It is so sad to see great animals of the sea in distress and mortal danger. On Wednesday, a magnificent humpback whale beached itself on Namibia's coast near its main port of Walvis Bay. After officials and concerned people rushed to its aid, it was found that the whale has a severely damaged fin which is preventing it from swimming in a straight line.
It was unbeached several times, but could not go out to sea and only ended up swimming in circles and re-beaching itself.
Sadly, it was reported today that the animal will be humanely euthanized as its wound makes its survival impossible. It would otherwise face a long term, agonizing, frightening death over days as it remains stuck in the shallow beach waters slowly starving to death or allowing an infection from the wound to fester.
Sad indeed. But, many whales swim off the Namibian coast where the food supply is plentiful. Occasionally, these mighty leviathans run into trouble and the humane response after all else fails must be the answer.
Visit Namibia and enjoy the wonderful coastal wildlife...nature rules, for better or worse.
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