BREAKING: Baby whale stuck in River Thames euthanised 'to end its suffering'
But the whale wriggled free from its refloatation pontoons while being moved to a safer location and rescuers lost sight of it in the early hours of the morning.
Rescuers spotted it swimming at Teddington Lock earlier this morning but after the whale became stationary in the water up against a wall, they said it was unlikely to survive. After medical assessment, the BDMLR decided it would be kindest to put the mammal to sleep and euthanised it on Monday evening.
The juvenile Minke whale, having been euthanised by vets from London Zoo, is lifted from the water at Teddington Speaking as the whale was put down, Julia Cable, of the BDLMR, said: ‘The vets are here from London Zoo – they will give the whale a large anaesthetic which will put it to sleep, it shouldn’t feel anything.‘It’s nutritionally in a poor state, it has run out of energy and will be dehydrated and starved.
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