Plastic bags found in pilot whale


KOTA KINABALU: Plastic bags appear to have killed a pilot whale that was found in a weakened state in shallow waters at Likas Bay here nearly two weeks ago.

The mammal died on Wednesday while being cared for at the Borneo Marine Research Unit Institute at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

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