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The other week, something amazing passed off on little old Hayling Island. an 8 m long Northern Bottlenose whale beached on a mudflat just north of Hayling in the neighbouring Langstone Harbour, Hampshire.
Unfortunately, the Northern Bottlenose had suffered from severe dehydration, which meant it was suffering from renal failure, when it became entrapped on Saturday night.
There was a large rescue scheme, where humans attempted bravely to save the Northern Bottlenose whale’s life. At one point the trained medics felt that the had to issue a lethal injection to put the whale to sleep. Still, the whale then drifted out to sea once more. Alas, it came back towards the coast again and was then beached for a second and final time.
The vets determined that the only nurturant thing to do would be to supply the lethal injection, which they did on Friday morning. They used Immobilon, which was a very quick acting and lethal strength of anaesthetic.
If the mammal was not put to sleep, the experts believe that it would have taken about two further days for the beast to die, during which it would have remained sick and distressed.
It seemed bizarre that the 6 metric ton mammal, which is normally found about 3000 miles away, ended up here on Hayling Island, but it is another wonderful story that this south coast little island, called Hayling brings to its history.
There were around a dozen firefighters, police, coastguard personnel as well as members of the Hayling Island harvour lifeboat staff involved in the attempt.
