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Animals News tagged with humpback

Whale Becomes Free (Though Injured) Willy ~ Video
Animals  (tags: new york waters, marine wildlife, whales, humpback, freed, injured, endangered, extinction, humans, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 279 days ago - cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
A humpback whale entangled in fishing gear in New York waters, about eight miles offshore, was freed by rescuers Thursday afternoon, said officials, who released a video of the rescue. The whale, which is 25 to 30 feet long and perhaps 20 tons, had ser
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Humpback Whale Caught in Netting Off the Coast
Animals  (tags: new jersey, marine wildlife, whales, humpback, caught in netting, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 281 days ago - newsday.com
A humpback whale has become entangled in a lobster pot and netting south of the Rockaways, the Coast Guard announced, and a special team is being assembled to cut it loose on Thursday. The Coast Guard learned of the trapped animal Wednesday around 12:3
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Whale Beaches Itself After Epic Rescue
Animals  (tags: marine wildlife, whales, humpback, dramatic rescue, beaches itself, death, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 325 days ago - iol.co.za
The courageous efforts of a group of divers who freed a humpback whale wedged in a gully just south of Sandy Bay came to nothing when the whale beached itself at Sunset Beach the next day, dying an hour later. On Wednesday last week, divers pushed the
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Humpback Whale Rescued From Net ~ Video
Animals  (tags: mexico coast, marine wildlife, whales, humpback, recued, tangled in fishing lines, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, suffering, protection )

Jacquelin
- 349 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A humpback whale has been rescued after it got trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Mexico. A diver involved in the rescue, Oscar Ortiz said it appeared the whale had been caught for some time, possibly up to two months judging by the way the net
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Whale Carcass to Be Chopped Up and Dumped
Animals  (tags: marine wildlife, whales, humpback, washed up on beach, death, chopped up and dumped, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 388 days ago - iol.co.za
The rotting carcass of a 15-ton whale that washed up on a popular tourist beach near George will be cut up on Tuesday and transported to the George rubbish dump, where it will be buried. George's Fire and Disaster Management chief, Barend Nelson, said
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Pictured: The Moment a Photographer Got Up Close and Personal With a Humpback Whale
Animals  (tags: Rurutu island in French Polynesia, marine wildlife, whales, humpback, encounters, humans, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 423 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Yves Lefevre has spent years travelling the world taking pictures of marine life. But in his most amazing images to date, the underwater photographer got up close and personal with his favourite subject - the humpback whale. The diver swam just metr
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Australia Increases Pressure on Japan Over Whale Hunt
Animals  (tags: Whale, Whales, Whaling, Cul, Australia, Japan, Humpback, Minke, Fin, Endangered, kill, killing, anial rights, animal welfare, cruelty )

John
- 694 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Australia has stepped up pressure on Japan to end its controversial whale hunt in the southern ocean, dispatching a surveillance vessel that will gather evidence for a possible legal challenge to the cull.
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Whaling Petition Is 'Racist'
Animals  (tags: Whales, Whaling, Japan, Japanes whle hunt, Australia, Humpback, Minke, Fin, Animal Rights, ANimal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Conservation, Slaughter, Cullendangered, suffering, animaladvocates, cruelty )

John
- 698 days ago - news.com.au
A JAPANESE pro-whaling video condemning Australia as a racist nation using images of the infamous Cronulla riots has been launched on YouTube.
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Humpback Spared By a Fluke
Animals  (tags: whaling, whales, Japan, Australia, cull, animal right, animal welfare, slaughter, humpback )

John
- 700 days ago - news.com.au
Blissfully unaware of the Japanese announcement that humpbacks will be spared from this year's cull, two humpbacks were spotted feeding just 50m from the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza yesterday.
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Baby Whale May Have Been Killed By Boat
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, sealife, whales, humpback, baby dead )

Jacquelin
- 829 days ago - news.com.au
A BABY humpback whale found dead in north Queensland may have been killed by a boat, authorities say. The 6.2m calf, which have been as young as three months, was found in a high-speed boating zone between Mission Beach and Dunk Island on Sunday and to
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Rescuers Search for Tangled Whale - Australia
Animals  (tags: australia, victoria, whale, humpback, wildlife, rescue )

Chrissy
- 835 days ago - news.com.au
WILDLIFE officers in Victoria fear a humpback whale tangled in a craypot rope could die if it is not quickly found. Parks Victoria officers were returning from Kanowa Island, near Wilson's Promontory, southeast of Melbourne, on Monday, when they noticed
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Rescuers Free Humpback Whale................
Animals  (tags: whale, humpback, rescue, sealife, rescued )


- 845 days ago - news.com.au
THE first humpback whale to get tangled in a Gold Coast shark net this season was freed yesterday by a technique that showcased the expanding experience and creativity of fisheries officers. The juvenile whale
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Japan Accused of Killing Pregnant Whales
Animals  (tags: humpback, whales, WHALE SLAUGHTER, japan, pregnant whales )

Sea
- 863 days ago - int.iol.co.za
More than half of about 500 whales killed by Japan in Antarctic waters during the last southern summer were pregnant, the Humane Society International (HSI) charged on Tuesday.
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Rare White Whale Seen
Animals  (tags: White Whales, sighting, rare white whale, endangered, sealife, humpback, awesome )

Simone
- 892 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
Record numbers of humpback whales are on their annual migration up Australia's east coast, including the rare white whale Migaloo, scientists say. Migaloo, whose Aboriginal name means "white fella", is believed to be the only completely white humpback
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Whales Spotted Swimming in Sacramento River
Animals  (tags: humpback, whale, Sacramento River )


- 933 days ago - cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com
Marine experts on Tuesday were evaluating whether to help a female humpback whale that swam with her calf up the Sacramento River and appeared to be entangled in fishing gear.
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