconKiller--Girl: Aug 20, 2008, 10:46:08 AM
I can't believe SW won't give him a chance. Poor little guy, I hope someone comes along to help him. A life is worth more than money. :(

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*SungSurin:iconSungSurin: Aug 20, 2008, 2:09:56 PM
Me and my dad were talking about this last night and he mentioned one reason they may be hestiant to take him into human care would be negative publicity. Some anti-captive organazations (Greenpeace, PETA, blah blah blah) might cause a stink about how he'll turn into an attraction. Greenpeace did it once with Pascuala. Who wants that on their door?

I think it's stupid... they could at least rope him off into a cove or something and feed him until he had enough strength to get dumped near a pod. Maybe their afraid the formula wouldn't be right? Maybe baleen and toothed whales have different protiens and stuff? I have no idea..
=SkyebobPiepants:iconSkyebobPiepants: Aug 21, 2008, 1:29:04 AM
Yeah, you would think they would take notice of JJ's story. But then again, Australia doesn't have the facilities or knowledge that America has in that area. It's sad. The fact that Australia holds Humback Whales in such high regard, yet we can't do anything when something like this happens.

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=SkyebobPiepants:iconSkyebobPiepants: Aug 21, 2008, 1:31:48 AM
Our SW is a bit pathetic compared to American ones. They lack the facilities to do anything :( I mean, they do rescue dolphins and small whales...But anything bigger then that is just too big

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