Out of Line

I haven't really been following the "whale up the Thames" story [I saw parts of it while rushing by during the casting of the kiln on Friday afternoon],and heard with distress this morning that the whale is no more.I may be way out of line,and feel free to be outraged,but isn't this sad episode another example of Nanny-Stateism rampant? It seems to me that the whale was,as much as anything else,s/cared to death by the hordes of well-meaning boats and people who seemed to think that they had a better idea than the whale of what to do.Placed aside the ban on conkers in schools,it paints a dire picture of the current state of play.