Eksperter opgiver redningsforsøg af strandet pukkelhval ud for Poel

Dette er en opdatering om den unge pukkelhval, der gentagne gange er strandet i Østersøen. Forskere anser nu en levende redning ud for øen Poel for værende for risikabel, da hvalens tilstand er forværret drastisk. Hvalen forventes ikke at kunne befri sig selv, og miljøminister Till Backhaus udelukker aflivning.

Pukkelhvalen, der tidligere blev reddet nær Timmendorfer Strand og efterfølgende igen er strandet i Wismarbucht, har i flere dage ligget fast på en sandbanke ud for øen Poel i Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Den har vandret rundt i Østersøen i flere uger, langt uden for sit naturlige habitat. På et pressemøde på Poel oplyste Stephanie Groß fra Institut for Terrestrisk og Akvatisk Vildtforskning (ITAW), at hvalens hudtilstand er yderligere forværret med synlige rifter. At løfte den med stropper eller reb indebærer en risiko for, at huden rives af.

Der er nu mindre vand omkring hvalen, hvilket tyder på mulige organskader, tilføjede Groß. Direktøren for det Tyske Søfartsmuseum, Burkard Baschek, noterede, at den nuværende vandstand er 1,40 meter; for at hvalen kan befri sig selv, ville det kræve yderligere 60 centimeter. Prognoserne forudsiger ingen stigning de næste fire dage, men derimod et lille fald.

Miljøminister Till Backhaus (SPD) afviste at aflive hvalen og udtalte: "Det kan jeg ikke forene med min samvittighed." Forskere har advaret om, at ethvert indgreb kan forårsage flere timers stærke smerter, og at en eventuel død kunne trække ud i flere dage.

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