New Study Finds A Majority of Right Whale Deaths A Result of Entanglement, Vessel Collisions
A new research study looking at North Atlantic right whale mortalities has found that a majority of the recorded deaths between 2003 and 2018 could be linked to manmade causes, like entanglement or vessel collisions.
The study, which was led by Dr. Sarah Sharp, a veterinarian with the International Fund for Animal Welfare, was released in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms and looked at 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths that occurred in a 16-year period...
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