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A resort in the Bahamas that shut down during the Covid-19 pandemic is responsible for the deaths of eight dolphins and the neglect of another five, a dolphin conservation organisation has claimed ...
Dolphins off the coast of Mauritius are dying at an alarming rate weeks after a ship spilled thousands of gallons of oil in the area. Around 40 dolphins have washed ashore in recent days, Reuters ...
The necropsy conducted by the network in Charleston discovered the unusual cause of death. ... had seen the dolphin twice before in the same area. The dolphin lab team brought it to the Port Royal ...
[37] [38] [39] The exact number of deaths or whales involved is unclear, with one newspaper reporting at least 245 confirmed deaths, [40] while another newspaper reported in 1936 that 70 whales escaped during high tide the day after the stranding. [41] Tasmania, Australia: 253 253 0 1978 More than 250 false killer whales stranded and died near ...
All dolphins died between 5.5 and 13.5 days of entering a freshwater stretch of the river upstream of Wingham during a king tide, and then were unable to return downstream. Extensive testing of the last surviving dolphin was carried out after it was able.to be captured by a skilled multi disciplinary team including the Sea World Foundation.
A Dall's porpoise caught in a fishing net. Generally, cetacean bycatch is increasing. Most of the world's cetacean bycatch occurs in gillnet fisheries. [3] The mean annual bycatch in the U.S. alone from 1990 to 1999 was 6,215 marine mammals, with dolphins and porpoises being the primary cetaceans caught in gillnets. [3]
Turk, 15; Gus, 14; and Nate, 20; died at Gulf World Marine Park, leading experts to question conditions and dolphin safety at the Florida attraction.
On 7 March, millions of small fish, including anchovies, sardines, and mackerel, were found dead in the area of King Harbor at Redondo Beach, California. An investigation by the authorities within the area concluded that the sardines had become trapped within the harbor and depleted the ambient oxygen, which resulted in the deaths.