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Southern Resident Orca L112 Stranding Final Report
On February 11, 2012, L112 a 3 year old Southern Resident Killer Whale was found stranded on the shores of Long Beach Washington. L112, more lovingly referred to as Sooke, was the daughter of L86 Surprise!. After two years of debate and research, it has been concluded that Sooke died of a massive blunt force trauma to the head and neck. It was proposed that sonar and explosives were the cause of death as the Canadian Navy confirmed they were doing testing off the coast of...