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Sep 26, 2009 News
The 36-foot whale which had drifted ashore at Almond Beach, Morawhanna, Region One, has finally died.
For the past four days, the Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with support from volunteers in the community, tried desperately to save the whale.
This was confirmed by Farmers Relations Specialist of the Agriculture Ministry, Parmanand Persaud, who told Kaieteur News last evening that despite the efforts of the GDF and the Agriculture Ministry, the whale did not survive.
The mammal was discovered by residents on Tuesday and at that time, it was still breathing and moving its flippers.
According to the Agriculture Ministry, the whale was measured to be 36 feet in length, eight feet in width with an 11-foot front flipper and a 15-foot hind flipper. “It is bigger than a black water tank,” one resident had reported.
Following the discovery, residents had engaged efforts to keep it alive and hydrated by covering it with palm branches and wetting it constantly. One report is that the residents had also tied it to a pole about 40 feet away to prevent it swimming ashore. “One of the fins was stuck and we freed it so now we just waiting on the tide to rise and hopefully we will get it to swim back into the ocean,” said Joseph Jawaheer, a resident.
Reports from residents on Tuesday stated that the whale was stuck on the sand because the tide was out and they were seeking assistance to get it back to safety.
Approximately 80 persons were involved in trying to return the large mammal to the sea after freeing the whale’s flippers by pushing on its belly and pulling it into the sea with ropes. However, even with assistance of a 150-horse powerboat, their efforts were futile.
One of the rescuers said that the beached whale had become embedded in a four-foot trough caused by its size and the incoming tide. It might have been necessary to dig a huge pond near to the whale to free it.
However, all that is now wishful thinking.
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