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Marine Mammals

July, 2008

  • 31 July

    Rescuers in Fight to Save Whale

    From news.bbc.co.uk

    (From news.bbc.co.uk)- Rescuers are trying to coax a 33ft (10.1m) whale into The Solent after it became stranded in shallow water, coastguards have said. The North Sea Bottlenose was spotted off the Hampshire coast on Thursday afternoon sparking fears it could beach on a sandbank. The tide is expected to …

  • 31 July

    Porpoise Latest Marine Stranding

    From IAN MCPHERSON

    (From news.bbc.co.uk)- They are spectacular visitors to our shores, but more than 60 marine mammals have been stranded in Northern Ireland since 2000. The latest incident was a dead porpoise, washed ashore on Tyrella beach in County Down on Sunday. Beach users said that the animal appeared to have been …

  • 31 July

    Baby Whale Unlikely to Survive

    The baby whale from ABC

    (From abc.net.au)- Authorities are monitoring the progress of a baby humpback whale that was beached in Fremantle this morning. A spokesman for the DEC, Rick Dawson, says the whale still had its umbilical cord attached and its mother has either abandoned it or died. “Humpbacks are usually about four to …

  • 30 July

    Whale Tail Thrills

    (From cairns.com.au)- A large white whale has been spotted off Innisfail (Queensland), delighting fishers and fuelling speculation that it could be Migaloo. “I’ve seen whales before but this is one of those images that sits there in your mind and you just hope it never fades. Even the tail of …

  • 29 July

    Rarely Seen Beaked Whale Dies On Molokai

    (From khon2.com)- A rarely seen sea mammal beached itself on Molokai today. Residents and visitors made numerous attempts to save the beaked whale, but late this afternoon, the animal had to be euthanized. Beaked whales sort of looks like dolphins. They usually spend their time deep in the ocean, so …

  • 29 July

    Stranded Whale Freed from River

    From news.bbc.co.uk

    (From news.bbc.co.uk)- The 15ft mammal, believed to be a minke whale, was trapped on mudflats on the River Forth near Limekilns, Fife. A member of the public spotted the stricken mammal and alerted the coastguard – who used lights to help with the rescue effort. When the lamps were shone on …

  • 28 July

    Abandoned Seal Pup Being Nursed By Vancouver Aquarium Rehab Team

    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeremy Hainsworth

    (From canadianpress.google.com) Vancuover- Nicknamed Sammy Davis by the facility staff, the pup is a 7.9-kilogram newborn found abandoned July 11 by his mother on Davis Bay beach near the town of Gibsons, B.C., on the Sunshine Coast. Akhurst, the program”s co-ordinator, says Sammy Davis was dehydrated when he arrived Friday. …

  • 28 July

    Rare Dolphins Sighted off Broome Coast

    From Wikipedia

    (From watoday.com.au)- Recent sightings of the rare snubfin dolphin have been reported in Broome.Researchers are keen to know more on the mysterious dolphin, which was thought to be a distinct species unique to northern Australian waters.

  • 27 July

    Swimming With Dolphins May Not Have Any Health Benefit

    (From telegraph.co.uk)- Its therapeutic qualities have been linked with the treatment medical conditions ranging from depression to autism and dementia. But swimming with dolphins, or dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) as it is scientifically known, may not actually have any mental or physical health benefits to human beings at all, according to …

  • 27 July

    Stranded Dolphin Euthanized At Beach

    Merrily Lunsford/Cape Cod Times

    (From capecodonline.com) Orleans- The 8½-foot, roughly 350-pound female dolphin that died yesterday was in bad physical condition and was likely separated from its group, he said. Even if the dolphin was healthy enough to return to the water, it was unlikely that it would find its group again, Harry said. …

  • 26 July

    Police Rescue Stranded Dolphin Amid Storm

    (From stuff.co.nz)- Three police officers went to Castor Bay after a member of the public called to say that a dolphin was stranded on the beach. Police described the conditions at the time as atrocious with heavy rain, strong winds, and icy cold, very rough seas.Police say the young dolphin …

  • 22 July

    Florida Manatee Release

    From newsday.co.tt

    (From newsday.co.tt)- On Friday July 18, two members of the Manatee Conservation Trust, of Nariva, Trinidad, currently on an internship at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida, got the opportunity to participate in a once in a lifetime experience of releasing a manatee back into the wild at Safety …