Berkeley Wire: Beached whale euthanized; JCC East Bay CEO steps down, citing ‘painful’ post-Oct. 7 era

An alive juvenile Minke Whale was found beached today at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park near Emeryville and later euthanized. Credit: EBRPD

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A juvenile whale that beached itself on an offshore mudflat at the McLaughlin Eastshore State Park was euthanized Tuesday after a team from the Marine Mammal Center determined that it was sick and behaving abnormally. (East Bay Times, KQED)

An alive juvenile Minke Whale was found beached today at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park near Emeryville. The Park District is working with the Marine Mammal Center & Alameda County Fire to assess the health of the animals and assist it in unbeaching itself if possible. pic.twitter.com/GDWzmdOO1n

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