Minke Whale Euthanized After Beaching On Cape Cod

Another minke whale has died after beaching in Massachusetts after it was stranded in Wellfleet on Saturday.

A marine mammal rescue and research team at the International Fund for Animal Welfare responded to the scene and performed a health assessment. The whale was found in be in such poor health that it was euthanized.

A necropsy to determine the cause of death was planned for Monday.

Minke whales are in the midst what the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration call an "exceptional die-off" in New England. About two dozen of the marine mammals have died in the region this year. The deaths remain under investigation.

Minkes are the smallest of the baleen whales.