WHAT LEAD TO THESE CHARGES.
(SL)
BEACH GOERS AT SCARBOROUGH STATE
BEACH SPOTTED A DEAD WHALE ON
THE SHORE THIS MORNING.
WE'RE TOLD IT SHOWED UP AROUND
11:00 DURING HIGH TIDE.
12 NEWS REPORTER BRITTANY
SCHAEFER IS WORKING THE STORY
AND TALKING TO D-E-M OFFICIALS.
SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH THE
STORY.
BRITTANY, DO WE KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED?
(BS)
SHIINA DEM IS INVESTIGATING
AFTER THIS 15 FOOT WHALE WASHED
ON SHORE.
SPOKESPERSON MICHAEL HEALEY SAYS
THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA AND
HOW IT DIED IS A MYSTERY.
We have never seen anything
quite like this...
RORY BROWN HIT SCARBOROUGH BEACH
EARLY SUNDAY AND TELLS ME AROUND
11:00 HE SAW SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED WASH ON SHORE.
When the tide was high it was
kind of rolling it and it made
it, it was kind of moving around
in the waves motioning like it
was alive still so that is when
we first saw it. We were joking
with our friends about like
maybe we will see a shark out
there today and I was like maybe
out at the end of the rocks we
will see some whales and we
walked onto the beach and saw a
baby whale.
THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DESCRIBES THE WHALE AS A 15 FOOT
JUVENILE COMMON MINKE WHALE.
DEM STATIONED PARK RANGERS AT
THE BEACH SUNDAY TO KEEP PEOPLE
FROM GOING NEAR THE WHALE.
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WAS
NOTIFIED AND IS INVESTIGATING
THE DEATH.
There were no signs of physical
injury on the whale so we will
be sending a crew out in a boat
in the water to see if there is
anything out there that struck
it. Hopefully we can find
something out.
BEACHGOERS SUNDAY TELL ME THE
ODD SIGHT DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR
BEACH PLANS.
You just had to go to the side a
little bit if you get a little
too close down wind from it, it
doesn't smell too great though.
The tide never took it back in
so I'm surprised it's still on
the shore right now.
(BS)
AND HEALEY TELLS ME NO
BIOLOGISTS ARE AVAILABLE TO
PERFORM A NECROPSY AND BECAUSE
OF THE LONG AND POPULAR BEACH
WEEKEND OFFICIALS WILL BE MOVING
THE WHALE AND BURRYING IT BEFORE
TOMORROW'S BEACH DAY.
LIVE IN NARRAGANSETT, BRITTANY
