July 8 (UPI) -- More than 1 percent of the global population of the North Atlantic right whale has been found dead near Canada in the Gulf of St. Lawrence since the beginning of June.
Early findings from necropsies done on three of the seven dead whales showed all may have died from human encounters: Two possibly collided with boats and another was seriously entangled in fishing equipment, The Guardian reported. At least two of the dead whales were female.