More pressure is being put on the European Commission (EC) to take action to reduce the number of dolphin deaths off Devon and Cornwall’s coastline. BBC
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Two anti-whaling activists held on a Japanese whaling ship have been handed over to an Australian fisheries patrol ship in the Southern Ocean, their group said on Friday.
A dead whale which stranded at Bere Island, Co. Cork in Sunday 13th January 2008 has been positively identified as a fin whale Balaenoptera physalus. IWDG stranding co-ordinator, Mick O’Connell visited the site yesterday (15 January) and confirmed its species from its unique asymmetric baleen colouring.We can also confirm it to be a 13m female.
Two protesters have been taken into custody after they boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Antarctic. BBC
The following guide is designed to instruct you on how to safely remove a skin sample from a dead stranded cetacean, package it, label it and return it to the Natural History Museum in Dublin for storage in the National Cetacean Genetic Tissue Bank. Please remember that all dead animals represent a health risk. Gloves
The following guide is designed to instruct you on how to safely remove a skin sample from a dead stranded cetacean, package it, label it and return it to the Natural History Museum in Dublin for storage in the National Cetacean Genetic Tissue Bank. Please remember that all dead animals represent a health risk. Gloves
Two protesters have been taken into custody after they boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Antarctic. BBC
An Australian court has ruled that the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet are illegal and ordered it to halt its operations. BBC
Anti-whaling activists on Monday said they had chased the flagship of Japan’s whaling fleet from hunting grounds near Antarctica, but were divided over protest action if the Japanese returned to resume the yearly slaughter.
Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica’s coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone. BBC