2 Starving Gray Whales Found Dead in Ocean Shores After Willapa River Whale

2 starving gray whales found dead in Ocean Shores after Willapa River whale

Just two days after a young gray whale stunned southwest Washington by swimming about 20 miles up the Willapa River, two adult gray whales washed ashore dead Friday at Ocean Shores, about 20 miles north of where the juvenile entered the river through Willapa Bay. They came ashore along a stretch of beach north of the North Jetty and south of the Taurus Boulevard beach approach.

Malnourishment, possible ship strike led to death of gray whales in Ocean Shores

Two gray whales found on Ocean Shores beach were malnourished, with one possibly struck by a ship, according to biologists.