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Is anyone sad that the whale in the thames has lost it's life.?
'This is in response to sheffwed39 I think it's extremely sad that it didn't make it back to the deeper waters regardless of where it was found. If it wasn't news then it shouldn't be on the news chanel.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have absolutely no desire to see an animal in pain, and am sorry that it died in the Thames, but we know that animals die every day, and to say that a whale is somehow more special than a rat, or a sheep, or a goldfish is ludicrous in my opinion. So why are people upset? Because it was a story that was let into their lives, that's why.
Badgers die every day, but when one died in my garden in pain, and I tried to keep it as comfortable as possible while the vet came, I was sad to see it go. If anything dies in font of you, then it's going to be upsetting, so seeing the story on TV is bound to affect people. Lets not forget that "Whale Death" was not a headline that came out of no-where, because we'd beeen following a genuinely interesting news story about a whale swimming up the Thames for a day or two!
The money spent on rescue is another thing altogether, but not within the scope of the question.