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Whale strike risk rises as international shipping reroutes around South Africa

Summary by ecotopical.com
In April this year, two Bryde's whales washed-up dead-on Dyer Island, a small nature reserve located a few kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai in South Africa's Western Cape province. Both whales carried severe injuries; their vertebrae had been shattered. "It was very clear that it was [vessel] strikes, because both those whales were snapped in half, and you can also see the propeller marks," Loraine Shuttleworth, head of research at the Dyer …
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ecotopical.com broke the news on Friday, June 5, 2026.
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