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The Island Packet on MSN7d
Beached whale euthanized after washing up on Hilton Head Island. Why couldn’t it be saved?
Biologists say euthanizing the 31-foot juvenile sperm whale was the most humane option to reduce the animal’s suffering.
ABC111d
Crews bury euthanized beached whale underneath Hilton Head Island beach
A male sperm whale washed ashore on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina over the weekend and drew dozens of onlookers to Coligny Beach days later.
The Island Packet on MSN8d
Troubled sperm whale washes up on Hilton Head Island. What’s going to happen to it?
A 31-foot sperm whale at risk of death washed up on Hilton Head Island on Saturday evening, drawing a crowd of onlookers to ...
KJCT86d
‘We can’t just push them back to sea’: Experts stayed with rare, beached sperm whale as it was euthanized
have led efforts to keep the whale comfortable. Clay George, a marine animal biologist with NOAA, said sperm whales are part of an endangered species. He said this one that washed ashore is smalle ...
ABC 7 Chicago3d
Crews bury euthanized beached whale underneath Hilton Head Island beach
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- A male sperm whale washed ashore on Hilton Head Island over ... This is about as close as I'll ever get." A sperm whale swims off the coast of Dominica in March 2024.