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In September 2022, three whales stranded on the coast of southern Finistère a few days apart. In light of the conclusions of the autopsy of the third individual, the thesis of a virus circulating among large cetaceans at that time cannot be excluded.
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On September 10, 2022, a whale measuring approximately 17 m was stranded, dead, on a beach in Tréguennec (Finistère). Eight days earlier, a first corpse had been discovered on the island of Sein. | WEST FRANCE ARCHIVES
Was there an epizootic (1) in Finistère waters in 2022? In light of the results of the fin whale autopsy passesthe third stranded in less than a month on the coast of southern Finistère that year, it is a theory which is not without meaning.
A virus in circulation?
The first cetacean was discovered, lifeless, on a rocky plateau on the island of Sein. A week later, a second corpse was transported to a beach in Tréguennec
