Whale washed ashore in Kauai dies with fishing nets and plastic bags in stomach
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Hanamā‘ulu, Hawaii, United States |
A whale that washed ashore in the island of Kauai over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up in oceans every year.
