Pilot Whale Found Dead On Sand Bar Off Chatham

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CHATHAM – A rescue team from the International Fund For Animal Welfare responded to a stranded pilot whale off the Chatham coast Monday morning.

IFAW spokesperson Shawna Moos said the 17 foot whale was on a sand bar about 50 yards off Hardings Beach.

It was already dead when crews arrived on scene.

IFAW planned on towing the whale to a facility in Woods Hole to create a necropsy.

Moos said they were notified about the stranding from a call to their stranding hotline.

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