Our Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme- UK strandings team yesterday carried out a necropsy on the whale which was found dead in the Thames last Friday. Sei whales are rarely found stranded in the UK, with only 7 found in the last 30 years. We found no evidence of significant injury or plastics having been ingested. Follow-up tests are pending which may shed further light on this whale, that we determined had live-stranded and had a significant intestinal parasite infestation, which may

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We hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Marine Mammal Rescue Team has been working hard to ensure we can continue to respond to live stranded cetaceans (dolphins, whales, and porpoises) and critically injured or ill seals, ensuring we are minimizing the risk to our responders, working within all federal, state and local orders, and doing our part to reduce community spread of COVID-19. If you see a stranded marine mammal on the beach, please

The rescue efforts continue today in Strahan, with footage from earlier today showing crews working tirelessly to save the remaining whales who are currently stranded on a sandbank at Macquarie Heads near Strahan. UNFOLDING DETAILS: https://ab.co/2FXMBr2 Authorities confirmed this morning that one third of the whales have died. The rescue could take several days. | ABC Hobart