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West Berbicians were greeted with an unusual sight yesterday as a 12-foot whale became trapped in the nets of fisherman, Sannel D’Aguiar,New York Mets Zack Wheeler Jersey, of Plantation Ross,Baltimore Orioles J.J. Hardy Jersey, West Coast Berbice (WCB).Sadly, the mammal died shortly after 16:00 hrs yesterday and was transported to the city by a team comprising personnel from the Ministry of Public Works; Environment Protection Agency (EPA),Detroit Tigers Francisco Rodriguez Jersey, Iwokrama; National Sea Defence Board; Ministry of Natural Resources; Ministry of Agriculture; National Wildlife Management Committee (NWMC) and University of Guyana Biology Department.Earlier,Toronto Blue Jays Drew Hutchison Jersey, attempts by fisherman were made to preserve the mammal along the Number 37, WCB foreshore until help arrived. A makeshift pond was dug along the foreshore while fishermen awaited assistance,Washington Nationals Ryan Zimmerman Jersey, in order to decide the best method of releasing the mammal back into the Atlantic Ocean,New York Mets Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey, but D’Aguiar said that it could have been that the muddy,Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander Jersey, thick waters could have aided in the animal’s unfortunate demise.D’Aguiar related that he started to pick up his seine around midnight on Wednesday and reached up with the animal around one o’clock in the morning, and wasn’t certain what it was,Baltimore Orioles Manny Machado Jersey, “ so I waited for day clean.”He discovered that it was a whale around 05:30 hrs. “I tried to cut the net and save it…It died because of the mud water,” he opined.Since it was alive for much of the day yesterday, the animal had to be kept in the deeper parts of the waters until help arrived.Only last month a 40-foot sperm whale washed up at the Kitty Foreshore in Georgetown,Toronto Blue Jays Marcus Stroman Jersey, in the vicinity of the Russian Embassy. That animal also died. |
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