One eight meter long lifetime whale Varó on Tuesday at the Playa Grande de Tongoi, in the municipality Coquimbo.
As reported by the Navy through social networks, the staff of the Tongoi Port Authority and the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service quickly went to the site to confirm the whale's status and treat.
Staff @capuertotoy already finds a way to confirm the state of the Beach Whale Beach Whale @DGTM_Chile @sernapesca @mindefchile @maritgobcoq pic.twitter.com/erazXilkFj
– Navy to Chile (@Armada_Chile) April 16, 2019
# Mariot organ with Tongoi with @Serenapesca they are already in Playa Grande, confirming the condition of a whale measuring 8 meters and is alive pic.twitter.com/CrTPKf0kU5
– Navy to Chile (@Armada_Chile) April 16, 2019
Captain at the port #Tongoy Sergeant 1 David Zamorano tells us about the tasks that # Mariot organ in conjunction with @sernapesca to save the whale and to return it to their habitat @DGTM_Chile @mindefchile pic.twitter.com/YWv6Ud6xzO
– Navy to Chile (@Armada_Chile) April 16, 2019
Staff @sernapesca is in place to assess the juvenile whale who lives on Tongoi beach and starts rescue maneuvers pic.twitter.com/O3Hc6XocJH
– SERNAPESCA (@Serenapesca) April 16, 2019
Unfortunately, despite the huge efforts of naval authorities, from which fishermen also participated, the animal died.
"We regret to report that the whale trapped in Tongy died during the rescue maneuvers. The template will be analyzed to assess the cause of death before its removal", Informed Sernapesca via social networks.
Despite the efforts made by # Mariot organ, staff @sernapesca and local craft fishermen, a whale that crashed this morning #Tongoy he died pic.twitter.com/qhfmJ3KHTj
– Navy to Chile (@Armada_Chile) April 16, 2019
We're sorry to report that the whale trapped in Tongo died during the rescue maneuvers. The template will be analyzed to assess the cause of death before its removal. pic.twitter.com/ubY6wQ3NPZ
– SERNAPESCA (@Serenapesca) April 16, 2019
The captain of the harbor #Tongoy Sergeant 1 David Zamorano, give us details of the unfortunate death of whales #PlayaGrande @sernapesca @DGTM_Chile @mindefchile pic.twitter.com/kYfxeTpLL7
– Navy to Chile (@Armada_Chile) April 16, 2019
Joint work between # Mariot organ @capuertotoy @sernapesca and @municoquimbo in #PlayaGrande in order to be able to move and bury the whale that died while swimming on the shore of the bath pic.twitter.com/jAq8VGSHWo
– Navy to Chile (@Armada_Chile) April 16, 2019
