Emaciated Humpback Whale That Died Entangled In Fishing Gear Found In Massachusetts
The 30-foot whale, which beached at Provincetown Harbor on Cape Cod, died of “chronic entanglement,” officials from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said, according to local news outlet WCVB. IFAW officials said they had received reports of dead whale at the harbor on Monday. The animal was found in an area in which the carcass was almost fully submerged at high tide. On Tuesday, the animal welfare nonprofit sent a team of six people to the site, including a veterinarian and a biologist, in order to perform a necropsy on the whale....