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“Marine researchers euthanized a sick female sperm whale early Tuesday. It had been moving through the shallow waters of Tampa Bay. The animal’s carcass was towed by boat to Fort De Soto Park, where researchers conducted a necropsy to determine what had ailed the marine mammal. There are about 1,300 of the species in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision to euthanize the whale came after researchers from Mote Marine Laboratory and several other agencies spent much of Monday tracking the animal and saw that its health was gradually declining.” (01/02/08)