General Chat

Poor whale, is there anything th can do to help him? And if so, why aren't they doing it?

I agree there does not appear to be any experts at the Thames, lots on the phone taking about what should be done, but nothing being done

Hi Paul, I have just came in from work and see this on the News, Poor Whale, from what I can understand they are waiting to see what happens, they don't what to distress it anymore, they are hoping that it can be guided back to the Thames estuary, some 40 miles away, which will be a long hard swim for it, problem is at the moment, it is in such shallow water, lets just hope it doesn't 'beach' itself again....but I don't thing the poor 'little' thing has much chance, lets hope I'm wrong.......Lilly

Mandy, Yes, the Thames is tidal, but I've just heard the whale's at Putney Bridge, which is several miles upriver. I've just posted on the other whale thread. It's obviously very traumatised and disorientated or it's deliberately trying to kill itself. Paul, The River Thames doesn't have whales in it normally, so it's unsurprising that there aren't whale experts on hand to deal with it. Whales are a rarity in the coastal waters of South-Eastern England, so there are probably not too many people about anyway with sufficient knowledge of what to do in a situation such as this. CB >|<

They keep saying its weak, and there is no food readily available in the river. So bloody feed it! They keep saying it might not eat anyway if it's ill, but why don't they try??

Paul and C.B......I think the experts are on their way, it just taking a bit of time to get there, as CB quite rightly said, we don't normally have Whales up the Thames, so there's no need to have any experts 'locally'........Lilly

SAVE THE WHALE - SAVE THE WHALE - SAVE THE WHALE!! All together now...........

SAVE THE WHALE--------Paul i understand whay you are saying, you would think the RSPCA or someone would have arrived by now and help in anyway they can till the experts arrive

And I find that the lack of a spokes person tell the genral public about the status of the animal, and their plans quite disturbing!

Paul it's said that there maybe a connection with the find in Southend which is very distressed and calling out, why does no one take a recording get it to the Thames and see if they can get a response it may help and Southends not that far

lil, I heard about that. Apparently its not a good idea because you do not know what the other one is saying. It could be saying 'Swim away, DANGER'

Save the Whale, yes you could be right but it will help to get it out of the Thames and back in the Sea as its in Danger now needs to get back into deeper water

Experts now arrived, so hopefully start to get some positive result's

Iwant a spokesperson to come on TV and tell the public whats happening etc. I think it's bad that they haven't done so.

Paul, There will not be a readily available source of food for a whale in or near the River Thames. It's fresh water and does not support the kind of sea creatures whales eat. I'm certain there will be marine life experts at London Zoo, not too far away, who will be able to advise, but the River Thames is quite busy with boats, barges, canoes, etc, and you can't easily stop all those vessels in order to reach a large, disorientated creature. Rest assured, someone will be doing what's appropriate - as far as they possibly can. If you've ever seen the Oxford v Cambridge boat race, you will have seen the sort of location where the whale is now. CB >|<

perhaps the experts are busy, working out how to help the whale

The sea in southend is the thames so maybe they got seperated, this is so sad i hope they find eachother xx

I'll cry if he dies :-(((( Seriously, i'm such a wimp with things like that!

Paul there was talk of going to the Fish Market which is not far away from where the whale is so hopefully there will try and feed it if it takes it is another matter,

Apparently there has been reports of a whale being sighted near Canary Wharf!!!!