Hi,
After spending a lot of time overseas, this tragedy clearly shows again our Australian weakness. That is, that people are scared to death to take responsibilities. As if everyone of us is afraid to be penalised or sued for our doing.
This baby whale had to die because non of you officials was willing to take a risk!
Don't know the formula to mix milk for this poor bugga, what crap.
We didn't need a reason or formula to help to invade Iraq, but are unable to at least try to help this poor creature.
To all those in power, you could have at least tried to do the almost impossible, so as you failed and showed your incompetence please quit your jobs, and give it to ordinary people, whome you have denied the access to this whale. Without an university or tafe degree, they know so much more than you,
reg. m2catter

I really like whales, particularly baby ones... but..

This was an abandoned juvenile wild animal. It happens all the time for various reasons - the calf can't keep up, is a runt, is susceptible to disease etc etc. They get separated from the herd and they die. It's a classic manifestation of natural selection.

This one stumbled into middle-class Pittwater. If it happened out in the ocean where it usually does, there would be no need for human intervention. As it happened, the fact that the poor creature's plight became the object of human attention meant that it was euthanased rather than suffering any more miserable a death.

This was just another emotional diversion of the kind that many people seem to need these days. Clearly, it was the government, or big business, or some malevolent human force that was responsible, rather than the dumb and brutal working of nature.

Not to mention that this was at Pittwater, of all places. Think of the property values!

You people really should get your priorities right :P

Foxy your first post was spot on.
Please do not let emotional views turn your head.
Feeding the whale was if allowed was just a start.
It would need a mother or other whales to take it south.
Learning to sing and feed just for a start.
Some of those wet cheeks came from national parks and wildlife people no one wanted to kill it.
Few are aware those same people have put such whales to sleep much quicker if on a remote beach.
It is uncharitable and wrong to blame the shambolic NSW government for this event.
And as they are the living dead in any case unneeded.
We acted cruelly in letting the poor little bugger suffer so long.

Foxy

Fair Lady!
So sorry to drop the truth on you like that but this was just a straight out case of NO organization what so ever.

Their rep went on air and made a statement that nobody knew what to feed baby whales... for god sake.!


The real crime here is that they stopped others who did know what they were doing.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24211714-952,00.html

You won’t fund too much at the movement as the silly buggers go into damage control. However those who saved a baby whale on the same formula won’t let it drop.

“ Nor should they.” I assume you would understand that Animal Welfare is our industry and we would know far more than poor belly that’s doing a flip because he raised this in the first place.
This stupid Government = which is parks and wildlife etc... Haven’t got a clue.

We spoke with several people who had the formula and we in tears.
One bloke was going to try to feed Colin with his feeder he made and the formula that has worked before.
They refused anybody to even TRY!!

Of course he had to be put down most probably after FIVE DAYS the idiots!

If they KNEW they were not going to allow anybody to feed him his formula then he should have been put down in the first place on day one.

This is another example of a totally useless bloody Government at both State Federal Level.

We used to pride ourselves as “having a go-“ now we can say our Government forced us to watch something that possibly could have been saved for five days suffer.

We could have tried. Who knows he probably could have made it- "thers have."

Perhaps this might help the next Colin Foxy - I hope so.

Try not to upset yourself dear lady and take heart in knowing nobody is going to let this go. The fight will contiune for justice for Colin and for those idiots reasonsible worrying about their dam insurance and for stopping others from feeding the formular.
Love your Ghost thread .

For the life of me I cant understand all the fuss about this. There was 300 comments on one forum I was reading and many of them expressed they literally cried.

I cant imagine so many of these people were vegetarians. I cant imagine this many people care as much about the thousands of dogs and cats put down each year. I don't see such a river of tears for the starving and diseased humans who die every day.

The manatee is endangered, with numbers much smaller than the whale, and nobody seems half as interested in saving it. Why? Because it's ugly.

I think we missed a significant opportunity. In a multi-cultural society that we always told we are, we should embrace other cultures with verve. We could have gained an insight into Japanese or Norwegian culture by holding a community BBQ down on the Pittwater.

Colin burgers all round. And maybe some veal for the less enlightened.