Dead Animal Response — GLOBAL STRANDING NETWORK

Dead Animal Response

**Disclaimer: If you find a stranded marine mammal, please contact your local stranding network for assistance. Please remember to always comply with national laws and international treaties when responding to strandings or providing advice to others**

General Response

Live and Dead Large Whale Emergency Response Best Practices (Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (U.S.), 2022)
Dwarf and Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia Spp.) Best Practices (Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (U.S.), 2022)
Practical Guide for Authorised Field Responders to HPAI Outbreaks in Marine Mammals (World Organisation for Animal Health 2024)
Spanish - Guía para la atención de varamientos de mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia (Ministerio de Ambiente 2017)

Sample Datasheets

Sample Collection and Curation Guides

Collection, Storage, Retrieval, and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research (ISBER 2011)

OECD Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (2007)

Sampling and Necropsies

Carcass Disposal

Marine Mammal Carcass Disposal Best Practices (Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (U.S.), 2022)

Postmortem Forensics and Pathology