Pebbles
10-02-2011, 02:11 PM
I know a whale washed up in August in Port Monmonth, but did not know about this one.
Whale that washed up in NJ had been shot
ALLENHURST — ALLENHURST, N.J. (AP) — Federal officials say the 10-foot-long pilot whale that washed up on a central New Jersey beach last weekend had been shot.
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tell the Asbury Park Press (http://bit.ly/pP2TLF) that the bullet — apparently a round from a high-powered rifle — was recovered during a necropsy which also uncovered a partially healed wound. Examiners say the bullet shattered the 700-pound male short-finned whale’s jaw and fractured several bones in its skull.
The necropsy also determined the whale — believed to be a juvenile — died a lingering death brought on by infection. It was still alive when it washed up in Allenhurst on Sept. 24, but died a short time later.
Officials say it’s still not clear when, where or why the shooting occurred.
http://www.app.com/article/20111001/NJNEWS10/310010050/Whale-washed-up-NJ-had-been-shot
Whale that washed up in NJ had been shot
ALLENHURST — ALLENHURST, N.J. (AP) — Federal officials say the 10-foot-long pilot whale that washed up on a central New Jersey beach last weekend had been shot.
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tell the Asbury Park Press (http://bit.ly/pP2TLF) that the bullet — apparently a round from a high-powered rifle — was recovered during a necropsy which also uncovered a partially healed wound. Examiners say the bullet shattered the 700-pound male short-finned whale’s jaw and fractured several bones in its skull.
The necropsy also determined the whale — believed to be a juvenile — died a lingering death brought on by infection. It was still alive when it washed up in Allenhurst on Sept. 24, but died a short time later.
Officials say it’s still not clear when, where or why the shooting occurred.
http://www.app.com/article/20111001/NJNEWS10/310010050/Whale-washed-up-NJ-had-been-shot