Your views on "Colin"

[Farlig]

So, what do people think about the baby whale, the media have dubbed "Colin"?
NPWS finds baby humpback to put it down
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...006301,00.html

[minux]

Sell it to the japs and make some money on it before it dies.


No idea why something wasnt done faster, there is to much government red tape to do anything, it has taken 5 days just to decide wtf they should do. I think Kevin Rudd also is having an enquiry into what actually happened


Seriously though, it is sad the authorities were to stupid to just do something straight away, **** the consequences, worse that would happen is that the whale died, no different to the outcome now. These creatures are disappearing, I would have thought mentalists would of wanted this creature saved at all costs. Guess they were too busy chanting about global warming or some ****.

[Troy711]

i think it would have been nice if they could have done something, but we all knew it wasnt possible. all these wankers on the news who wanted to put a hose in the water and feed it cows milk were just trrying to prolong the inevitable. its sad, but atleast it was better then it starving to death. you have to admit though, he was really cute

[Troy711]

Curt Jenner, managing director of Western Australia's non-profit Centre for Whale Research, said even trying to feed the whale by hand would be a logistical nightmare.

"There's no way that the logistics of feeding that animal by hand or in an aquarium is going to work," Mr Jenner said.

"There are too many difficulties with it, and the animal first of all has to be convinced to eat out of a tube, it's got to get to an aquarium, and then you've got to find a product for it to eat which you can supply for probably a year.

"So I think for humans to try and keep it alive is just going to end up as a disaster."

i found this rather interesting. i can see that there will be a heap of idiots saying that they could have done more despite the fact an expert on the subject said it wasnt possible.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Should have blown it up like they did with the whale in the Reno 911 movie. Whale steaks all round.

[50LTRv8]

It is a sad fact of life bit this is just nature at work. I was talking to my fellow workers about this and just said, "ever seen a atkinson movie lately, it is pretty violent stuff"

They are usually full of animals eating each other, it is called the food chain. This whale was not going to make it once mother went away and if this happened out at sea what whould happen, it is gunna get eaten by various things in the sea, namely sharks.

Just another case of humans wanting to save stuff that can' be saved

[Troy711]

Should have blown it up like they did with the whale in the Reno 911 movie. Whale steaks all round.

you mean like they did back in the 70's?

YouTube - Whale explosion on beach

[minux]

BAHAHAHA, damn americans are stupid lol.

[STEALTHY™]

I'm not the smartest guy, but if it ws attracted to the boat, why not just drive the boat to seaworld?

[Farlig]

I'm not the smartest guy, but if it ws attracted to the boat, why not just drive the boat to seaworld?

hehe agreed

but what i find strange is, why were the fishermen stopped from at least trying to feed it? cant have done any harm, they going to shoot it full of tranquilizers now to kill it anyways.

i don't have a soft spot for this kind of thing, couldn't really care, but the stupidity of some government agency's really ****s me. "oh we don't know what to do, so we'll stop everyone else from trying something."

[Troy711]

i dont think that a fisherman with cows milk would have done it any good.

[andrewmac]

Well there is only one logical thing to do.
Call Angelina Jolie and Madonna and have them battle it out for adoption rights.
Im sure they would be able to afford to feed him till he can surive on his own
Or if we can get Rosie O'donnell lactating we can get her into the harbour and get her to feed him

[br14nh]

It is sad that more couldn't have been done.... but given the enormous amount of money (& resources) that would have taken for such a long term commitment, since Colin won't be getting it, it makes me wonder why that money couldn't be spent on people who are in need? Just because they're not as "visible" doesn't mean there aren't plenty of worthy causes that are just as deserving as Colin.....

[Fr3ak+--]

you mean like they did back in the 70's?

YouTube - Whale explosion on beach

classic!!!!!!!

[Torquen]

kill it befor it dies painfully. feel sorry for it though, but what else can you do.

[fabz]

BBQ, colin would feed alot of homeless and not like they would care. Tis sad tho but such is life!

[hsvpunk]

its dead now.

[Torquen]

^^^they killed it, or did it just die by itself.

[Grennan]

Shouldve taken the boat the whale was hanging on into Japanese waters. Watch how fast Colin disappears then.

Dont know why the had to name it. As soon as they name is everyone gets attached to the thing.

[hsvpunk]

Some lttle curry munchers come and stole it...... and sold it on so they could get by in the hard world..

No, the killed it, lethal injection.... as it had no chance living with the boat.

[Tom_1569]

Ummm, WTF, have i missed the point but is this just another bored media hype.
Its a whale, really who gives a ****, dont worry about one, worry about all the asian whalers.
Would everyone care so much if it was a kangaroo hit by a car?

[Rishy]

Ummm, WTF, have i missed the point but is this just another bored media hype.
Its a whale, really who gives a ****, dont worry about one, worry about all the asian whalers.
Would everyone care so much if it was a kangaroo hit by a car?

Are kangaroo's an threatened species? No.

[Tom_1569]

Are kangaroo's an threatened species? No.

No, but its not long before they are, Roo numbers are dropping rapidly, hence its getting harder to shoot them legally.

[Bax]

But as with everything, kill now, worry about it later.

[Grennan]

I think what the government was more worried about is the world attention. Here we are telling the Japanese to go F themselves, but we just killed a whale. You just know the next time whaling gets brought up the Japanese are gonna retalitate with "Ohhh what about Colin?"

Like i said wouldve been easier to drive that boat to Japan and watch how quickly Colin became Colin Stew.