Crossbow the right solution to free entangled whale – The Boston Globe

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Whale rescue attempt criticised

There has been some criticism of the efforts made by hundreds of volunteers to rescue the stranded False Killer Whales at Kommetjie Beach, Cape Town.  Nan Rice of the Dolphin Action and Protection Group, feels the public added to the stress of the whales. “And it’s stress that kills them,” Rice said. She and her [...]

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Stranded whales euthanised near Cape Town

Fifty-five False Killer Whales washed up on the shores of Kommetjie, near Cape Town, South Africa, early on Saturday morning. A massive all-day rescue effort was launched, with volunteers and officials battling high winds and strong seas as they tried to push the mammals  back into the open sea. Three had already died from stress. [...]

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Blue whales rediscover “forgotten” feeding grounds

Blue whales have begun reappearing in Pacific waters off the coast of Canada and Alaska for the first time since whaling ceased in 1965. Fifteen of the world’s largest creatures have visited the waters off British Columbia and Alaska since 1997, and four of them were individuals also photographed in Californian waters. Whalers formerly caught [...]

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Warner Bros. picks up whale movie script

Warner Bros. has picked up “Everybody Loves Whales,” a spec based on a true story from “Shaggy Dog” scribes Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. Steve Golin and Michael Sugar are producing for Anonymous Content. The script tells the story of three California gray whales who were found trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle [...]

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Humpback whales begin their journey north.

New South Wales, Austriala (ABC News) Whales were spotted off Cape Byron in northern New South Wales just over a week ago. Whale researcher Wally Franklin says the humpbacks will head past Fraser Island, in south-east Queensland, in the next week. He says the population has slowly increased since whaling ended almost 50 years ago. [...]

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Here come the whales

COFFS Coast whale watchers will be delighted to learn the annual northern migration of humpback whales has started, with the first sightings reported off the North Coast last week. The migration to breeding grounds in Queensland normally begins around this time of year. “About this time we begin to see one or two whales and [...]

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