In Philippines a dead whale found with 40 kilograms of rice sacks and other plastic bags inside its stomach. Workers at D'Bone Collector Museum recovered the Cuvier's beaked whale east of Davao City earlier in March 2019. In a Facebook post, the museum said the animal was filled with "the most plastic we have ever seen in a whale". There were 16 rice sacks in its stomach, as well as "multiple shopping bags". The museum has recovered 61 whales and dolphins in the past 10 years, in partnership with the government’s bureau of fisheries, and found that 57 of them have died from ingesting plastic. The use of throwaway plastic is a particular problem in some South East Asian countries. In June last year, a pilot whale died in Thailand after swallowing 80 plastic bags.

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