Report clears Canadian navy in death of beached killer whale

The Canadian Navy has been cleared in the death of a killer whale that washed up in Washington state two years ago.

The whale’s carcass washed up just north of Long Beach, Wash.

There was speculation navy activity could have killed the orca, as the Canadian Navy was conducting sonar and small underwater explosive activity off southern Vancouver Island about a week before the whale washed ashore. But a report released this week says the whale was killed by an undetermined blunt trauma to its head.