A baby whale, emaciated and barely alive, washed up on a stretch of sand at Gilgo State Park yesterday before rescuers arrived to euthanize the starving creature. Full Story: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-whale0912.story?coll=ny%2Dl
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Efforts to give Alaska Native tribes the authority to set management rules for seal, walrus and whale hunting appear to have stalled for another year in Congress. Full Story: http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1770624p-1886629c.html
Story: www.koin.com Scientists suspect a pod of orca whales attacked a fin whale that was found dead near a cargo ship in Portland early last week. The fin whale was estimated to be between four and six years old. It was discovered alongside the car carrier Ruby Ray at the Port of Portland. Keith Chandler,
Gov. Ben Cayetano has approved a federal plan to expand the protection of humpback whales to include endangered monk seals and sea turtles in Hawaiian waters. Full Story: http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20020912&Category=APN&A
Beluga whales in West Greenland waters are too few in number to continue with present harvesting levels, according to a newly published assessment by the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO). Present harvests are several times the sustainable
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has published a report reviewing the sightings data collected by the group from 1991 to 2001. The report contains maps of sightings distributions and tables of seasonal trends in sightings for each species. The 30 page report also includes constant effort sightings results and discussion of the implications of
A 38-foot female fin whale that washed up dead in Portland last week was hauled to Fort Stevens State Park on Monday, where scientists will study the 35-ton carcass. Full Story: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=091102&ID=s1214006&ca
The deadly seal virus which has killed 700 animals so far is stretching Norfolk’s wildlife hospital to the limit. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2250583.stm
Scientists studying the movements of fish around the northeast Atlantic said yesterday they had made an amazing discovery, shattering for ever the 50-year-old myth that the giant Basking Shark hibernates.