Ocean Sentry
(From caycompass.com)- The Cayman Islands Tourism Association is calling on the Minister of Tourism to ban the future importation of dolphins. “Once again, we beseech the Cayman Islands Government to seriously consider the implementation of a ban on the future import of cetaceans, as other nations have done, to protect …
September, 2008
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10 September
Discarded seals show wasteful hunting practices not limited to whales
(From sermitsiaq.gl)- Add seals to the list of animals Greenland”s hunters apparently catch too many of. After revelations last month that whalers left scores of narwhal bodies decomposing on the shoreline near the eastern Greenland village of Ittoqqortoormiit, wildlife experts now say they frequently find seals discarded in harbour rubbish …
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10 September
Dead manatees in Georgia likely killed by propeller
(From macon.com)Georgia- Four endangered manatees have washed up dead within a few miles of the downtown Savannah riverfront in the past week, leading wildlife officials to speculate they may have been killed by a single large ship. Clay George, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said …
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10 September
Row over coastal test threat to whale routes
(From portlincoln.yourguide.com.au)- A conservation fight is looming over an energy company”s plan to use seismic tests to explore almost 6000 square kilometres of ocean, along the coast between Sydney and Newcastle, in search of coal under the seabed. A NSW Greens parliamentarian, Lee Rhiannon, said seismic vibrations could harm whales …
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9 September
Keep our dolphins: Makili
(From solomonstarnews.com)- The Government is urged to seriously consider resolutions reached in a recent workshop in Samoa on dolphins. Local environmental campaigner Lawrence Makili said at the moment the number of dolphins in our waters remain unknown. He said the Samoa workshop, attended by marine scientists, concluded that live dolphin …
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8 September
Population of blind Indus dolphins rises to 821
(From nation.com.pk) Karachi, Pakistan- Sindh Wildlife department is taking measures to save and maintain the 10 Ramsar sites in Sindh, keeping in view that that the migratory birds came from Russia, Siberia and various countries of Central Asia to spend winter season in Pakistan. Besides, the department would also put …
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8 September
Manatees rescued from Titusville drainpipe
(From floridatoday.com) Titusville, Florida- A pair of lovestruck manatees got marooned in a stormwater pipe Sunday afternoon, sparking a successful multi-agency rescue mission.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists, SeaWorld personnel and Titusville police, firefighters and stormwater workers converged on the scene. Wearing wetsuits, a handful of rescuers clambered down …
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8 September
Thousands of seals shot in Scotland every year
(From wildlifeextra.com)- Many people are unaware that thousands of seals are needlessly shot in Scotland by the fish farming and fishing industries every year. The existing Conservation of Seals Act 1970 is widely agreed to be ineffective and unenforceable, allowing seals to be shot even when they are pregnant or …
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8 September
Removal of nylon line saves sea lion
(From odt.co.nz)- A young sea lion was saved from a slow and painful death on Saturday after Department of Conservation staff removed a loop of nylon fishing line which was embedded around his neck. The sea lion was first spotted in Dunedin Harbour about two months ago and staff managed …
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7 September
Manatees caught in drain in Titusville
(From floridatoday.com) Titusville- Wildflife rescue staff has been dispatched to a storm water drain to help rescue two manatees trapped here. Witnesses at the scene, which is located near the Searstown Mall in Titusville, report that a female manatee and her calf are caught in the drain and require assistance to …
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6 September
DOC and local residents hope to put a stop to mauling of seal pups
(From 3news.co.nz)- The Department of Conservation is joining forces with far north residents to try and stop a repeat of the seal pup horror at Shipwreck Bay. Nineteen seal pups have already been killed by marauding dogs at the bay, and necropsies show that some of the dead seals were …
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6 September
Cambodia, “environmentally sustainable” tourism to save Mekong dolphin
(From asianews.it)- Overfishing, war, and pollution have decimated the dolphins, and only a few dozen of them are left. Environmentalists have begun a project aimed at contributing to the development of the villages and to saving the dolphins, but their numbers continue to diminish. Scientists affirm that a new and …