A whale for the killing

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***In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation.*** Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died. ***A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival*** with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself.***--WorldCat***

subjects: Christian,  Farley Mowat,  Whales,  Animal,  Abuse,  Non-fiction,  Biography,  Literature,  Stories,  Tales,  Anecdotes,  Books,  Novels,  Hardcovers,  Paperback,  e-book,  Adventure,  Finback whales,  Senseless Killings,  Wildlife destruction,  Wildlife conservation,  Finback whale,  Legends and stories,  Mammals,  Fiction in English,  Animal welfare,  Wildlife conservation, canada

People: God. Portuguese,  Joaz Alvarez Fagundez,  French,  Mic Mac Indians,  English,  Irish,  Ursula of Cologne

Places: North America,  Newfoundland (Canada),  Burgeo,  The Burgeo Islands,  Grand Bruit,  Bear Island,  Cabot Strait,  Port Aux Basques,  North Sydney,  Nova Scotia,  St. John's (New Brunswick),  Newfoundland

Times: 20th Century / 1960s