article_snippet: The entanglement could have cut off blood supply to the animal's tail, reported Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Safaris, which ran the boat trips during which The flukeless creature was seen.
article_snippet: Speaking to The Dodo, marine biologist Michael J. Moore, Ph.D., of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, said chronic entanglement trauma could be 'the worst form of animal welfare abuse'.
article_snippet: According to Captain Dave's, researchers estimate that entanglement in fishing gear and other items kills nearly 1,000 dolphins and whales across the world on a daily basis.
article_snippet: Marine biologist Michael J. Moore, Ph.D., of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, said chronic entanglement trauma could be 'the worst form of animal welfare abuse'.
article_snippet: It is not the first time a whale has been sighted with no flakes following an entanglement.
highlights_snippet: Nearly 1,000 whales and dolphins every day die following entanglement .