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FREE TIMMY<\/p>\n
Incredible pics show stranded whale being hauled out to sea on makeshift barge<\/p>\n
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Following the shock crash, the jet ski rider was airborne for a few seconds Credit: YouTube<\/p>\n
Just seconds before the jet ski rider flew over it, the whale had spouted at the water\u2019s surface Credit: YouTube<\/p>\n
The video pans out across the water and shows the rider floating away from the jet ski.<\/p>\n
Seconds later, the whale spouted again, just metres away from the stranded jet ski rider. <\/p>\n
B.C. Emergency Health Services later confirmed the man had to be transported to the hospital following the shock incident. <\/p>\n
He was in serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n
The jet ski rider was thrown from the sea-doo and was left floating in the water Credit: YouTube<\/p>\n
The whale was seen spouting a second time just metres from the stranded rider after the pair\u2019s collision Credit: YouTube<\/p>\n
Following the wild scene on Monday, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) launched an investigation to check on the health of the whale. <\/p>\n
The Vancouver Police Department has also identified the rider operating the Sea-Doo.<\/p>\n
DFO marine mammal co-ordinator Paul Cottrell and a team of experts attended the area on Tuesday to assess the gentle beast.<\/p>\n
\u201c[We] could not see any injuries, and the animal appeared to be acting normal and feeding,\u201d Cottrell said.<\/p>\n
The grey whale has drawn a large following over the past week as it has been feeding close to the coast around English Bay for days. <\/p>\n
Cottrell said the grey whale had been seen travelling north-west out of English Bay on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
He added that the group of experts did not see the animal again on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
DFO confirmed it had lost sight of the whale, which they believe continued its journey west-bound. <\/p>\n
As it swam away from English Bay, experts said it was making continually deeper dives. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe animal may have moved on,\u201d Cottrell said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still out on the water today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marine mammal regulations require boaters to be a minimum of 100 metres away from grey whales and 200 metres away from grey whales travelling with a calf. <\/p>\n
DFO has the authority to enforce marine regulations and species protection laws.<\/p>\n
Vancouver police spokesperson Constable Darren Wong said the department had been working with DFO to investigate the incident. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, he said that it was too early to say if charges would be laid on the injured jet ski rider. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIS is the shocking moment a grey whale was hit by a man riding a Sea-Doo off the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[100,18,19,17,133,461,207673],"class_list":{"0":"post-473770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-wildlife","14":"tag-wildlife-and-nature"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116535700088419030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}