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The Faroe Island Campaign ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, pilot whales, killing, Faroe Islands, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering )

Cher
- 166 days ago - change.org
Please help CSEF's campaign to pressure the Danish government and its people to stop this senseless and barbaric killing of pilot whales.
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Beached Whales, Dolphins Rescued in Australia
Animals  (tags: pilot whales, stranding, rescued, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 283 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Rescuers slung a stranded pilot whale between two jet skies and returned it to open sea Wednesday, three days after it ran aground with a pod of almost 200 others on a beach in southern Australia.
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Yet Another Mass Whale Stranding on Tasmania
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Cher
- 286 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
One of the biggest mass strandings in Australia has occurred off Tasmania; 192 pilot whales and some dolphins beached on King Island. Last reports were that at least 75% of the whales are already dead, according to Chris Arthur, from Tasmania's Parks and
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PLZ TAKE ACTION; 'Denmark's Bloody Disgrace" - End Whale Bloodbath in Danish Faeroe Islands.
Animals  (tags: norway, pilot whales, massacred, slaughtered, cruelty, outrage, worldwide animal advocagtes, legisltian, laws, suffering, wildlife )

Simone
- 336 days ago - tinyurl.com
Every year between 2,000 and 3,500 pilot whales are corralled by men in boats and forced into bays in the Faeroe Islands, a North Sea Danish Protectorate mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Icelands.
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Stranding Prompts Call for National Rescue Service
Animals  (tags: australia, marine wildlife, whales, pilot whales, starndings, deaths, rescue service, endangered, extinction, environment, habitat, humans, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 375 days ago - smh.com.au
A mass stranding of 150 whales at the weekend demonstrates the need for a national rescue service, the Federal Opposition says. The $4 million the Rudd Government has set aside for whale research could be used to set up the service for stranded whales
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Tasmanian Whale Death Toll Reaches 150
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Simone
- 378 days ago - news.theage.com.au
Authorities now say 150 whales perished in the mass stranding off Tasmania's west coast over the weekend - almost double the original tally. The Department of Primary Industries and Water says the original number of about 80 long-finned pilot whales
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Rescuers Say Rocks Fatally Battered Stranded Whales
Animals  (tags: tasmania, marinewildlife, whales, pilot whales, death, rocks, battered, endangered, extinction, habitat, sadness, suffering, protection )

Jacquelin
- 378 days ago - wmcstations.com
HOBART, Australia (AP) - Rescuers hoping to save dozens of stranded whales found the animals all dead or dying by the time they reached the remote site in southern Australia. Officials from Tasmania state's Parks and Wildlife Service say the 150 long
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Rescued Whales Find Pod Off Aus
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Jacquelin
- 383 days ago - news24.com
Hobart - A group of whales rescued from an Australian beach have joined a larger pod in deep waters - a sign they are doing fine after their ordeal, an official said on Monday. Rescuers tagged five of eleven pilot whales they plucked from the beach in
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Whale Dies During Mass Rescue Effort
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Jacquelin
- 385 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
ELEVEN pilot whales that survived a mass stranding in Tasmania that killed 53 others have been returned to the ocean, authorities say. A well-coordinated rescue effort, involving 60 volunteers and 15 government officers, began today at Anthonys Beach n
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Whales Returned to the Ocean
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Jacquelin
- 385 days ago - thewest.com.au
Eleven pilot whales that survived a mass stranding in Tasmania that killed 53 others have been returned to the ocean, authorities say. A well-coordinated rescue effort, involving 60 volunteers and 15 government officers, began on Sunday at the strandin
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Whales Trucked to Another Beach in Rescue
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Jacquelin
- 385 days ago - edition.cnn.com
Australian wildlife officials say rescuers have returned 11 pilot whales to sea They were part of a pod of 64 mothers and calves found stranded A team of 15 government officers and 60 volunteers worked to save the whales HOBART, Australia (AP) --
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Time and Tide Strands Whales | Theage.Com.Au
Animals  (tags: australia, tasmania, pilot whales, stranded, pod, whales, rescue, death )

Chrissy
- 385 days ago - theage.com.au
RESCUERS were last night working to save 13 distressed pilot whales, survivors from a herd of 52 stranded in north-west Tasmania. The whales came ashore yesterday on a high tide at little-used Anthony's Beach, near Stanley. Most were dead before they were
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Whales Die in Mass Stranding
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Jacquelin
- 386 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
DOZENS of pilot whales have died in a mass stranding is Tasmania. A wildlife official put the number of stranded whales at 64, and said 13 of those were still alive as of around 8pm local time (0900 GMT). The whales were discovered by a member of t
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Pilot Whales -Cheetahs of the Deep
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Cher
- 552 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A new study has revealed that pilot whales are "the cheetahs of the deep sea," making high-speed, all-or-nothing dives to chase and catch large prey before surfacing to catch their breath. Such sprinter-like dives stand in stark contrast to the longer,
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Beached Whale Euthanized in Wells
Animals  (tags: pilot whales, stranding, animals, death, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, sadness )

Cher
- 565 days ago - seacoastonline.com
An adult pilot whale was euthanized Saturday evening on Crescent Beach in Wells after the whale beached itself for the second consecutive day. "We monitored the animal until that evening," said Lynda Doughty, stranding coordinator for the Maine
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