February 15, 2025
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Autopsy: Euthanized whale was pregnant

WELLS – An autopsy has shown that a female pilot whale that had to be euthanized after beaching itself in Wells over the weekend was pregnant.

But Lynda Doughty of the Department of Marine Resources said Tuesday the reason for the stranding is still inconclusive.

Passers-by pushed the whale back into the ocean after the animal first beached itself Friday.

But the whale remained close to shore and came back on Wells Beach the next morning. At that point, Doughty said the whale was in “rough condition” and had to be put down.


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