Poor Killer Whale

To go along with my whale theme, I thought it would be relevant if I blogged about the Killer whale that was beached on October 22, 2008 in Poipu, Kauai. The beach was closed by government officials as soon as the whale was discovered. At around 9:30 a.m. offficials decided to get the whale out of the water and euthenize it. I don't know how much of an effort was exerted in trying to save this whale, but I really hope it was a good amount. It is so sad when you have to kill something so beautiful just to get it out of its misery.
A good 500 people watched as the whale was taken out of the water. The poor whale was sick, and they decided that if they put it in the water again, it would just be like throwing a baby in the water and asking it to swim, it would die. The female whale was said to have beached itself so that it could breath better. They ended up euthenizing it, and it made me really really really really really sad. The poor whale had scrapes on its stomach from wwashing up against the coral, and bites out of it from sharks. That was the other reason they needed to get it out of the water as soon as possible, they didn't want any sharks to start eating it.
Although death is a part of life, it is not one that should be premature. I feel like the whale had so much more life in her and it is too bad that she got sicck.