Yesterday, a total of 19 pilot whales were killed on Húsavík, on the east of the Isle of Sandoy, Faroe Islands. This is the 19th grindadráp since the beginning of the summer.
August, 2017
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22 August
New study: West Coast ships kill more than 80 endangered whales annually
Far more whales die in collisions with ships off the West Coast than ever wash up on beaches, a new study has found.
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22 August
Endangered whales won’t reach half of pre-hunting numbers by 2100, study says
Research finds endangered Antarctic blue, fin and southern right whales struggling to recover despite hunting bans.
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21 August
Noise from offshore oil and gas surveys can affect whales up to 3km away
Air guns used for marine oil and gas exploration are loud enough to affect humpback whales up to 3km away, potentially affecting their migration patterns, according to our new research.
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21 August
Faroe Islanders turned the sea red again after slaughtering another 30 pilot whales
Yesterday evening, 30 pilot whales where savagely massacred on a beach on Borðoyarvík, located in Norðoyar, Faroe Islands.
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17 August
‘It’s very alarming’: Another dead North Atlantic right whale found off Cape Cod
Another dead North Atlantic right whale has been spotted off Massachusetts, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in North America this summer to at least 13.
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17 August
Loss of Arctic sea ice causes earliest Pacific walrus haul out ever
Hundreds of Pacific walruses have hauled out of Arctic waters near Alaska’s Point Lay due to declining sea ice levels, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today.
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16 August
Likelihood of whales dying from ship collisions falls 70 per cent at lower speed
After a spate of whale deaths in Canadian waters this summer, the federal government asked vessels 20 metres or longer to reduce their speed to 10 knots in the western part of the gulf where the animals have been vulnerable.
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16 August
Toxic algae bloom are causing poisoning to the rising number of sea lions
Increasing level of toxic algae blooms causing sea lions to be poisoned in California. In the year 2016 nearly 70 sea lions have been treated by Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and in this year the number has already reached to 68.
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16 August
Blood spills on to the Faroe Islands in the 14th grindadráp of this summer
Yesterday, scores of Faroe Islanders crowded the beach as a pod of 80-100 pilot whales were killed in Fámjin, located in the middle of the coastline on the western side of Suðuroy, according a Faroe online newspaper.
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12 August
Canada orders ships to reduce speed to prevent whale deaths
Certain ships are being ordered to reduce speed because of the deaths of at least 10 North Atlantic right whales in Canada’s Gulf of St Lawrence during the past two months, the government said on Friday.
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12 August
Dead whale found stuck to bow of Princess cruise ship entering Alaska port
The Grand Princess, a 949-foot (290-meter) ship in the Princess Cruises fleet, on Wednesday morning pulled into Ketchikan with the marine mammal lodged on its submerged, bulbous bow.