"Whale dies in Thailand after eating more than 17 lbs of plastic"

Timea Mozsi

This article is about a whale dying because he ingested 17 pounds of plastic. I chose this article because it correlates nicely with my last reflection paper that was written for the Sustainability Series. It is simply devastating how much our world is designed to only care about immediate individual needs and convenience. One-time-use plastic such as bottles, bags, utensil, and straws are convenient in the moment but are extremely harmful to other living creatures and our planet.

This article describes a short-fin whale in Southern Thailand that died because of the insane amounts of plastic that he ate. The veterinarians autopsy revealed that he ate more than 80 plastic bags! This whale is but one example of what human littering does to animals, the natural world, and soon, we will see that this will lead to the destruction of the entire planet. I think that this is something that can only be ignored for so long and soon will be something that everyone will see, will be affected by, and will have to deal with.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/03/asia/whale-dead-plastic-bags/index.html