Do you think colin should have been put down?

Question

For those of you who don't know colin was a baby (1-4weeks old) humpback whale that was abandoned by his mum and found refuge in a yacht located in sydney Australia's harbour....heres a article...http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4586181.ece

What do you think?

I think they should have tried something earlier but am not angry becasue hes passed so peacefully.

Again what do you think??

Answer 1

They've taken animals in from the wild that were in much worse condition, and they still lived. I think they could have tried with him.  

Answer 2

They found out Colin's really a girl right?

I heard they say that with the technology they can get their hands on, they can't do much else.

It is sad, though...

Answer 3

They coulda tried, you know, a tame whale woulda been awesome

Answer 4

JESUS H CHRIST! they SO could have saved him! seriously, they coulda done it! it makes me sad and sick. in the article it wvn says he was thrashinmg about after injected with the anestheizia. its truly sad. i do beleive they culda done something. so sad :'(

Answer 5

It's sad, but all the 'Save Colin' crowd simply had no idea about how to keep a whale alive. I saw them on the news carrying little bladders of 'milk' they wanted to feed the whale. Get real, try 50gal at a time. It's a 5 TON baby.

It's a Freaking Whale FFS, it eats giant squid that it hunts 3,000 ft down in the ocean.. And they want to keep it in an aquarium???

Sad, but put the poor thing down, there is nothing we can do to help it.

Stick to stopping the Japanese from harpooning the things, and they will continue to build up their numbers in the wild.

Ian

Answer 6

All though very sad , it is far better to put the baby to sleep rather than a slow agonizing death by starvation.  I don't see where they had any other choice.