September 24, 2015 — PROVINCETOWN — A necropsy is planned for today at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on a rare beaked whale that was stranded and then died Wednesday afternoon in the west end of Provincetown Harbor.
The 14-foot beaked whale was reported by beach walkers to the U.S. Coast Guard as it was thrashing around at about 1:45 p.m., according to Doug Sandilands of the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. The harbormaster staff, the police and the center’s staff went to the scene to assess the situation. At that time, the whale was alive and about a half mile east of the west end breakwater. At around 2:15 p.m the whale stopped breathing, but the rescuers waited more than an hour to see if it was actually dead. The whale’s body was then brought closer to shore, and then towed by boat to the east side of MacMillan Pier by Provincetown Harbormaster Rex McKinsey and his staff.
Read the full story at Cape Cod Times