Drama along Kitty seawall after whale washes up

The sperm whale

By Rae Wiltshire

There was an all-day traffic jam along the East Coast of Demerara yesterday after a dead 45-foot sperm whale estimated to weigh about 35 tons washed up on the Kitty foreshore and the authorities tried several options to have it removed.

The whale was caught in a fisherman’s net on Saturday and it suffered injuries after the fisherman tried pulling it to shore. A search was then conducted by conservationist Annette Arjoon who scoured the sea to find the whale. Unfortunately all attempts to recover it were futile until it washed up on the foreshore this morning attracting multitudes of the curious all through the day.

Several members of the crowd were observed during the day posing on top of the whale taking photos and as the day progressed, and the news went wide and