Beached Whale Defies Death From 'Lethal Injection'

 

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For the last six days, a 50-foot-long right whale has been stranded on a beach in Brazil, still alive but too weak to return to the sea - and for the last six days, authorities have been puzzled with what to do with it. Teams of biologists and volunteers have worked tirelessly, bucketing water over the 40-ton animal to keep it comfortable, although animal rights activists say the endangered whale ¨can´t be saved.¨ But even after receiving a powerful 'lethal injection', the whale still clings to life.

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