{"id":869705,"date":"2026-08-27T01:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869705\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T01:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:50:09","slug":"tragedy-as-stranded-humpback-whale-dies-overnight-after-getting-stuck-on-port-kennedy-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869705\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy as stranded humpback whale dies overnight after getting stuck on Port Kennedy beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The humpback whale stranded in shallow water off Port Kennedy beach has died overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The animal became stuck on a sandbank just metres from the shore in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park Wednesday, prompting authorities to shut the beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">DBCA confirmed Thursday morning the 10-metre whale \u201cpassed away overnight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cPerth Zoo veterinarians will attend the site this morning to collect biological samples and data from the carcass to learn more about the whale\u2019s condition,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe team\u2019s priority today is to safely remove the carcass from the beach for disposal offsite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The public is reminded to stay away from the area as an active shark alert remains in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Port Kennedy Beach remains closed to the public until further notice by the City of Rockingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">DBCA staff and Perth Zoo veterinarians spent Wednesday afternoon assessing the whale\u2019s condition, with authorities warning a rescue attempt was unlikely to be considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The humpback whale stranded in shallow water off Port Kennedy beach has died overnight. The animal became stuck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1313,64,63,44,128,45,338],"class_list":["post-869705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-science","tag-wa-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}