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This handout photo taken and received from Brodie Weeding from The Advocate on 22 September 2020 shows a pod of whales stranded on a beach in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. Picture: AFP

Whales

Hundreds of whales dead in Australia stranding

By AFP

Another 200 long-finned pilot whales were discovered Wednesday in Macquarie Harbour, on the rugged and sparsely populated west coast of Tasmania, taking to 470...

  • Rescuers work to save a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on September 22, 2020. Picture: AFP

    Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia

    Scientists said two large pods of long-finned pilot whales became stuck on sandbars in Macquarie Harbour, on Tasmania's rugged and sparsely populated west coast.

    612 days ago
  • Members of the NSRI rescued a juvenile humpback whale that was disentangled in Buffels Bay on 1 July 2019. Picture: Simon McDonnel/SAWDN SA Whale Disentanglement Network

    Removal of octopus traps in False Bay may take weeks - CoCT

    At least four whales have become entangled in octopus nets in False Bay over the past two weeks and last week, a humpback whale carcass was found floating about 500 metres off Sunny Cove.

    1060 days ago
  • Members of the NSRI rescued a juvenile humpback whale that was disentangled in Buffels Bay on 1 July 2019. Picture: Simon McDonnel/SAWDN SA Whale Disentanglement Network

    Juvenile humpback whale rescued in Buffels Bay

    The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) rescued the eight-metre whale offshore of Buffels Bay, Cape Point.

    1061 days ago
  • A humpback whale carcass was found near Sunny Cove  on 26 June 2019. Picture: Supplied.

    Minister urged to halt exploratory octopus permit after whale death

    The City of Cape Town is calling on the national minister of Environment Affairs to place a moratorium on the exploratory octopus permit after another whale was killed.

    1064 days ago
  • The conservation status, size and distribution of selected whale species. Picture: AFP

    Into the deep: Conservation status of whale species

    The conservation status, size and distribution of selected whale species.

    1247 days ago
  • This handout photo taken and released on 26 November 2018 from the New Zealand Department of Conservation shows dead pilot whales on a remote beach on Stewart Island in the far south of New Zealand. Picture: AFP

    145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach

    The stranding was discovered by a hiker late Saturday on Stewart Island, 30 kilometres off the southern coast of the South Island.

    1278 days ago
  • Killer whale. Picture: Dave Hurwitz/ Simon's Town Boat Company

    7 whales saved off Aceh coast in Indonesia

    WWF Indonesia confirmed 10 whales were stranded on Monday, seven of whom were returned to the water by navy officials.

    1655 days ago
  • FILE: Volunteers try to assist one of the 19 beached pilot whales at Noordhoek beach in Cape Town on 24 March 2013. Picture: EWN

    Whale population increasing after 3 centuries of killings

    Findlay says research has shown those populations that can be monitored, like the southern right whales found along the South African coastline, have shown remarkable growth.

    1795 days ago
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