Mass whale strandings found in Australia, NZ
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Mass strandings of marine mammals have occurred in Australia and New Zealand this week, proving an earlier predication made by Australian scientists, New Zealand Press Association said Wednesday.
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A microscopic fungus native to Australia and blamed for the death of people and animals in British Columbia is now linked to the deaths of porpoises and at least one cat in Washington state.
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ELEANOR HALL: An international conservation group is today launching an unprecedented legal action, alleging that a Japanese whaling company has been killing protected whales inside Australia&#39;s Whale Sanctuary.
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Dozens of whales and dolphins mysteriously beached themselves on an Australian island on Sunday, state government officials said. Some 72 pilot whales and 30 bottle nose dolphins died at Sea Elephant Bay on
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Science & environment: Fifteen pilot whales die mass stranding on a New Zealand beach, and 15 more are still at risk
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Military exercises planned by  Australia and the United States next month off the Australian  coast could result in large-scale whale deaths or injuries, the  International Whaling Commission said.
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An extremely rare whale with a beak like a dolphin found dead on a Byron Bay beach has excited Australia&#39;s marine researchers.
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More than 100 whales and dolphins die in two separate beachings in islands off Tasmania in Australia.
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By Roy Goh  KOTA KINABALU: A whale, about 20m in length, became a hubbub of attention when it was found stranded in shallow waters off Pulau Gaya near here yesterday morning.
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A large whale rescued in waters off Malaysia's eastern Sabah state by officials and tourists was found dead in the same area where it was trapped, WWF-Malaysia said.
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Scientists and wildlife officials continued to search Tuesday for what may have caused a series of mass strandings which left 168 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days.
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HOBART : A second pod of 17 whales has died in a mysterious mass beaching on King Island in the Bass Strait off Australia&#39;s south coast following the fatal stranding of 80 whales and dolphins at the weekend.
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Photographs of a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters have been described as sickening by Australia's environment minister.
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Anti-whaling nations New Zealand and Australia vowed Thursday to continue the fight to end Japan's annual whale hunts, warning that its plans to kill humpback whales off Antarctica in December could spark outrage. The warning comes just a day after Japan ended its latest southern whale program following a deadly fire that crippled the mother ship of its whaling fleet and left it drifting near the Antarctic coast. A crewman died in the fire.
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Humpback whales are safe Â at least for now. Giving in to U.S. pressure and worldwide criticism, Japan's government on Friday announced a whaling fleet now in the Southern Ocean for its annual hunt will not kill the threatened species as originally planned. The fleet will, however, kill some 935 minke whales, a smaller, more plentiful species, and 50 fin whales.
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HOBART, AUSTRALIA - More than 120 whales and dolphins have died after beaching themselves in two separate locations off Australia.
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Anti-whaling activists hunted a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, intent on ramming its flagship, as pro-whaling nations met in Tokyo to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.