The whale was found Tuesday in the surf in East Hampton on eastern Long Island. It was already weakened and unable to free itself. Marine scientists said it could not survive on its own.
Young whale stranded at NY beach euthanized
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y.
The president of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research
and Preservation said Friday that the whale died overnight. Charles
Bowman says a necropsy will be done in an effort to determine what
made it sick.