[CINC] Orca Stranding on Kauai 10/22/08

[Deb4nb at aol.com]

Aloha Greetings All,
 
Before the media frenzy hits, I thought I'd send a quick note on an orca 
stranding in Poipu, HI today.
 
An eighteen foot female subadult orca (determined by experts from Oahu and 
Kauai) came in the surf at the popular south
shore Brenneke's Beach around midnight last night.  I wasn't on sight to see 
it myself today, but told she was very thin with "whale lice."  After spending 
time with the animal, the field experts decided the orca could not be 
rehabilitated.  She was humanely euthanized, and taken to an anonymous location for a 
necropsy and land burial.  At present time, there have been no facts or 
results given.  
 
(There was a Hawaiian ceremony given for the orca, with an estimated 300+ 
people on the beach.)
 
Tomorrow/Thursday you can check _www.kauaiworld.com_ 
(http://www.kauaiworld.com)  for a more detailed article in the Garden Island News.  Hopefully there 
will be an official press release soon.
 
Take care,
Debra 
 
 
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