Pilot whale was found barely
alive in Thai canal and vomited up five bags during fruitless rescue attempts
Agence France-Presse
Sun 3 Jun 2018 02.44 BSTLast
modified on Mon 4 Jun 2018 11.50 BST
A whale has died in
southern Thailand after
swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, with rescuers failing to nurse the mammal
back to health.
The small male pilot whale was
found barely alive in a canal near the border with Malaysia, the country’s
department of marine and coastal resources said.
A veterinary team tried “to help
stabilise its illness but finally the whale died” on Friday afternoon.
An autopsy revealed 80 plastic
bags weighing up to 8kg (18lb) in the creature’s stomach, the department added.
People used buoys to keep the
whale afloat after it was first spotted on Monday and an umbrella to shield it
from the sun.
The whale vomited up five bags
during the rescue attempt.
Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine
biologist and lecturer at Kasetsart University, said the bags had made it
impossible for the whale to eat any nutritional food.
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