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Mar 14, 2007 11:32 pm US/Eastern
Whale Seriously Injured In Shipstrike
PROVINCETOWN (WBZ) ―
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The whale has what appears to be a 12-foot gash on its back.
PCCS image taken under NMFS right whale permit number 633-1763
An endangered North Atlantic right whale suffered deep cuts after it was struck by the propellor of a ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Experts with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies say the wound on the whale's right flank appears to be 12 feet long and 2-to-3 feet wide.
The whale was last spotted west of the Wood End Lighthouse off Provincetown.
The PCCS says shipstrikes are a leading cause of right whale deaths.
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