Bray Head, Co. Wicklow (Nick Channon) What a complete contrast to Howth last year. A select group of about 60 people joined us during the 3 hr watch, several of whom were local IWDG and BWI members who had enjoyed whale encounters on either of the IWDG whale watching courses run by Padraig Whooley, or
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A sperm whale has been found stranded on an island in the Outer Hebrides. An animal welfare inspector discovered the 40-ton mammal dead on the Isle of Lewis. Full Stor
Freeport Fire and Rescue and Marine Animal Lifeline officials spent hours Saturday trying to help a 14-foot female pilot whale that beached itself at Winslow Park, but it was found dead two-and-a-half hours later on Cousins Island. Full Story: http:/
A wandering whale carcass that’s been drifting into various Halifax area communities in recent days made another appearance yesterday, drawing crowds of onlookers intent on taking in the ghoulish tourist attraction.
A global agreement to salvage the world’s depleted fisheries could be one of the main achievements of the Earth Summit, but environmentalists fear it could be a classic case of too little too late. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory
On foot of Tim Feen’s sighting of a fin whale blowing inshore from his Ardfield farm in West Cork on Sat. 24th August, Padraig Whooley & Simon Berrow joined Colin Barnes on Sunday 25th on his whale watching boat from Castletownshend to see if the whales could be photographed. We were to be in for
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has called on Shell Ireland to call off plans to conduct test blasting in Broadhaven Bay.
Scientists at Seaworld believe a whale trapped in shark nets off the Gold Coast has died. Full Story
He flies a pirate flag but regards himself as an international maritime cop. Captain Paul Watson’s opponents call him a saboteur, a terrorist – and Watson doesn’t deny he has sunk a lot of ships.
Story: www.guardian.co.uk Conservationists are bracing themselves for the deaths of thousands of seals after their worst fears were confirmed in the form of a highly virulent virus. The discovery of phocine distemper virus in tissue samples taken from dead seals washed up on the Norfolk coast has signalled the return of the disease to British