Ocean Sentry
Wildlife officials are believed to be investigating the deaths of two dugongs that were found entangled in a fishing net off Cairns.
May, 2019
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31 May
Seal endured ‘tortured death’ entangled in marine litter
A post-mortem examination found the heavy load of net had created a huge, encircling wound between the seal’s head and shoulders that had caused so much damage to the muscles of the neck that the vertebrae and windpipe were visible.
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30 May
Fourth dead gray whale found along Alaska shoreline
Marine mammal officials say a fourth gray whale has been found dead along Alaska’s shore. More than 60 dead gray whales have been found dead from Mexico to Alaska.
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29 May
150 long-finned pilot whales rounded up and killed in sixth hunt of the season in Faroe Island
And possibly 20-40 white-sided dolphins have been brutally and cruelly slaughtered today at the killing bay at Sandágerði just South of the capital Tórshavn.
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29 May
Canada’s 2019 seal “hunt” has ended
According to the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 32,102 harp seal pups were killed. In just one day early in April, 5,558 seal pups were killed.
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27 May
Once again, the shores of the Faroe Islands ran red with blood this summer
On Sunday 26 May in the evening, for the fifth time this year, hunters living in the town of Hvalba in the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago north of Denmark, drove a pod of 61 pilot whales that were swimming close to the shore near Hvalbiarfjörður.
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27 May
Dead gray whale found near Kalaloch is 24th on Pacific NW coast this year
The running tally of dead gray whales now stands at 64 West Coast-wide. That includes three found in Alaska, 21 in Washington, three in Oregon and 37 in California.
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24 May
Hundreds of dead porpoises found on Germany’s Baltic coast
Germany’s porpoises are critically endangered and hundreds are washing up dead. Scientists point the finger mainly at fishing operations.
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24 May
Alaska’s third dead gray whale of the year reported on Kodiak coast
Another dead gray whale has been found in Alaska, this time along the coast of Kodiak Island. At least 60 have been found so far from Mexico to here.
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22 May
Dead whale washed ashore in Italy with stomach full of plastic
A juvenile sperm whale washed ashore this week in Italy, where it was discovered to have a stomach full of plastic waste.
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22 May
Activists petition court to halt Japan dolphin hunt
Campaigners on Friday urged a court in Japan to halt so-called “drive hunting” of dolphins in the country as part of an unprecedented lawsuit that argues the practice violates Japanese law.
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22 May
Another gray whale found dead in Alaska, this time near Cordova
Nearly 60 gray whales have been reported dead from Mexico to Alaska. Many were skinny and malnourished.