There would be nothing more for her to do. The fate of the huge 18-meter-long whale that ran aground on the beach in New York and was discovered yesterday morning by a passer-by seems hopeless. Despite the efforts of the authorities and the volunteers who are helping her, spraying her with water to keep her from dehydrating, the animal's suffering must be shortened. And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration thinks about euthanasia.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
A whale in New York. There would be nothing more for her to do. The fate of the huge whale of about 9 meters in length that ran aground on a beach in the Big Apple and was discovered yesterday morning by a passerby seems hopeless. Despite the efforts of the authorities and the volunteers who are helping her, spraying her with water to keep her from dehydrating, the animal's suffering must be shortened. And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) think about euthanasia.
Biologists have followed the status of this male fin whale, the second largest animal species in the world after the blue whales, with attention and apprehension. But the unfortunate marine mammal is too "emaciated and in poor physical condition, so there's nothing that can be done to save it," he told CNN. Allison McHale, spokesperson for Noaa, hoping that "nature takes its course”And that death comes spontaneously during the night. If this does not happen, on Thursday morning the Noaa will provide for euthanasia.
“We thought it was dead when we got there, but then it started moving,” says Nick Ecock of the Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Department, who along with other firefighters discovered the animal beached at 11am near Beach 216th Street and Palmer Place, on the north side of the neighborhood Breezy point, still rocked by the damage of Hurricane Sandy. The whale was found half in the water and half in the sand. She was alive, but wounded. “We're keeping it wet to hydrate and breathe,” explains James Duffy of the New York Police Department.
The causes of stranding could be natural, like old age or illness, but also, and above all, human, as a collision with a ship or with fishing nets. According to experts, it is unlikely that the animal will be able to return to the open sea: it is stuck in water that is no more than five meters deep. Rescuers have no direct access to her body and the arrival of high tide a few hours ago hid her from view. It may still be there or it may have made it back to the ocean.
Roberta Ragni
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