Mid-Atlantic Humpback Whale Deaths Cause Concern
This 33.5 foot juvenile humpback whale was found dead on the beach in Corolla, North Carolina on February 17, 2019. The necropsy revealed that the whale had been struck by a ship.
credit: Corolla Beach Rescue
The finding of three dead humpback whales within a week in North Carolina and Virginia is concerning - for humpback whales and for all other whales species that reside in and travel through those waters, including the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. The first of the three, a 38 foot long humpback, was found on February 12th north of Oregon Inlet in North Carolina. Just days later, TV station WTKR reported that a 33.5 foot juvenile humpback was found dead on the beach in Corolla, NC by a Currituck County Sheriff's deputy just after midnight on February 16th, technically making the discovery on the 17th. Another humpback was found dead a bit further north in the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Sandbridge, Virginia, also on February 17th.
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