APRIL 1,
2019
by Colleen
Barry
An 8-meter
(26-foot) sperm whale was found dead off Sardinia with 22 kilograms (48.5
pounds) of plastic in its belly, prompting the World Wildlife Foundation to
sound an alarm Monday over the dangers of plastic waste in the Mediterranean
Sea.
The
environmental group said the garbage recovered from the sperm whale's stomach
included a corrugated tube for electrical works, plastic plates, shopping bags,
tangled fishing lines and a washing detergent package with its bar code still
legible.
The female
whale beached off the northern coast of Sardinia last week, within the vast
Pelagos marine sanctuary that was created as a haven for dolphins, whales and
other sea life.
"It is
the first time we have been confronted with an animal with such a huge quantity
of garbage," Cinzia Centelegghe, a biologist with the University of
Padova, told the Turin daily La Stampa.
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