According to the Australian National Parks & Wildlife service, the baby whale known as Colin , who for the past week has been following yachts around, looking for his mother, will be put to sleep. His injuries are more serious than previously thought, partly as a result from a shark attack.
A spokesman for the service, John Dengate, said the calf, thought to be two- to three-weeks old, would be killed by lethal injection this morning after it was decided it was too dangerous to enter the water after dark.
“They’ll give it an overdose of anaesthetic,” he said last night.
“The last thing we want is that the whale should suffer. The vets are saying ‘he hasn’t got long to go - you should take action’. It was too dangerous to do it last night so we’ll have to relocate it in the morning. It’s not impossible he will have passed away.
R.I.P. Colin…
