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Last Friday, something stupefying came about on our Hayling Island. an 8 m long Northern Bottlenose whale beached on some of the mudflats just north of Hayling in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire.

Tragically, the Northern Bottlenose whale had suffered from severe dehydration, which meant it was suffering from kidney failure, when it became entangled on Monday night.

There was a super saving system, where humans attempted bravely to save the whale’s life. At one point the trained medics felt that the had to issue a lethal injection to put the whale to sleep. Yet, the whale then swam out to sea yet again. Regrettably, it came back towards the coast again and was beached for a second and concluding time.

The vets concluded that the only caring thing to do would be to supply the lethal injection, which they did on Friday morning. They used Immobilon, which was a very prompt and fatal strength of anaesthetic.

If the mammal weren’t put to sleep, the experts believe that it would have taken about 2 further days for the animal to die, during which it would have remained sick and distressed.

It seemed bizarre that the 6 tonne mammalian, which is usually found about 3000 miles away, ended up here on Hayling Island, but it is another wonderful story that Hampshire’s Hayling Island brings to its history.

There were around a dozen firefighters, police, coastguard personnel as well as members of the Hayling Island harvour lifeboat staff involved in the attempt.