This USA Today article discusses how a dead whale was found with 88 pounds of plastic in its belly: ‘Action must be taken’.
A whale found in the Philippines died because it had eaten 88 pounds of plastic trash, scientists report.
The D’Bone Collector Museum, a non-governmental organization that collects and preserves dead animals, found the dead 15.4-foot whale on Saturday. A necropsy revealed its stomach was packed with multiple shopping bags, 16 rice sacks and four banana plantation-style bags.