The ongoing North Atlantic right whale unusual mortality event includes 41 whales: 31 dead whales and 10 whales last seen alive with severe entanglements or vessel-strike injuries.
Sources
- International Union for Conservation of Nature Updates ... (fisheries.noaa.gov)
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