May-31 2012

Judge reduces SeaWorld Orlando's fine (Washington Post)
A judge has reduced SeaWorld Orlando's $75000 fine to $12000 for the death of a trainer by a killer whale in 2010.

Dramatic race to save entangled humpback whale on B.C. coast‎ (Calgary Herald)
A young humpback whale, entangled in prawn traps in Knight Inlet, has been rescued in the nick of time.

Beached whale dies in St George's‎ (Royal Gazette)
An injured whale has died despite a battle to return it to the water after it beached at the East End earlier today. Its carcas is now being examined.

Racing yacht almost hits a whale!‎ (CBBC Newsround)
The crew of a racing yacht had a narrow escape when they almost hit a whale at full speed!

Our whales have arrived‎ (Warrnambool Standard)
Two 17-metre whales have been spotted off East Beach in Port Fairy this morning in the first sighting for the season.

Beached dolphin rescued safely (BBC)
A vet and marine experts rescue a Risso's dolphin which became stranded on Perranporth beach in Cornwall

Shedd Interactive: Got milk! (interactive.sheddaquarium.org)
Piquet’s calf has hit the milk milestone, beginning to nurse around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday and continuing about every 30 minutes since then.

Oltremare - Riccione (Italian)
The Directorate of Overseas announced that the specimen of Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, spiaggiatosi and rehabilitated in 2005 and hosted at the park overseas since August 2005, died on May 31, 2012, the event has already been reported to the Competent Authority

Young dolphin named Highhope‎ (Perth Now)
PERTH'S youngest river dolphin has been named and is strong and healthy, but wildlife officers are battling to save another another calf with fishing line tangled

How to save a stranded dolphin‎ (Informante)
A weak or ill leader delivering his subjects to peril is seemingly a fate not only confined to the human race. Informanté attended a highy informative session of the

Training for Nature Trust Wildlife Rescue Team volunteers‎ (Gozo News)
Adults and children who recently happened to be in St Thomas Bay were surprised to see a 'dolphin' being carried in the back of a jeep during a training session

Minke whales , seals caught in a snare, was found dead‎ (Residents of Gangwon Ilbo - Korean)
For this year at sea in northern gel honhoekdoen whales total 32 (mink whales 6) reaches, and seals in the last December 28, 2005 died at sea two miles Sokcho daepohang Eastern


"Aquarium dolphin activity brother " (Hokkaido Shimbun - Japanese)

Aquarium in Aomori Asamushi dolphin from this spring, for the first time in about 15 years "to show dolphin brother "have appeared. Tsugaru city from Mr. Akira Takegahana of (21). Although once headed the way of cooking, again staring at the origin of the dream of my childhood, dolphin trainer was to study.


Kagoshima City Aquarium dolphin baby,  expected (Akita Keizai Shimbun - Japanese)

It is the 15 anniversary of the opening on May 30, "Kagoshima City Aquarium World". In, reaction of female gave birth in March dolphin -milky to, upcoming birth continued, Tenten

"Showed no adverse health effects" of mercury in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture‎ (Hebei Shimpo - Japanese)
Whales and dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, residents of many opportunities to eat meat, Department of Neurology, screening of 194 people conducted on methyl mercury concentrations were higher in hair in the health survey (117 men and 77 women) (Kumamoto) 30 days, released by the ingestion of meat, "National Institute for Minamata Disease results