Why cant we save colin the baby whale???

Question

Well we can put men on the moon,is everybody gona sit back and watch this poor whale starve to death..

Answer 1

I think this is awful too. It's ridiculus. Why can't they do something? Have you heard about J.J. the gray whale. They found her stranded on a beach in california when she was a baby. They brought her to SeaWorld and raised her until she could be released into the ocean. Gray whales and Humpback whales are about the same size. So why can't they do what they did with J.J.? It's just ridiculus. They can't just kill it. The world takes everything siriously except for animals and the enviroment. Goverments everywhere would rather spend their money on war and stuff instead of focus on the problems like this. It's no wonder that so many animals are endangered! RIDICULUS!

Answer 2

I was not aware of that. I looked up the story on google, that's really sad. It seems that everyone is working to save the baby whale. I don't know why that can't figure out a way to get it out of there and transport it to a place like sea world. Your right, we have put a man on the moon and have all this other technology. It seems that this should be pretty easy to do.

Answer 3

i really think that they need to at least try something... if it doesnt work at least they tried

now there will be a complete uproar... they cant just put it down coz they cant b bothered doin the work to try n save it...

all they really need to do it shut on the lower section of the harbour to confine it and try to feed it... they have the information on how to... they've talked to the san dieago sea world they should at least give it a try...  

Answer 4

Honestly, I find it ridiculous as well.

Aren't they planning on killing it?

They could simply put it in some sort of whale shelter and have a substitute mother whale care for it.

These marine biologists know better than to let it starve!

Answer 5

Yet another, “in your face Australian tax payers”  example of the abuse of the baby bonus.  Mr Howard is responsible for this latest mess.

I bet the mother whale, lets give her a name, how about Liz, I bet big Liz deliberately picked Sydney as a soft touch, those Australians will look after little Colin she said as she swam away with a new plasma TV.    

Little did she know, not only can we not look after little Colin,

There are simply not enough Japanese in Sydney to make the most of the opportunity when his time comes to join the other whales in what ever heaven whales go to.  

Silly big Liz should have left Colin on the Gold Coast where there are more opportunities thanks to the high Japanese influx over the last 30 years.  

Today Mr Howard is gone and Mr Rudd is in power.   Looking after Australian Working Families.

You ask:

Can we save Colin?. I say No.

I ask:

Should we waste the chance to mend the bridges between Australian Japan? I say NO.

Let Colin join two nations for the over all good of mankind.

Yet if we cant do that we should donate Colin to Australian Working Families.

Life sure is a funny old thing don't you think?  

Answer 6

Great question! Its probably because some people don't know what to do to help a baby humpback to survive. But my first thought is, why can't SeaWorld, or some other marine life research/park rescue it and take it into captivity (only until he's healthy people, not forever!) to nurse him back to health like how SeaWorld San Diego did with JJ the gray whale?

Answer 7

Baby whale colin is going to be put down tonight.

Answer 8

Producing humpback whale milk is one thing humans can't do. It seems cruel to us, but a certain number of whales will die in infancy each breeding season, and there is little that can be done, at least at present.

Answer 9

Baby whales are very attached to their mothers for 11 months, and they cannot be bottlefed. They must be breastfed, so rescuing the whale just isn't an option at this point as sad as that is.

Answer 10

because they don't even what to feed the whale, or how to.

Answer 11

   Sad to say but this whale should be euthanized and the cash outlay could be used for some more productive purpose like some service to make our military personal in Iraq more comfortable.

Answer 12

Unfortunately, whales are not like puppies where you can give it warm cows milk and it'll be fine.  There are several problems, this whale will nurse for nearly a year.  Next, ever notice you never see large whales in aquariums, it's because they are too big and their requirements are too huge...they'll die quickly.  The other problem is trying to find another lactating whale that is no longer nursing, they can only nurse one young whale at a time.

I to would like to see this whale saved, but the reality is it'll probably die.  All we can do is pray for it.

Answer 13

I haven't heard about it??

But something should definitely be done...