Sydney Ours Heart Out for "Colin"

Time is running out for Colin, the abandoned humpback whale calf stranded in Sydney’s Pittwater. Wildlife authorities are debating whether to euthanase the 4.5-metre mammal rather than allow it to suffer a slow, painful death.

The baby whale, believed to be about two to three weeks old, was first spotted on Sunday, nuzzling up to a yacht in the northern Sydney waterway in an apparent search for its mother.

Colin's plight has tugged at the heartstrings of Sydneysiders.