A team of hunters will kill about 80 beluga whales trapped in a frozen waterway on Canada’s Arctic Coast in what local officials said on Thursday is an act of mercy.
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The badly-decomposed body of a 50ft (15m) [Fin – Ed] whale washed up on a Sussex beach will be removed at low tide on Friday. BBC
Six Japanese whaling ships have set sail for their annual hunt in the south Atlantic. BBC
The IWDG presentation “Everything you wanted to know about whales and dolphins in Sligo but were afraid to ask” by Simon Berrow on Tuesday 14 November at 8pm is now available on the internet.
Two minke whales have been spotted around the coast of the Isle of Man over the past few days. BBC
About 40 whales died on a New Zealand beach after swimming too close to shore but beachside residents were able to save about 40 others, Australian media reported on Friday.
A Sowerby’s Beaked Whale stranded at Inishcrone, Kilalla Bay, Co Sligo on 12th November. Reported by IWDG member Neil Gilroy, the whale was initially thought to be a Cuviers beaked whale, the most frequently stranded on the family Ziphiiae, but on closer inspection single tooth, measuring 20-30mm in each lower jaw, were found to be
IWDG have received reports since mid September of a dolphin which has taken up semi-residence around this offshore Donegal Island.
The IWDG has been awarded a Vodafone/CVI Ireland Nature Fund Award. The award will enable us to continue with our large whale Photo ID project over the coming year. The award was presented by Mairead McGuinness MEP who also chaired the judging panel. The Nature fund is distributed twice a year, with a yearly prize
Iceland is in talks with Japan to ease the way for exports of whale meat to the Asian nation, a government source said on Wednesday, three weeks after Reykjavik ended a two-decade ban by resuming commercial whaling.