Whales are dying at an alarming rate in the western Gulf of Alaska, and federal investigators say they're determined to find out why. At least 30 large whales have died in Alaska since May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week in declaring the first "unusual mortality event" for large whales ever declared in the state. Authorities in the Canadian province of British Columbia have also reported unusual whale deaths, and officials in Alaska have also noted widespread deaths of common murres, a species of bird, along the Alaska Peninsula, NOAA said. http://cnn.it/1JaUleo http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by Wochit using http://wochit.com
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8/21/15
Feds Investigate Alaska Whale Deaths
Whales are dying at an alarming rate in the western Gulf of Alaska, and federal investigators say they're determined to find out why. At least 30 large whales have died in Alaska since May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week in declaring the first "unusual mortality event" for large whales ever declared in the state. Authorities in the Canadian province of British Columbia have also reported unusual whale deaths, and officials in Alaska have also noted widespread deaths of common murres, a species of bird, along the Alaska Peninsula, NOAA said. http://cnn.it/1JaUleo http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by Wochit using http://wochit.com
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