SARDINIA, ITALY — A dead sperm whale washed up on the Italian island of Sardinia, where it was found to have 48 pounds of plastic in its stomach, reports CNN. <br /><br />Luca Bittau, president of marine life non-profit SEAME Sardinia, told CNN that garbage bags, fishing nets, tubes and even a bag of washing machine liquid was found in the whale's stomach.<br /><br />The whale was pregnant and was carrying a dead fetus, according to CNN. Bittau explained that the whale had "almost certainly" aborted her fetus before beaching.<br /><br />He said that examinations would be carried out on the whale to determine its exact cause of death. Italian environment minister Sergio Costo reacted in a Facebook post saying that "Are there still people that say that these are not important problems?"<br /><br />He added that he believes this issue takes priority.
