Tribute to Colin - The Orphaned Humpback Calf

A tribute to Colin, the orphaned Humpback Whale.

http://worldagainstwhaling.webs.com/

I want to thank everyone involved in trying to save Colin or later known as Corlette.

I created this quick video myself to show my support for everyone who helped and of course for Colin. She will always be named Colin to me and we must not let this happen again. SSCS tried to put pressure on the wildlife group and presented them with the formula, but they would not listen. A court order was drawn up as a killing of a whale in Aus waters is prohibited, but they were about 5mins to late.

WAW is normally to do with the fact of whaling, but has extended to whale conservation in general. We work with other organisations to try form a link between them all and aim towards the same goal of whale conservation. A future whale rescue organisation is also being discussed and when that comes out WAW will fully support it and advertise it.

Sea World from the Gold Coast replied to WAW formal email of the suggestions made for Colin. It was a total disregard for our services, they said "please consider the whale's welfare first over own emotional empathy". I took over this email and replied personally, here is some parts to my reply email:

"'emotional empathy' over its welfare? I totally disagree with your stereotype of my views, Sea Worlds vet didn't come down until today, who did you say doesn't care about this whales welfare?...I get told by whalers that I am fighting for them because of emotion and now my own country's Sea World is saying that, your view is nothing more then a whalers view. I am disgraced by your email and it is a total disregard for all my work for Australian Whales...I care more then anything about whales welfares and though putting down this whale may be the best decision now, would it have been the best decision five days ago? you could have saved this whale back then if YOU cared about his welfare...It may be a bit extreme comparing your email to a whalers, but just like a whaler you have the death of a innocent baby whale on your hands...I hope you are proud of your work,"

This year Japan will be killing minke and endangered fin calfs. They do not care what they catch, even pregant mothers. Their goal is to harpoon the calf and let is struggle for awhile and when the mother comes up to defend its calf the Japanese harpooner boat will then take the mother. This way the Japanese whalers get two whales from just finding one. It is illegal to hunt pregant whales and calfs under a certain age, its also illegal to conduct whaling full stop. Let alone in a IWC whale Sanctuary, where are the whales safe in this world?

This issue with Colin was on Australias own soil and our government did nothing. Peter Garret announced that he will be forming a better global whale conservation group and said he would send navy ships down to Antarctica to arrest these pirate whalers. But his done nothing, not even for Colin who had no influence of another country. Before I said the Australian government wouldn't stand up to Japan, now I say the Australiam government won't stand up for the whales.

We must push our government to carry out what they have promised, for Colins sake and whale conservation. If we don't, Colins death was a waste and he died achiveing nothing, but if we Australians keep up our efforts we will achieve whale conservation and save 1000's of whales.

Colin brought everyone together across the country, lets stick together and fight for whale conservation.

For Colin

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• humpback
• pittwater
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• ocean
• conservation
• australia
• baby
• calf
• whale
• orphaned

[TBman256]

did something like this happen with another baby whale?

[fred100446]

not sure which one you refering too, but about 25% of Japans Whaling quota is calves. Its illegal to hunt calves under a certain age even if its under the loophole of "reserach whaling". Same with pregnant mothers, which they still take.

This one calfs death is one of many, it ment alot for australians as everyone got together to try save it while realising another 1000 whales, much bigger then this one calve, die ayear in Austalian 'claimed waters.

[TBman256]

I mean did a different baby whale get lost and find its way into a harbor before? I'm having some really weird deja vu

[fred100446]

hmmmm maybe. Not that I can recall off my head. There was a case in WA with a calf just recently...

[scruffylver898]

@Starbuc1 He couldn't live with the mother because he needed to eat her milk. =/

[Melissa2418]

Creo que la ballenita necesito mas atencion de parte del hombre para poder sobrevivir. ¿ Porque no se llevo a un acuario para darle todas las atenciones?

Debemos de proteger a los animales.

[recagni]

un video che pensare quanti problemi

abbiamo da risolvere per avere un momdo giusto per tutti,ma purtroppo non potrà accadere mai!!!

[tamiatami]

very important video.

Piergiorgio, thanks for sharing!!!

[Starbuc1]

That was just a little one with no chance without it mom. Sometimes moms abandon calfs for no real reason. Perhaps it was her 1st calf, they are most likely to abandon their offspring. At least it died a painless death, not one at the hand of whalers or a hungry Great White. I'm not expert, but was there no chance to try to move it to some types of aquaric center? I guess not. Bye little one :(