PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 2, 2024
The Wells Harbor Master and Wells police are monitoring a deceased humpback whale that is floating about 2 miles off the Wells coast. The whale is currently drifting northwest and has a GPS tracker on it, Wells police said. It is the third deceased humpback whale found in Maine waters since June, including one in Harpswell and another that was spotted off the coast of Cape Elizabeth tangled in fishing gear. That whale was later found deceased in the Fore River in Portland and hauled into Portland Harbor. The deceased Harpswell whale was transported to Benson Farm in Gorham, a composting business.