The baby humpback whale that's been suffering on the shore of an East Hampton beach since Tuesday morning has officially died. According to Newsday, this morning after the latest round of euthanization he was finally put out of his misery. They report, "the whale's death came after a scientist armed with a hunting rifle shot the stranded humpback, after an earlier attempt to euthanize the animal resulted in a 2-foot-long tranquilizer dart's being lost in the surf." Say what? Yep, there's currently a team of divers scheduled to locate the lost dart sometime tomorrow... because they aren't sure if it's still fully loaded! Watch out, other whales.
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