Increasing activity in the Moray Firth ranging from offshore wind farm development to boat traffic is putting Scotland’s precious populations of whales and dolphins at risk, researchers claim.
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An orphaned whale calf which had been suckling from a yacht in a Sydney bay in a futile bid to find its mother was given a lethal dose of anaesthetic on Friday as its condition deteriorated, Australian wildlife officers said.
Mexico said Wednesday it will invest 163 million pesos (US$16 million) to save a highly endangered species of porpoise in the upper Gulf of California, asking reluctant fishermen to adopt safer methods or give up their trade entirely.
Chile’s Chamber of Deputies voted unanimously last Thursday to declare the country’s coastline a whale sanctuary.
IWDG recieved calls on Saturday afternoon that two dolphins were repeatedly live-stranding at the Cockle Beach in Crookhaven West Cork. Despite at least 3-4 attempts by locals and holiday makers to bring the dolphins out to deeper water, the dolphins continued to live-strand. On arriving at the scene it was clear that the dolphins, were
Report III 16/08/08 NIEA monitoring of the porpoise continued in Coleraine from 7am on Saturday morning, amid torrential rain and sodden street cleaners. The animal was sighted immediately, surfacing directly beneath the foot bridge and remaining within a small 10m channel. Showing similar behaviour to the previous day, it continued to angle itself upstream,
Dolphins and sharks may soon disappear from the Bay of Bengal off the Vizag coast. The cause: increased fishing activity and movement of mechanised boats. The H
On completion of the very successful June and July Whale Watching weekend courses, we still have a few places left on the 3rd and last of our weekend courses on Cape Clear Island on 29-31 August course. This is generally the most productive of the 3 courses in terms of sightings, as encounter rates and
Afternoon shoppers rushing across the Millennium footbridge in the town centre stopped in their tracks when they noticed a harbour porpoise in the River Bann below them.
An environmental group on Wednesday called on Taiwan’s government to protect one of the most endangered dolphins in the world, a day after a world conservation body listed the animal as “critically endangered”.