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Noise from ships boosts stress in whales

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 17:36

The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behavior but can also affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported for the first time. The findings were made possible, researchers said, by an event that at first glance seems far removed from the plight of cetaceans: the attacks on New York's Twin Towers on …

Huge number of dolphin beachings along Cape Cod

Monday, 06 February 2012 19:58
Nearly 130 dolphins have beached themselves on Cape Cod in the last three weeks, with 92 dying in what's become "the single largest stranding" in at least two decades in the Northeast, the International Fund for Animal Welfare reported Monday. On Sunday, four more dolphins were stranded along Cape Cod's hook-shaped peninsula and were quickly helped back to sea...

Dead dolphin sparks call to extend set-net ban

Thursday, 02 February 2012 06:30
A rare dolphin found dead in a Taranaki fisherman's set net has politicians, environmentalists and commercial fishermen seeking law changes. The Green Party and Forest & Bird are both calling for the set net fishing exclusion zone on the west coast to be extended after a commercial fisherman caught a rare dolphin off Cape Egmont...

Sea lions found shot on Puget Sound, US officials say

Sunday, 29 January 2012 11:37
Eight sea lions have been found shot dead in the US state of Washington in the past few weeks, wildlife officials have told a local TV station. The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River, KING-TV reports. An eighth sea lion was found dead in West Seattle on 23 January. The Seal Sitters conservation group said it, too, had been shot...