President-elect Donald Trump claimed that wind turbines are responsible for the recent increase in whale deaths off the coast of Massachusetts. However, animal protection groups and experts cite fishing gear entanglement, vessel strikes, and infectious disease as the primary causes of whale mortality.
Plymouth-based animal protection group"Whale and Dolphin Conservation" points to federal data showing that whales are dying from fishing gear entanglements, vessel strikes and infectious disease.
Trump made serious claims that Mass. is responsible for killing several of the mammals in recent months during a Mar-a-Lago news conference in which he appeared to attack renewable energy. He called it"garbage" and made clear that he wants to ban wind turbines, blaming them for killing whales. Plymouth-based animal protection group"Whale and Dolphin Conservation" points to federal data showing that instead, the whales are dying from fishing gear entanglements, vessel strikes and infectious disease.
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