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Rare fin whale found dead on B.C. beach

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Mar, 2022 05:08 PM
  • Rare fin whale found dead on B.C. beach

PENDER HARBOUR, B.C. - An official with the Fisheries Department says a rare, young fin whale has been found dead on a remote beach along British Columbia's south coast.

Paul Cottrell, the department's Pacific marine mammal co-ordinator, says initial examinations show that the whale was killed by blunt force trauma from a possible vessel strike.

Martin Haulena, head veterinarian at the Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Centre, says it is a concern because the death of a rare animal affects the whole population.

The Species at Risk Act lists fin whales in Pacific Canadian waters as threatened, with about 500 of them remaining.

Cottrell says the 13-metre long, two-year-old whale probably died in mid-March before it washed ashore near Pender Harbour, about 100 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.

Fin whales are the second largest whale in the ocean, growing up to 27 metres long, weighing nearly 80 tonnes.

They have a lifespan of up to 100 years.

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