Beached Whale Transported to Stranding Center
A small whale was transported from 'Dog Beach' to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center on Monday morning and later euthanized.
A small whale that technicians at the scene identified as a pygmy sperm whale was transported from the Malibu Beach Wildlife Management Area to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine on Monday morning. The whale was stranded on what is commonly known as "Dog Beach" on the opposite side of the Ocean City-Longport Bridge from Ocean City. Emergency personnel from Longport and a handful of bystanders helped carry the whale in a cradle from the shallow water to a Stranding Center truck. The whale was still alive when it was transported about 11 a.m. on Monday morning, but it was later euthanized, according to Bob Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. It was transported to the New Bolton Center of the University …
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9:16 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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