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No explanation on East Hampton beached whale

Allen Ingling, right, the 73-year-old retired veterinarian who

Photo credit: Doug Kuntz | Allen Ingling, right, the 73-year-old retired veterinarian who shot the whale with a high powered rifle, watches the scene after the dead whale was dragged to the beach. (April 9, 2010)

An exhaustive postmortem on the humpback whale calf euthanized after its stranding on the shore of East Hampton last spring has found no conclusive health reason why it beached itself.

Despite earlier suggestions the whale may have stranded itself because of sickness or injury, tests carried out by a federal agency found the whale had been in "good body condition" although its stomach was...

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