Baby Whale Has Tail Nearly Chopped Off By Boat And Has To Be Euthanized
Baby Whale Has Tail Nearly Chopped Off By Boat And Has To Be Euthanized. The failed rescue was "one of the saddest days I have lived in the ocean," said the photographer who snapped a haunting photograph of the maimed whale. There will be no end to the suffering of marine animals at the hands of humans until we are mobilized to enact real change. That is the message National Geographic photographer and marine activist Cristina Mittermeier hoped to convey with this disturbing photo she posted online: The disturbing image was taken in the coastal waters of Tenerife Island, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands. The original photographer who took the shot, Francis Pérez , was called on to the scene by concerned onlookers along with a marine biologist and wildlife veterinarian. Unfortunately, after close examination of the almost-severed fin, the veterinarian ruled that there was nothing they could do for the animal, except release it from its pain. The group lift