A short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) became the latest marine mammal to fall victim to plastic pollution after it ingested nearly a kilo of plastic waste, including grocery bags and shards of a hard plastic container, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Ilocos region. The marine animal, a species of dolphin, was discovered early Tuesday morning by fisherfolk in the waters off the villages of Patar and Ilog Malino in Bolinao, Pangasinan.

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