Ocean Sentry
(From canada.com)- On July 23, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation banning the trading of seal products (from the Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt) within, into and from the European Union. As for verifying insensibility and death by using appropriate monitoring methods, Canada does not fulfil this requirement. …
September, 2008
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1 September
Unusual whale and dolphin wash up on the Scilly Isles
(From wildlifeextra.com)- Two highly unusual marine mammals have been washed up on the western shores of the Isle of St Agnes within days of one another. Sadly, both animals were already dead. A very rare female Sowerby”s beaked whale was washed up at Periglis. Just as the Trust”s Marine Strandings …
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1 September
Minke whale washed up
(From liverpoolecho.co.uk)- A dead whale has been washed up on Formby beach. The whale, found opposite the Albert Road track on Saturday night, is thought to be a Minke whale. It is about seven metres long and two metres in wide. Minke whales can grow up to 30ft long and …
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1 September
Dead whale washes ashore
(From charleston.net) Isle of Palms, Charleston – A dead 11 1/2-foot pygmy sperm whale washed ashore early Sunday, the second to do so on a Charleston County beach and the ninth along the East Coast in the last two weeks. Blair Mafe, southeast regional stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic …
August, 2008
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31 August
Whale caught in fishing lines off Maroubra fights for life
(From theaustralian.news.com.au)- The adult humpback was sighted tangled in ropes and fish traps 4km off shore from Maroubra on Friday but has not been sighted since. This distressing image which shows the whale floating close to the surface with line around its body, was captured by fisherman Greg Stevenson. Yesterday, Upper …
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31 August
Wildlife officials alert boaters to manatee zones
(From floridatoday.com)- The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will jointly enforce the federal and state manatee zones in Brevard County during the Labor Day weekend. Manatee speed zones are clearly marked with large white signs and buoys with international orange lettering, …
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31 August
55-foot whale found dead at beach park
(From nj.com)-A dead 55-foot whale was found washed ashore yesterday at Island Beach State Park.The fin whale had been dead for more than a week, said Robert Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Atlantic County. It had gotten caught in some fishing gear, but it wasn”t clear …
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29 August
Pygmy Sperm Whale found
(From sanpedrosun.net)- The nine foot, 600 pound adult whale was found about 4:50 p.m. on Sunday evening languishing in the surf some fifteen miles east of San Pedro Town. The mammal had bluish-black skin, a roundish head and an under-slung lower jaw that seemed too small for its body. Sometime …
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28 August
Canada’s lame excuses for cruel seal hunt
(From international.sp.nl)- Members of the European Parliament received this week in their post a lobbying document from the Canadian government. The Canadians are unhappy about the Netherlands” desire to see an import ban on seal products. SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard has been at the forefront of campaigning in the European …
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28 August
Stranded porpoise sent to ancouver Rescue facility
(From canada.com)- Staff and volunteers at Vancouver Aquarium”s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre are spending 24 hours a day in the water with a baby harbour porpoise, found stranded in Victoria two days ago, in a desperate attempt to save her life.“She can”t swim without support so she has people in …
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28 August
Dozens Of Massacred Narwhals Found On Greenland Coast
(From afp.google.com) Copenhagen- Dozens of massacred narwhals, an Arctic whale with a single long tusk, have been discovered on the east coast of Greenland in what local police said Thursday could be a case of poaching. “We received a complaint that there may have been a possible violation of the …
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28 August
Sea Lion euthanized after being rescued from South San Francisco Canal
(From mercurynews.com)- A 235-pound adult California sea lion that trapped itself in a South San Francisco canal Monday was euthanized this morning after the animal was found to have brain damage from toxic algae exposure, animal officials said.The sea lion was suffering severe seizures and was soon diagnosed with domoic …