Mysterious giant beasts may lurk in the darkest depths of the ocean making whale-like noises that are baffling scientists. Full Story: http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=13&o=5737

It’s like Moby Dick minus the harpoons. Whale watching, a whale hunt that involves tourists with cameras and generally careful boat operators, gives the modern-day whale hunt in Puget Sound a tip-toe quality. Full Story: http://www.southwhidbeyrec

Villagers have been left gasping for air after a dead whale was dumped near their homes. Residents of Greengairs, Lanarkshire, are furious the rotting carcass was dumped in a landfill site next to their village. Full Story: http://www.dailyrecor

A female spinner dolphin died yesterday morning after it stranded on the Ewa end of Magic Island. The dolphin was still alive when a surfer discovered it at about 8 a.m. and reported it to police. Full Story: http://starbulletin.com/2002/07/08/n

The Cornish Wildlife email list reports that a heavily decomposed Cuvier’s beaked whale was washed up at Whitsand Bay, Cornwall on 7/7/02. Samples been collected by the NHM (London). This is the latest in several strandings of beaked whales that hav

A dead minke whale washed up on the beach at Lestre in Normandy on the 3rd July was found to have 800g of plastic bags in it’s stomach. The debris included 1 crisp packet, 2 English supermarket bags, 7 dustbin bag fragments and 7 transparent bags. I

The rotting carcass of a 30-tonne sperm whale has been removed from a beach near Edinburgh. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_2098000/2098390.stm

In total, 1,132 dead seals have been reported in the Danish and Swedish Kattegat/Skagerrak area until now. In Sweden, the number of dead seals clearly increased since the last week.

Japan softened its opposition to whale hunting by Alaskan Eskimos Thursday, saying its goal was not to block the traditional hunts.

Agriculture Minister Tsutomu Takebe, defending Japanfs controversial scientific whaling program, has suggested the giant ocean mammals are taking food from the mouths of millions of starving people worldwide.