Friday September 3, 2010, 1:48 pm
WAS THERE NOT A MORE HUMANE WAY TO PUT THIS POOR WHALE OUT OF ITS MISERY ????

Friday September 3, 2010, 2:10 pm
Oh, that is so sad and disappointing.

Friday September 3, 2010, 2:36 pm
explosives? cruel to be kind?

Friday September 3, 2010, 2:37 pm
how cruel

Friday September 3, 2010, 2:45 pm
OMG...Gotta get off this site for awhile...

This makes me so illl!!!

WTH??? YEP, let's blow up our creatures that have stranded themselves, What is with that??? I feel SICK!

No words that are fit to print from me!!!

Friday September 3, 2010, 2:51 pm
Unfortunately the whale hunt is very cruel and whale hunters use explosive harpoons. The whale suffer greatly and often drag the boat behind them for hours in excruciating pain. As responsible global citizens we need to be against slaughter of whales and encourage compassion. It was said that this whale was terminally ill, and there are many attempts to rescue whales that are stranded or in peril. It still seems to be a very awful way to euthanize a whale.

Friday September 3, 2010, 5:09 pm
It's beyond belief!!!

Friday September 3, 2010, 5:31 pm
Trust the gov for not interfering Shameless that in this day and age there is a need to KILL !!!!!

Friday September 3, 2010, 5:34 pm
That is just a horrible way to euthanize an animal! Noted with disgust!

Friday September 3, 2010, 5:35 pm
Humans should look at what is making whales stressed and sick. Many whales can't even find enough to eat in the oceans, are too thin and have stomach ulcers.

Friday September 3, 2010, 5:40 pm
this shit aint right. these people have no heart. there had to be a better way then explosion. that just down right sick and cruel. this is why i do what i do.and there is nothing better than knowing i had a small part in helping these creatures.these are god creations.. when is people going to releize murder is murder.no matter if it man or creature,and god said thy shall not kill.

Friday September 3, 2010, 5:51 pm
Question is, why are they becoming stranded? Is it our fault with what we are doig with the oceans or a deeper query.

Friday September 3, 2010, 6:03 pm
Seems it's still a mystery why these whales of all species beach themselves. But it's just damn crazy to blow up any animal!!! What the hell was these crazy idiots thinking??

Friday September 3, 2010, 6:37 pm
mary, i wonder that too. why? what ARE we doing? and they didn't explain why that method was chosen to end the whales life. if there was nothing else that could be done, surely there would be a better way. was the whale really terminally ill or they just couldn't save it from it's predicament?
if sonar is the reason, we better find a way to conteract the effects. found this link: http://www.earthportals.com/beachedwhales.html

Friday September 3, 2010, 6:40 pm
Two ounces (60 grams) of prussic acid is toxic enough to kill a whale without painfully blowing the poor beast to shreds. They knew that 150 years ago.

From "Scientific American" September, 2010, p. 12, reprinted from the September, 1860 issue:

"September 1860 - Poison fishing -- A paper has just been published in England on the capture of whales by the means of poison, the agent being hydrocyanic or prussic acid. The subtle poison was contained in glass tubes, in quantity about two ounces, secured to a harpoon. Messrs. W. and G. Young sent a quantity of these harpoons to one of their ships engaged in the Greenland fishery, and on meeting with a fine whale the harpoon was skillfully and deeply buried in his body; the leviathqn immediately 'sounded,' or dived perpendicularly downwards, but in a very short time the whale rose to the surface quite dead. THE MEN WERE SO APPALLED BY THE TERRIFIC EFFECT OF THE POISONED HARPOON THAT THEY DECLONED TO USE ANY MORE OF THEM." (Emaphasis added.)

So even the whalers of old had more compassion than the governments of today, but it was still a hell of a lot better way to go thatn being exploded.

Friday September 3, 2010, 6:42 pm
O.M.G

Friday September 3, 2010, 7:05 pm
so sad and disappointing...
No Whale Killing!!!

Friday September 3, 2010, 7:26 pm
What??? Barbaric!

Friday September 3, 2010, 7:40 pm
noted Thanks Cher.

Friday September 3, 2010, 8:46 pm
Noted, Tks Cher

Friday September 3, 2010, 8:48 pm
Thanks Cher, noted!

Friday September 3, 2010, 9:47 pm
noted thanks cher

Saturday September 4, 2010, 4:09 am
VERY VERY SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE WHALES!!!!!! Noted!! Thanks!! Ciao!! Michela

Saturday September 4, 2010, 4:30 am
This is a dreadful thing to read about. Por bloody whale.

Saturday September 4, 2010, 5:40 am
I think there must be a better way to euthanize a poor sick whale. I agree with Mary - what are we doing to cause all this beaching? As with many things, we need to look at the cause and fix that rather than trying to fix the problem when it occurs. We need to stop it from occurring in the first place.

Saturday September 4, 2010, 6:18 am
No doubt the whale was terminally ill, but why kill it in such a cruel way.

Saturday September 4, 2010, 6:31 am
Sick or not they could have found a better way to put it to sleep. what a shame!

Saturday September 4, 2010, 7:35 am
Noted

Saturday September 4, 2010, 9:33 am
Doesn't sound like "euthanasia" to me; how sad. Thanks Cher.

Saturday September 4, 2010, 11:17 am
Noted with sadness.

Saturday September 4, 2010, 11:22 am
¨Noted......!

Saturday September 4, 2010, 12:36 pm
Noted...this is totally outrageous. Where are they coming from?

Saturday September 4, 2010, 1:55 pm
The thought of using explosives to euthanize ANY animal (no matter how large) greatly disturbs me and I sincerely hope that there is a better alternative out there.

Saturday September 4, 2010, 3:18 pm
The Australian Government probably didn't even consult anyone with knowledge for a solution. That will come back and bite them where they won't want it to. I guess the Japanese aren't the only ones who don't appreciate those magnificent creatures. Sick or not!!

Saturday September 4, 2010, 10:44 pm
It's still a mistery why they beach themselves.
Was there no other way to euthanize the whale? Explosives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!how cruel!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday September 5, 2010, 12:32 am
Whales are difficult to euthanize or kill because they are so large. On the other hand, humans are killing them slowly through overfishing and polluting (icluding sonar pollution) the oceans. So they starve or get sick and beach themselves.

Sunday September 5, 2010, 10:09 am
Why are so many contributors suggesting euthanasia by explosives is cruel? The shock wave will destroy the brain faster than the nervous system can propagate a message of pain... death will be instantaneous. Far more humane than poison, attempting to shoot it or leaving the animal to suffer and die naturally.
Just because it's messy doesn't mean it's cruel.

Sunday September 5, 2010, 11:27 am
What a new and grisly meaning to the term "euthanize".

Thursday September 9, 2010, 9:06 am
I have little doubt that Navy sonar exercises are causing whales to beach themselves. Extremely sad.