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41 humpback whales have washed up dead during the past year, ‘unusual mortality event’ declared, along east coast of USA
NOAA Fisheries is declaring the recent deaths of 41 humpback whales from 2016 through present from Maine to North Carolina to be an unusual mortality event, triggering a focused, expert investigation into the cause. Courtesy of noaa.gov
41 Humpback Whales Died On US’s East Coast
Dead whale washes ashore in Chile’s southern shore
Dead whale washes up on NYC beach
4 dead whales have washed ashore during the past month in Virginia, USA
Photo: Chase Haugh image The carcass of what appears to be a heavily decomposed humpback whale washed ashore during the weekend at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, officials said. It is the fourth humpback whale to wash ashore…
56 dead whales and dolphins wash up this year, ‘WORST ON RECORD’, in Ireland
Fifty-six dolphins and whales have washed up on beaches in Ireland so far this year making 2017 the worst on record for such strandings. The number of deaths is a fivefold increase on the same period in 2010. They…
Update: 350 whales dead after 650 stranded in Farewell Spit, New Zealand
Volunteers look after a pod of stranded pilot whales as they prepare to refloat them after one of the country’s largest recorded mass whale strandings. Photograph: Anthony Phelps/Reuters Rescuers working to save hundreds of beached whales in New Zealand finally…
3 dead whales and a dolphin wash up in Baja California, Mexico
Alert in the habitat of the vaquita, the most dangerous marine mammal in the world, with only about 30 specimens left, due to the death in the last days of three whales and a dolphin, due to the possible presence…
