Dead whale found in Indonesia with 6 kg of plastic waste in stomach

A dead sperm whale with nearly 6 kilograms of plastic waste in its stomach has been found on a beach in central Indonesia, a national park official said Wednesday.Park Chief Heri Santoso said the 9.5-meter-long rotting carcass was found Monday washed ashore a tiny island in Wakatobi National Park, a marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi.A team from the Wakatobi Marine and Fisheries Community Academy later found 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, two flip-flops, a nylon sack containing over 1,000 pieces of string, and other plastic debris in its stomach.Putu Liza Mustika, coordinat…READ FULL ARTICLE