Whale shark, not a whale

MALAYSIA: This is with reference to the Rehan Hashmi and Aisha Iqbal’s article “Sadly, this whale had a fishermen of a time” (July 6). One could tell from the picture that the creature was not a whale but a whale shark which is actually shark — and hence a fish.

The report got this correct in the first sentence but after that in the article the creature has been wrongly attributed as a whale. The whale shark is an endangered animal. I wonder whether any organisation is taking action about this incident. Moreover, action must also be taken against the fishermen who are responsible for its death and for their clear disregard for endangered animals.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10^th, 2010.