{"id":131053,"date":"2025-05-25T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131053\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:18:08","slug":"canarian-weekly-dead-baby-whale-found-on-fanabe-beach-in-costa-adeje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131053\/","title":{"rendered":"Canarian Weekly &#8211; Dead baby whale found on Fa\u00f1abe Beach in Costa Adeje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>The body of a baby short-finned pilot whale has been recovered from Fa\u00f1ab\u00e9 Beach in Costa Adeje, the third dead cetacean found in Canary Island waters this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Eyewitnesses have confirmed to the EFE news agency that the animal was \u201cvery small, only about the size of a dog.\u201d The carcass showed no obvious signs of trauma, and the whale will now undergo a necropsy at La Tahonilla Wildlife Recovery Centre, operated by the Tenerife Cabildo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Surge in Whale Deaths Causes Concern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The discovery comes just days after two young sperm whales were found dead in separate incidents off the coast of Tenerife. Experts believe both were likely struck by high-speed ferries, a growing threat to whale populations in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One of the whales, a juvenile male, was found with a deep head wound consistent with a ship collision. The second, a young female, is being monitored as it remains adrift, according to local officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Canary Islands are home to one of the richest marine ecosystems in Europe, with several species of whales and dolphins residing or migrating through its waters year-round. Conservationists are urging immediate action to prevent further losses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The recent string of deaths has reignited calls for stronger marine protections and stricter regulation of maritime traffic in ecologically sensitive areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Researchers from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and the University of La Laguna have issued a stark warning about the increasing danger to the local sperm whale population. They point to the sharp rise in maritime traffic and vessel speed through critical habitats, noting: \u201cIn less time than the lifespan of a sperm whale, the number of ships has more than doubled, and their speeds have increased significantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of a baby short-finned pilot whale has been recovered from Fa\u00f1ab\u00e9 Beach in Costa Adeje, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[39699,57792,13009,57791,70,16,15,22023,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-131053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-cetacean","9":"tag-costa-adeje","10":"tag-dead","11":"tag-fanabe-beach","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-whale","16":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114569380109887298","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}