(From news.mainetoday.com)- Two wildlife-protection groups announced today they have filed a federal lawsuit to restore safeguards for endangered North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks, and fin whales. The delayed rules would have required lobstermen in Maine and other New England states to switch from using floating lines to connect traps to …
September, 2008
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14 September
Navesink River dolphins at risk, advocate warns
(From mycentraljersey.com) New Jersey- Time is running out for the bottlenose dolphins that have lingered for weeks in the Navesink River, a marine-mammal advocate says.The water temperature will drop, the dolphins” food supply will be leaving, and if they aren”t “removed” before winter, they will slowly but surely die, said …
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13 September
Scientists Complete their Joint Study on Elusive Beaked Whales
(From newswiretoday.com)- A group of Europe’s leading marine conservation and research organisations joined forces to carry out crucial research into some of the rarest and most elusive marine animals on the planet – beaked whales. The research programme, called “Diver 2008”, after these animals’ deep diving ability, ran during July …
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13 September
Bottlenose dolphins wash up in Hampton Roads
(From wavy.com) Virginia Beach,Virginia – The first one was discovered Thursday at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth. A second dolphin was found Friday near the Ocean View Fishing Pier in Norfolk. Joan Barns with the Virginia Aquarium says both dolphins will be necropsied. Barns says this is the season …
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13 September
Dolphin pod pays respects
(From hbtoday.co.nz)- A pod of about 16 dolphins was yesterday seen swimming towards Napier”s Marineland, just a day after the tourist attraction”s last dolphin died at the age of 38 years. It is not the first time dolphins have been seen marking the death of one of their kind at …
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13 September
PETA asks town to build seal memorial
From thewesternstar.com) Canada- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – a U.S.-based animals rights group – has written Elliston”s Heritage Foundation asking it to build a memorial to the “millions of baby seals who are bludgeoned, shot and often skinned alive in seal hunts.” The foundation is planning …
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13 September
Beached whale found on Jupiter Island
(From wptv.com) Jupiter Island- An electrical contractor working on Jupiter Island Friday morning discovered a whale stranded along the shoreline. The whale was dead when the worker found it around 10am. Malcom de Sieyes, Harbor Branch”s stranding coordinator, said the animal was most likely a pygmy or dwarf sperm whale, …
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12 September
Cancer killing California sea lions
(From inlandnewstoday.com) Laguna Beach- Small but notable numbers of California sea lions are dying of cancer that appears to originate in the animal’s urinary systems and reproductive organs, then spreads. Richard Evans, medical director of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, says there’s been a 20 percent increase …
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12 September
Marineland’s future in doubt
(From home.nzcity.co.nz)- The future of Napier”s Marineland is in doubt after the death of its last dolphin. The Napier attraction has closed its doors after 38-year-old Kelly passed away this week. Kelly and dolphin companion Shona who died in 2006, were introduced to Marineland in 1974. However, a marine mammal …
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12 September
Chile To Be A Sanctuary For Whales
(From wcsh6.com) Santiago- Chile is making its entire Pacific Ocean territorial waters a whale sanctuary. The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill submitted by President Michelle Bachelet that bans whale hunting off Chile”s 3,400 mile (5,500 km) coast. Bachelet is expected to sign the legislation into law in the …
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11 September
Locals pester sea lion pup
(From portaugusta.yourguide.com.au)- An Antarctic sea lion died after it was found on the Port Augusta West Foreshore on Friday afternoon. The sea lion had been separated from its mother and looked dehydrated and exhausted, Port Augusta general inspector Kylie McKerlie said. A rescue effort was attempted but the sea lion …
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11 September
Sanctuaries for endangered dolphins key to saving species
(From stuff.co.nz)- Ensuring the survival of one of New Zealand”s most endangered marine mammals was a key priority for the Department of Conservation, ranger Ros Cole said. Hector”s dolphins faced extinction but the department and other interested parties were working on ensuring the species has a future, she said.However, humans …