If they didn’t want to spend the money they could just leave them there
Comment on Pod of 157 dolphins stranded on remote Australian beach
x00z@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“Following expert veterinary assessment we have made the decision to euthanise the animals,” incident controller Shelley Graham told reporters. “That’s likely to be the course of action for all 90.”
I wish I could meet the people that make these evil and selfish decisions.
They just don’t want to spend the money.
Fleur_@hilariouschaos.com 1 week ago
jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Not to say that they probably don’t want to spend money on helping them, but it also may be too late
A lot of beachings started happening around the time that we started using sonar for detecting other ships and submarines. 50 years ago implies during the cold war. The loud sounds can rupture their eardrums or confuse them enough that they beach themselves repeatedly. Also it’s a possibility that the cause for the initial beaching hasn’t disappeared. Additionally they may only have the physical resources available to save a handful if any