WES-KAAP. – Berig is deur die NSRI ontvang van twee dwergpotvisse (pygmy sperm whale), ‘n volwasse dier en ‘n kalf, wat gister by Slabber se Klippe op Melkbosstrand gestrand het.
Verskeie rolspelers het saam met lede van die publiek probeer om die gestrande diere te help.
Die walvisse het in die vlak water gestrand en die volwasse dier, wat gesond blyk te wees, kon suksesvol na die see terugkeer.
Die kalf het egter weer gestrand en daar is besluit om die jong dier se lewe op ‘n menslike manier tot ‘n einde te bring, om sodoende te verhoed dat dit enige verdere lyding verduur.
Lees die NSRI se volledige verklaring hier onder:
City of Cape Town (COCT) Marine Animal Stranding Network were alerted to reports of Pygmy Sperm whales beached at Melkbosstrand.
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), NSRI Melkbosstrand rescue swimmers, SPCA Wildlife Inspectorate, and CoCT authorities responded.
Public members assisted on the scene.
2 Pygmy Sperm whales, a juvenile and an adult, beached in shallow waters on the beach at Slabber se Klippe, Melkbosstrand.
Extensive efforts to return the whales to sea appears to have resulted in the adult returning to sea and authorities are cautiously optimistic that the adult whale, appearing to be healthy, will survive.
The juvenile whale beached again in the vicinity of the NSRI Melkbosstrand slipway.
NSRI rescue swimmers, assisted by public volunteers, tried extensively to return the whale to sea.
After all efforts were exhausted the decision was made, by DEFF, in cooperation with the SPCA and City officials, to euthanise the whale humanely to prevent the whale enduring suffering.
Gregg Oelofse, of the CoCT Marine Animal Stranding Network, said, the decision to humanely euthanise the animal is made in accordance with the approved marine animal stranding protocols, in a coordinated decision made by DEFF marine scientists, in cooperation with the SPCA and City of Cape Town authorities.
After the extensive efforts, that are commended, by NSRI and by public volunteers, to return the animal to sea, the decision made to prevent the animal from enduring any further suffering is humane.
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