Keiko the whale, star of the hit film “Free Willy,” is adjusting to life in the wild after years in captivity and now lives with a school of killer whales off Iceland’s south coast, scientists said Tuesday.
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The European Commission said on Monday it would introduce licences for shark fishing to prevent fishermen cutting off sharks’ fins and dumping the carcasses back in the sea. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/17166/story.
Some 20,000 seals, around half the seal population of Western Europe, are expected to die from a virus raging in the seas between southern Sweden and the Dutch coast, a Swedish scientist said on Friday. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewss
Environmental campaigners in America are concerned about a new danger to the world’s whale population. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2168168.stm
An extremely rare Longman’s beaked whale, only the third complete specimen known to science, has washed up on a South African beach, a senior scientist said on Sunday. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2172543.stm
A deadly virus which has already killed thousands of seals in northern Europe has reached Germany, officials have confirmed. Full Story
The Irish Air Corps located and photographed a pod of four fin whales off the south west coast on July 26th, while on routine patrol.
Norway said Tuesday that more scientific discussions with Japan were needed on the measurement of contaminants in whale products before both countries could start trading in whale meat and blubber. Full Story: http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&ca
Story:www.theaustralian.news.com.au The three southern right whales which have delighted crowds in Sydney Harbour are putting on a show again today. A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service spokeswoman said they were between Bradleys Head and Clark Island this morning. NPWS was keeping a watchful eye on the creatures, she said. “We’ve got a boat out
About 20 pilot whales died and some 25 more were expected to perish on Tuesday after they beached themselves off Cape Cod for the second day in a row. Full Story: http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/nation/3764823.htm