36-FOOT WHALE WASHED ASHORE IN BENGAL
The carcass of a 36-foot-long critically endangered whale washed ashore in the coastal belt of West Bengal’s East Midnapore on Monday. Though the cause of its death is yet to be known, local officials familiar with the matter said that the carcass has injury marks over its tail and body. Whales are endangered Schedule-I species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in India.