A whale found to have swallowed up to 80 plastic bags is seen in Songkhla, Thailand, in this still image from a June 1, 2018 video footage by Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. (Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources/Social Media/via REUTERS) A whale in Thailand that died Friday was discovered to have more than 80 plastic bags and other items in its stomach, according to researchers. Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said the small pilot whale was found last Monday in a canal near Thailand's border with Malaysia. Wildlife officials tried for five days to save the whale, but it ended up dying on Friday, the department said on its website. During the rescue attempt, the whale vomited up five bags while officials used buoys to keep it afloat. An umbrella was even held to protect the whale from the blazing sun above, according to Sky News. An autopsy conducted on the whale revealed over 80 plastic bags and other plastic … [Read more...] about Whale dies in Thailand after eating more than 80 plastic bags
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Whale dies in Thailand after eating more than 17 lbs of plastic
(CNN) - A short-fin male pilot whale has died in Southern Thailand after ingesting more than 17 lbs of plastic bags and packaging, a sobering casualty of the waste littering the world's oceans.During an autopsy veterinarians removed more than 80 plastic bags from the whale's stomach, said Jatuporn Burutpat, Director-General to Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.Officials say the whale was spotted by locals on May 28 looking ill and floating abnormally. Government veterinarians were dispatched to care for the whale and were joined later by members of a local whale conservancy group.Photos posted on the Facebook page for ThaiWhales, a conservation group, showed volunteers tending to the sick whale, shading the mammal while giving it medicine and fluids.Related Content: Scientists hope new enzyme will 'eat' plastic pollutionVolunteers and veterinarians worked for several days to try and save the whale.Burutpat said that on June 1, the whale started to vomit pieces … [Read more...] about Whale dies in Thailand after eating more than 17 lbs of plastic
Dead whale in Thailand had 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach
A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, marine experts said.Besides killing marine life, plastic waste clogs waterways, and has been blamed for deadly floods in cities such as Mumbai to Manila.Before its death, the whale spat out five plastic bags.A post mortem found 80 pieces of plastic in inside it, weighing eight kilograms.And in 2016, some of the more than 30 beached sperm whales beached in Europe were found with plastic debris in their stomachs, National Geographic reported, including a large fishing net, an engine cover and shards of a plastic bucket.A team of rescuers deployed buoys to keep the mammal from slipping into the water and drowning as veterinarians tended to it.Thailand is one of the world's biggest users of plastic bags, according to The Guardian.According to the Thai Marine and Coastal Resources Department, an autopsy revealed that the whale had ingested around 8kg of plastic bags, which were preventing the whale from being … [Read more...] about Dead whale in Thailand had 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach
Whale dies after swallowing 80 plastic bags off southern Thailand
A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags. The small male pilot whale was found barely alive in a canal near the border with Malaysia, Thailand's Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said. It vomited up five bags while rescuers used buoys to keep it afloat in a rescue attempt, while an umbrella was held to protect it from the blazing sun. Read more from Sky News. NewsOK highlights articles of interest from selected websites to increase the scope of commentary and coverage available to readers. Readers are linked back to the source of the content. … [Read more...] about Whale dies after swallowing 80 plastic bags off southern Thailand
No one could save a pilot whale that swallowed 17 pounds of plastic bags off Thailand
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