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clare14 Country Bears
England
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We had a whale swim and get itself a bit stranded in the River Thames in London.   One of the first places it was spotted was outside the Houses of Parliament.

Rescue workers have worked endlessly to save it and get it back to the open sea, but it got very distressed, and was injured anyway, and it died this evening..........  bear_sad

I'm gutted  bear_sad I've been following the story with my 2 kids, it's really sad.

Here's the news link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4635874.stm

Pipa UK
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OH NO!! he died ?? Argh bear_sad that is soo sad. that poor whale !!! There are so few of them to start with bear_sad Urgh. i hate it when things like this happen  bear_sad

Cleathero Creations Cleathero Creations
Ripley, Queensland
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That is so sad.  I hadn't heard it had died just that it was there and looked really ill.

patsylakebears Patsy Lake Bears
Sydney
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Yes Clare I had been watching it and this morning hubby told me it had died. It is always sad when one of these magnificent animals die.....

TamiL Dolls N Dreams
Aurora, Colorado
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Oh thats sad, I was reading the story this morning, made the Denver
post.
I didnt want him to die  bear_sad

kbonsall Kim-Bee Bears
Pennsylvania
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I didnt hear about this.  Such a sad story.   bear_sad

We had a whale in our area (well 30-45 min away from me) that kept swimming up and down the area waterways... he eventually went out to sea..

Carolyn Green Draffin Bears
Auckland New Zealand
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Hi Clare,

We had watched it last night on the news and was so sorry to hear the news
this morning, that it had died. Such a sad end to this story.
We often have whale strandings over in NZ and sometimes about 20 - 30 are beached
and it is such a hard job getting them back to the ocean.
Often, they follow a member of their pod that are ill and that is how they become stranded.

SueAnn Past Time Bears
Double Oak, Texas
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Yes, I've been following the whale story, too . . . so sad that it died.  Those animals are so awesome!

Densteds Densteds
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Hi Clare,
yes!! I just heard that he died, it's so sad. We have hundreds that beach themselves on our coastline every year, no one knows why they come into shore...but there's always plenty of people to try to get them back out to sea again, have a look at the link below this happened in the middle of winter last year in Western Australia,

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/ … 9367.shtml

Denise.

jenny Three O'clock Bears
warwickshire uk
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I know...I saw the news....I really cried, what a tragic end.

Shelli SHELLI MAKES
Chico, California
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Marie_ Kiprie Bears
Yokohama, Japan
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I didn't hear about this news but this is so sad... bear_cry

bearsbybeesley bears by beesley TM
Tofield Alberta Canada
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I am so very sad! I heard about this unfortunate situation on the news! It is truly devastating!

Many Hugs Louise

fredbear Fred-i-Bear
Johannesburg
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We have been watching the story unfold on Sky news in SA, had not heard the latest,
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Lynette

Terrie Terries Bears
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
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Oh no! He died??!! That is too bad, I was watching the story as well.

matilda Matilda Huggington-beare
WA
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OH Clare I know I'm lat to this. I too had watched on the News about the whale. I felt rather distressed for him. But not until now did I hear that he died. bear_cry  bear_cry  bear_cry
we really make life so hard for our fellow creatures. bear_cry  bear_cry
I'm truely sorry for his passing. bear_cry

I Love Teddies South Florida
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That's so sad.  bear_cry  bear_cry  bear_cry

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