New Jersey
Dead whale found floating in Delaware Bay near N.J.
A dead whale was seen floating in the Delaware Bay near New Jersey on Thursday, prompting inquiries from volunteers on how they could salvage the animal with potentially limited resources.
What is believed to be a large humpback whale was reported to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a volunteer-based organization often called to remove dead sea animals from New Jersey’s coastline.
Sheila Dean, the center’s leader, told NJ Advance Media the lifeless animal was reported to the organization on Thursday. The center notified the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration of the whale, but the federal agency did not return inquiries about how to recover the animal.