And they found it–seemingly–in a bunch of State highway engineers. When it became apparent back in November 1970 that the local community of Florence, Oregon had an eight ton problem on their hands, they looked for an easy solution.
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What they rarely do is focus on the very practical challenges of how to dispose of eight tons of dead whale which has been swept up on a beach and into a community with no idea what to do next! A Burst that ‘Blasted Blubber beyond all Believable Bounds’ Yet these connections often pivot on the sanctity of living whales, and the moral perils of threatening this sanctity–whether through hunting them for meat or sport, justifying their slaughter on scientific or cultural grounds, or robbing them of the environments and ecosystems they depend on. Whales have long played a important role in challenging how we understand our connections with the planet we live on, from the complex and often-ambivalent environmental narrative in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, to the highly visible Greenpeace Save the Whales campaign of the 1970’s and ’80’s.Īs some of the largest and most intriguing creatures inhabiting the Earth, they continue to act as a touchstone for revealing what we truly believe about our collective relationship with the environment. To mark the anniversary, a remastered version of the original newscast has been released. 50 years ago, local ABC affiliate KATU covered Oregon’s now-infamous exploding whale.
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