The whale died within 12 hours, sinking while heading out to sea.

Many mature whales were too weak to make the whole trip and died along the way.

As the result of these circumstances the whales died within a week, although not until they had been seen by thousands of people.

The whale died easily, having been pretty well used up before.

Five whales had died here, two of them recently.

With the new guidelines, far fewer whales will die for no good reason, in the name of science.

The whale died after getting tangled in a fisherman's net.

"For one release they waited 36 hours, and the whale died."

About 50,000 of the larger whales will die in 1972 at the hands of men.

While the youngest whale died during the effort, the remaining two were eventually freed.