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Whale carcasses washed up on Mid West-Gascoyne beaches attributed to growing whale population
A conservation leader claims the recent surge in dead or injured whales washing up on the Mid West coast is a result of a growing humpback whale population. Less than 1000 humpback whales were estimated to be living on the West Australian coast in 1962. …