In this photo provided by the City of North Myrtle Beach, officials with the Department of Natural Resources, marine science students from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, and volunteers stabilize a female killer pygmy whale at 21st Avenue South in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Three pygmy killer whales beached themselves at North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday and were so sick they had to be put to death, officials said. It was not immediately known what had sickened the whales, which are about the size of dolphins and weigh hundreds of pounds, officials said. (AP Photo/The City of North Myrtle Beach, Brian Williamsen)
By Bruce Smith, Associated Press Writer
August 15, 2007
CHARLESTON, S.C. --Three pygmy killer whales beached themselves at North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday and were so sick they had to be put to death, officials said.
Two male whales, which are about the size of dolphins, were euthanized Wednesday morning, said Wayne McFee, of the federal Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
Workers kept a third whale, a female, alive through the morning as they searched for a fourth whale reported in the area that was thought to be her calf. The fourth was not found and the female was euthanized shortly after noon, said Brian Williamsen, a spokesman for the city of North Myrtle Beach....
CHARLESTON, S.C. --Three pygmy killer whales beached themselves at North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday and were so sick they had to be put to death, officials said.
Two male whales, which are about the size of dolphins, were euthanized Wednesday morning, said Wayne McFee, of the federal Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
Workers kept a third whale, a female, alive through the morning as they searched for a fourth whale reported in the area that was thought to be her calf. The fourth was not found and the female was euthanized shortly after noon, said Brian Williamsen, a spokesman for the city of North Myrtle Beach....
