A humpback whale that had been thrilling ... fishing rope running through the whale’s mouth and wound tightly around its right pectoral fin. “We’re hoping the best for this whale!” ...

Curious onlookers flock to Keel beach on Achill to view the corpse of a fin whale that beached there on Christmas Eve ...

It swam 100 meters southwest from the river mouth around 10 a.m. on Jan. 10 ... based on its nose and position of its dorsal fin. Sperm whales live from the Arctic to Antarctica.

The accompanying Instagram post by Mark Girardeau highlights “the tragedy of yet another human-created problem” in the form of a commercial fishing rope running through the whale’s mouth and wound ...