Pollution in the Mekong River has pushed the local population of Irrawaddy dolphins to the brink of extinction, according to a new WWF report. Wildlife Extra
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Two one-day courses are available at the end of June in Kilush, Co Clare. On 27 June an Identification and Recording Course is followed on 28 June by a Live Stranding Course. Both courses will be held at the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Centre in Kilrush, Co Clare with a live stranding exercise in Kilkee
Naval exercises could have contributed to the mass stranding of 26 dolphins on the Cornish coast a year ago, a scientific report found today. The pod of dolphins beached themselves at four separate locations around the Percuil river near Falmouth in June last year after Navy exercises in the area involving surface ships and a
An International Whaling Commission (IWC) panel is seeking an agreement at its annual meeting next week to allow Japan to hunt minke whales off its coast in exchange for cutting back its controversial yearly “scientific” hunt.
The IWDG cetacean sighting scheme has successfully tracked the movement of a pod of bottlenose dolphins as they travelled southwards along the Irish east coast. The 1st sighting of c6 dolphins came from Joe Devlin at Greencastle, Co. Down at the mouth of Carlingford Lough at 11:00am on Sun 14th June. Joe’s images confirmed them
Last weekend 5-7th June saw the 1st of the IWDG’s summer 2009 weekend whale-watching courses on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork. It was attended by 15 participants, comprising both IWDG members and public alike. Despite a very poor weather outlook, we cheated the predicted torrential rain that was due on Saturday and we enjoyed sunshine
Years of study and effort by NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard will pay off this summer when two changes to shipping lanes into Boston are implemented. Both changes significantly reduce the risk of collisions between large ships and whales.
Blue whales have been recorded singing in New York coastal waters for the very first time. The voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 miles off of Long Island and New York City in January 2009, as the whale swam slowly from east to west. At th
At least 55 whales stranded on a beach near Cape Town were put down or died after rescue teams failed to return them to the ocean, a sea rescue institute said on Sunday. Planet Ark
The IWDG and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in collaboration with Veterinary Ireland are organising a seminar on the post-mortem examination of stranded cetaceans in Ireland.