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Fourth Gray Whale Found Dead in San Francisco Bay

4/22/2025

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A lifeless gray whale, presumed to be an adult female, has tragically washed up on Alameda's South Shore Beach, becoming the fourth of its kind discovered in San Francisco Bay this year. The Marine Mammal Center is set to tow the whale to Angel Island for a necropsy, as worries grow over the alarming trend of whale strandings.

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A lifeless gray whale, presumed to be an adult female, has tragically washed up on Alameda's South Shore Beach, becoming the fourth of its kind discovered in San Francisco Bay this year. The Marine Mammal Center is set to tow the whale to Angel Island for a necropsy, as worries grow over the alarming trend of whale strandings.