News

March, 2009

• 12 March

  Dutch police puzzled by mutilated porpoises washed ashore

  

  Dutch police on Thursday said the sudden increase of mutilated porpoises washing onto the Dutch coast remains a mystery. Between December and early March, more than 113 of the mammals had washed ashore on the northern Dutch coast. Almost half of them were severely mutilated, the cadavers showing multiple knife …
• 12 March

  Conservationists Protest Casino’s Acquisition Of Whale Sharks

  

  A Singapore casino developer is planning to import whale sharks for its planned aquarium, resulting in several local and international animal welfare groups launching an online campaign opposing the plans, the American Free Press reported. The groups have called on the public to “voice their opinions” on the campaign”s website …
• 12 March

  Oil spill threatens wildlife in north-east Australia

  

  Australian authorities are trying to save wildlife injured in an oil slick off the north-east coast, after 20 tonnes of oil leaked from a cargo ship yesterday. Heavy fuel oil has coated the east coast of Moreton Island, and is affecting Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast. It is expected …
• 12 March

  Deep sea fishing impacts greater than thought, experts warn

  

  The impacts of commercial fishing appear to extend far deeper than expected. According to new EU-funded research, a study of fish numbers off the west coast of Ireland reveals that even fish populations living at depths of 2,500 metres, far beyond the reach of the fishing nets and lines of …
• 11 March

  Sea Shepherd, CardPartner Team Up On Program to Fund Anti-Whaling Actions

  

  Affinity credit cards do a lot more than they used to, and now they save the whales too. Sea Shepherd, the global environmental non-profit known for defending ocean wildlife worldwide with innovative and determined tactics, and CardPartner, a New York-based company that helps non-profits and membership groups set up affinity …
• 10 March

  Scientists use sedation to free entangled whale

  

  Scientists for the first time successfully used sedatives to free a whale entangled in rope off Florida”s Atlantic Coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says scientists freed the right whale Friday near Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona Beach.
• 10 March

  7M pounds of debris collected in world’s waterways

  

  Nearly seven million pounds of debris was collected from waterways and shorelines around the world during a single day last year, illustrating that careless people are discarding trash just about everywhere, with much of it eventually finding an aquatic home, according to a report released Tuesday.
• 10 March

  Sea Turtle Washed Up Dead On Ft. Lauderdale Beach

  

  In Fort Lauderdale, a loggerhead sea turtle was found dead on Tuesday. Its lifeless remains washed ashore in what some observers believe was an accident with a boat illustrated by the deep lacerations on its shell.Eunike Steneresen, who studies turtles at FAU, added “He”s definitely hit by a boat. He …
• 10 March

  Anglers banned from catching big whaler sharks

  

  The new laws prohibit recreational fishers from taking whaler sharks with an interdorsal fin length exceeding 70cm, in the State’s West Coast and South Coast bioregions. The West Coast Bioregion extends from the Zuytdorp Cliffs, north of Kalbarri, to Black Point, east of Augusta, while the South Coast Bioregion stretches …
• 9 March

  Turtle found slaughtered

  

  Within a week of the leatherback turtles beginning their celebrated return to nesting sites along Trinidad”s north coast, one has been found slaughtered, left legless and without fins. The dead turtle was found last Friday on the shore of Pezance Beach, five miles from Matura – the village where many …
• 8 March

  Struggling whale likely same one found dead

  

  A whale that was seen struggling off the Oregon Coast is likely the same one found beached on Saturday near Florence, authorities said. The whale is believed to be a sei (say) whale, which normally wouldn”t be seen close to shore. A YouNews contributor captured an image of the beached …
• 8 March

  Dolphin calves wash up

  

  It’s a mystery why two newborn dolphin calves washed up on the beach Saturday. It’s kind of odd that we have two in the same day,” said Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport. The institute was called to remove the remains from the beach.