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A whale has died in southern\u00a0Thailand\u00a0after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, with rescuers failing to nurse the mammal back to health.<\/p>\n
The small male pilot whale was found barely alive in a canal near the border with Malaysia, the country\u2019s department of marine and coastal resources said.<\/p>\n
A veterinary team tried \u201cto help stabilise its illness but finally the whale died\u201d on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
An autopsy revealed 80 plastic bags weighing up to 8kg (18lb) in the creature\u2019s stomach, the department added.<\/p>\n
People used buoys to keep the whale afloat after it was first spotted on Monday and an umbrella to shield it from the sun.<\/p>\n
The whale vomited up five bags during the rescue attempt.<\/p>\n
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Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine biologist and lecturer at Kasetsart University, said the bags had made it impossible for the whale to eat any nutritional food.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you have 80 plastic bags in your stomach, you die,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Thailand is one of the world\u2019s largest users of plastic bags. Thon said at least 300 marine animals including pilot whales, sea turtles and dolphins, perished each year in Thai waters after ingesting plastic.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge problem,\u201d he said. \u201cWe use a lot of plastic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pilot whale\u2019s plight generated sympathy and anger among Thai netizens. \u201cI feel sorry for the animal that didn\u2019t do anything wrong, but has to bear the brunt of human actions,\u201d wrote one Twitter user.<\/p>\n
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Source: Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A whale has died in southern\u00a0Thailand\u00a0after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, with rescuers failing to nurse the mammal back to health. The small male pilot whale was found barely alive in a canal near the border with Malaysia, the country\u2019s department of marine and coastal resources said. A veterinary team tried \u201cto help stabilise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n