Almost all of Sydney let their hearts get carried away this week. They were swept up in the romantic notion that a whale’s life we could be saved and maintained after it appeared on our northern beaches seemingly abandoned by its mother and pod.
Unfortunately nature is tough. Abandoned baby whales die and there is nothing we can do to stop it. That’s just the way it is. A baby whale probably dies everyday, but just because Collette found her way to a suburban piece of Aussie coastline she gets a lot of attention.
One man even called for the UN to get involved, as if they would. Others were making their own concoctions of the special milk mixture that has been used to feed whales in such situations overseas. I even heard a story of someone buying 10 x 2L cartons of milk exclaiming, “this is for Colin” even though whales can’t take cow’s milk. Feels as if that this is a serious case of 'man' believing they can control every situation, not the case.
But for all those who really wanted to save the whale’s life, not one was seen with a blank cheque to hand to the NPW. Because that’s what it would have taken to save Collette. That and a lifetimes devotion to caring for the mammoth sized creature. Even then there is no guarantee of its survival.
At least common sense finally prevailed and Collette was put to sleep humanely as there was nothing we as humans could do to save it in the long term.
Now that it’s all over. A lot of people need to just sit back and start thinking with their heads as they were all emotion yet no substance.
That didn't stop the Daily Telegraph well and truly jumping on the emotion driven bandwagon with the headline "We could have done more" (23/8/08). Calls are now on for Collette's legacy to have some meaning by having a summit, bringing together whale experts from all over the world. Paid for by whom I wonder? Probably the taxpayer.
If we genuinely cared about each other half as much as they wanted to look after Collette then we would have a much better society.
Unfortunately nature is tough. Abandoned baby whales die and there is nothing we can do to stop it. That’s just the way it is. A baby whale probably dies everyday, but just because Collette found her way to a suburban piece of Aussie coastline she gets a lot of attention.
One man even called for the UN to get involved, as if they would. Others were making their own concoctions of the special milk mixture that has been used to feed whales in such situations overseas. I even heard a story of someone buying 10 x 2L cartons of milk exclaiming, “this is for Colin” even though whales can’t take cow’s milk. Feels as if that this is a serious case of 'man' believing they can control every situation, not the case.
But for all those who really wanted to save the whale’s life, not one was seen with a blank cheque to hand to the NPW. Because that’s what it would have taken to save Collette. That and a lifetimes devotion to caring for the mammoth sized creature. Even then there is no guarantee of its survival.
At least common sense finally prevailed and Collette was put to sleep humanely as there was nothing we as humans could do to save it in the long term.
Now that it’s all over. A lot of people need to just sit back and start thinking with their heads as they were all emotion yet no substance.
That didn't stop the Daily Telegraph well and truly jumping on the emotion driven bandwagon with the headline "We could have done more" (23/8/08). Calls are now on for Collette's legacy to have some meaning by having a summit, bringing together whale experts from all over the world. Paid for by whom I wonder? Probably the taxpayer.
If we genuinely cared about each other half as much as they wanted to look after Collette then we would have a much better society.
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