Dead whale washes up on Scots beach with 'entanglement injuries'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A dead whale has washed up on a Scots beach with signs of entanglement injuries, just weeks after two other whales were rescued from fishing lines off the Isle of Skye.The young male humpback was spotted on Friday, February 16, between Claonaig ferry terminal and Skipness in Argyll and Bute.

It was subsequently reported to the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS).A picture of the mammal was shared on social media on Monday morning, which showed signed of entanglement injuries.

Shared on Facebook, a local wrote: "A humpback whale has washed up dead with evidence of entanglement injuries. The young male was spotted on the beach between the ferry terminal at Claonaig and Skipness."On January 30, another whale became lodged in mooring lines of a fish farm around 10 miles north of Portree, Skye's largest town.

And just a week and a half after that, a second whale was rescued from fishing line just off the coast of Skye, near a salmon fish farm.