Hayling Island "Whale Rescue Attempt" 1st August 2008

The northern bottlenose whale became stranded on mudflats at Hayling Island in Hampshire after getting lost.

Firefighters are pumping water over the six-ton animal - a young adult - in attempt to prevent its skin drying out.

Vets will carry out an examination to establish its chances of survival.

If they rule out putting the whale down, rescuers could roll it onto a mat attached to inflatable pontoons on either side.

When the tide comes back in it would lift the device, allowing rescuers a degree of control over the 26 ft-long whale.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Hayling
• Whale
• Rescue
• 2008
• Chichester
• Langstone
• Harbour

[TheAmber1900]

yay hayling is cool for 2 mins we rock

[cstorchwood11]

i was also there

[jackbenfield2]

i was there too

[couchpotato1999]

i was there to OMG

[hollseey]

i was there aswell, i felt so bad they had to kill it :(

[uploadgeek07]

I live there WoooP

[natluvzkieran2008]

Omfg i wha there haha

i saw it i got pictures nd lot !

it wha massiva and i got to wave on camra haha unlucy lolz !