Ocean Sentry
(From mercurynews.com)- Animal officials have been unable to locate a whale that was spotted Tuesday morning tangled in a crab pot in the water near Pacifica, Marine Mammal Center spokeswoman Mieke Eerkens said today. The whale, estimated to be less than 50 feet long, was seen swimming in the ocean …
August, 2008
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28 August
Dolphin protector abducted and beaten
(From solomontimes.com)- On Tuesday, August 19th, at about 8:30 pm, City Councilor, Lawrence Makili, was abducted from his home in Honiara, Solomon Islands, by eight men in two cars. He was then driven a few kilometers out of town when the thugs beat him and tried to kill him. “There …
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27 August
Whale washed up dead in eastbourne
(From theargus.co.uk)- Marine experts have confirmed the dead animal washed up on Eastbourne seafront this morning is a baleen whale. Stephen Marsh, from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, confirmed the type of species as a deep diving type of whale but could not be more specific because the animal …
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27 August
Pups seal their place in rescuers’ hearts
(From westerntelegraph.co.uk) Wales, UK- Two young seal pups have found themselves in the spotlight after becoming stranded on north Pembrokeshire beaches. As the tide was retreating, coastguards Pete Fletcher and Martin Leake carefully moved the newly-born pup to a safer area of the beach closer to the shoreline. The seal’s …
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27 August
Second dead dolphin found washed up on Alicante Coast
(From thinkspain.com) Alicante,Spain- Council workers found a dead dolphin at around 5.30am this morning as they were cleaning Elche”s Arenales del Sol beach. The 1.5m-long specimen has been taken to Alicante University for analysis. It is not known whether this discovery is linked to a similarly unusual incident in Benidorm …
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27 August
Stranded whale freed off Fraser Island
(From brisbanetimes.com.au)- A whale stranded on Queensland”s Fraser Island will be monitored after being helped back into deeper water. Kayakers found the four- to five-metre-long minke whale stranded near Wathumba Creek on Fraser Island”s north-west beach this morning.The whale is reported to be all right.
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26 August
New details shed little light on sea lion deaths
(From columbian.com)- The deaths of six sea lions at Bonne-ville Dam remains a whodunit. On May 4, six carcasses were discovered in a pair of side-by-side floating traps below the dam. State employees had been using the traps to capture and relocate sea lions feasting on endangered salmon at a …
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24 August
Dead humpback whale washes up in popular Kodiak Park
(From newsminer.com)- A dead humpback whale that washed ashore at Fort Abercrombie State Park last week may be there to stay. “The Marine Mammal Protection Act, and more importantly, the Endangered Species Act protects those guys, even after death. So collection of soft or hard parts, bone or baleen or …
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23 August
Seals snatchers may face fine
(From whidbeyexaminer.com)- A week after Concho the harbor seal died at a San Juan Island rehabilitation center, charges had yet to be be filed against those who first took the pup from the water. Possessing, harassing or even feeding a marine mammal is a violation of the federal Marine Mammal …
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23 August
Beached whale may give scientists a look into the deep blue
(From wciv.com) Folly Beach, South Carolina- A dead whale that washed up on Folly Beach Friday may give scientists a rare look into the ocean”s ecosystem. The pygmy sperm whale is the second of its kind to wash ashore in the area this week. Along the Southeast, it is the …
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23 August
Campaigners call for the legal protection of seals in scotland
(From pressandjournal.co.uk)- Wildlife welfare campaigners visited Moray yesterday to highlight the plight of thousands of seals killed every year in Scottish waters. Every year, seals are shot by workers in the fish farming and fishing industries to stop them eating their catches. The existing Conservation of Seals Act 1970 allows …
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22 August
DNA tests for carcass found off NSW South Coast
(From theaustralian.news.com.au)- A whale carcass found off the far southern NSW coast may be the mother of abandoned humpback calf “Colin”. NSW National Parks and Wildlife spokewoman Sally Barnesby said efforts were being made to obtain a DNA sample of the adult carcass found off Eden on the NSW-Victoria border. …