Special Investigation
Sustainability 'A Blue Whale's Thoughts' by Hollie B age 11
by Year 6 (6)

Entangled in a Net to Die! Dear Humans, I am a Blue whale and have written this letter to beg you to stop polluting and destroying our world. Our oceans have been peaceful for many years and we loved to swim in the colourful,shimmering coral but now you've ruined it all for us. You've polluted it with your rubbish and oil. Our coral is limp and grey, broken because you pollute it. It's our sea and you are wrecking it because you're lazy and careless. You can't be bothered to get rid of the rubbish yourselves so you throw your waste where we live! In our sea! Because you over-fish, our race is dying, many starving because you fill our sea. You fill our sea with oil and fly-ash which when entering our domain it turns rock solid like concrete and squashes our food. Or you over-fish leaving us with nothing to eat. We are starving because of you because you don't care about us anymore,just about yourselves. Because of you I was orphaned when I was a young calf because you leave nets every where and my mum swam into one got entangled in the net and suffocated to death that is the way my mum died because you leave your big nets around that trap and kill us. Why? Why do you torment us? Because of you my sister had to rear me, look after me. She was 3, only 3 and she had to look after me. She was only a baby but she had to act like an adult she grew up to quickly because of that, she missed out on her child-hood trying to look after me. When I swim I see animals covered in it, seals, otters, birds, fish, other whales, dolphins, sharks,and many,many other animals. Some kind people help but most take one look and go 'Oh well' and carry on with life. The oil is killing us can't you see that? Are you totally blind? Is it that hard for you to get up and help? Well is it? Think about it. Think hard about it and take a big look at yourself. My sister was caught in an oil spill and the oil wrapped itself around her like a tight coat and covered her eyes like two dark sunglasses. Later she got beached and a kind human helped clean her up and get her back in the sea. I nursed her back to health as it was the only thing I could do to repay her. When I was young I was hunted, one boat tried to herd me towards another but when they thought they had me, I got away because I am small and quick, so they lost me. After that I created a fear of Humans and only just managed to pluck up the courage to write this. Please stop doing this! Our sea is bad, our fish are poisoned it is not just us who eat fish but birds too. If you are not careful you will loose all your beautiful birds and marine life. You are like the oil you wrap yourselves around us until we die. We used to be so happy our songs full of joy but those songs are lost to us now, forgotten, dead, unknown, totally demolished!!! The sea is full of sad frightened songs now. We are dying, wilting and near extinction. I and a few others are what is left of our species. Please stop this MADNESS!!!!!!!!!! Yours Pleadingly Blue Whale.