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Whale in River Thames, London

Gonzo now past the Thames barrier and into the estuary(on a barge),they are talking of taking him down to the south coast and warmer and deeper water.

Sky TV "Whales are still being hunted by Japan in Norway in their thousands. 🙄
 
This is starting to get quite bizarre:

Rescuers have appealed to anyone who owns an ocean-going vessel with enough space for a 3-tonne whale and doesn't mind popping to Cornwall this evening to get in touch.



Yes, really.
 
Jaffa Cake said:
They've just mentioned that they've cancelled the appeal – given it up as a daft idea, it would seem.
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not so much daft as they don't think the whale would survive the transfer and longer trip. Unsurprisingly, it's showing signs of stress. The official ine is the outlook is 'pessimistic' 🙁
 
'Tis a shame... I suspect most of us were hoping for a happy ending where the whale was reunited with its pod and lived out its life.
 
takao said:
what are doing now with it ? sending it to japan for scientific meals ?
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There have been a few whales beached around here over the years and, if I remember rightly, I think after a bit of prodding by scientists the body gets sliced up and taken to a landfill.
 
We've had a few whales and dolphins strand themselves on our beach over the years.
My most memorable encounter occurred on a very dark night when I was walking the dog. I fell over it and didn't immediately know what I had landed on. Needless to say, I freaked out. Didn't bother the dog though. He thought it was a new treat left for him.
 
takao said:
what are doing now with it ? sending it to japan for scientific meals ?
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Up to the Queen, I guess (all swans and whales in/on British territory belong to the Queen for some obscure historical reason). Currently the Police are guarding the body.

More Royal trivia.
 
mdavey said:
Up to the Queen, I guess (all swans and whales in/on British territory belong to the Queen for some obscure historical reason). Currently the Police are guarding the body.

More Royal trivia.
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Wow, I'm glad our oldest laws/etc. only go back to the 17th century (or in some cases the 16th). Heck, the Constitution is only 219 years old.


Anyways, just learn from Florence, Oregon, and do NOT use dynamite!
 
This country never ceases to amaze me..... While all these charity workers were busy racing against time to save the whale, traffic police in London saw the "Marine Resuce" vehicles had been parked longer than there ticket said and slapped them with £300 parking fines! 😱

Ok, a little bit of understanding would have been nice here. Imagine how it would have looked if halfway getting the whale out of the water they all did a runner to go and get an updated parking ticket!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4638790.stm
 
AndyR said:
This country never ceases to amaze me..... While all these charity workers were busy racing against time to save the whale, traffic police in London saw the "Marine Resuce" vehicles had been parked longer than there ticket said and slapped them with £300 parking fines! 😱…
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I've got no problem with that, everyone did their job and the system worked.
The rescue crew tried to save the whale, parking control issued valid ticket and the council, upon a valid appeal, waived the penalties.

I for one don't want traffic wardens given any more leeway to use their initiative; most of them that I meet simply aren't up to it.
 
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