Whale beachings stump officials
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have left 169 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days. By Tuesday, 96 long-finned pilot whales and bottle-nosed dolphins had died after the first beaching on Sunday at King Island, midway.
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A search is being made around Maria Island on Tasmania&#39;s east coast to see if there have been any further whale and dolphin strandings.
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New Zealand authorities are waiting for crew aboard a crippled Japanese whaling ship to decide whether they need to be towed out of the area, or will remain and continue whaling.
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At least 22 pilot whales beached themselves on the coast early Saturday, and at least 17 of them died, officials said.
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The body of a whale resembling a giant dolphin that washed up on an eastern Australian beach has intrigued local scientists, who agreed Wednesday that it is rare but are not sure just how rare.
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Fifteen pilot whales died in beach strandings Wednesday in southern New Zealand while rescuers refloated another 15 and monitored their progress toward safer waters, conservation officials said.
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Despite passing a symbolic resolution to overturn a 21-year moratorium on commercial whaling last year, it is unlikely that there will be enough support to formally end it when the International Whaling Commission meets here Monday.
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Cyclical weather patterns have driven more than 150 whales and dolphins to become stranded on Australian and New Zealand beaches since the weekend, scientists say.
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Volunteers worked frantically to save dozens of stranded whales and dolphins in Tasmania yesterday after more than 100 died in mass beachings on two offshore islands.
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By Kathy Marks Asia-Pacific Correspondent  There are fears of an environmental disaster in the unspoilt waters off Antarctica after fire broke out on board a Japanese whaling ship, leaving it adrift near penguin breeding grounds.
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Fifteen pilot whales died in beach strandings Wednesday in southern New Zealand while rescuers monitored progress of 15 others toward safer waters, conservation officials said.
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A MAJOR rescue effort was under way last night to save the survivors of a second mass whale stranding in Tasmanian waters in 24 hours.
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Rescuers were encouraged by the progress two lost whales have made toward their ocean home but were concerned about encounters the two might have with large ships as they near San Francisco Bay.
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The minke whale lay on the heaving steel deck, its vast gray body slack in death. Images such as this one marking the start of the autumn whaling season could become common
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Sydney - More than a dozen large sperm whales may have died in a beaching incident on Australia&#39;s southern island state of Tasmania, local wildlife rangers said on Monday.
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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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A search is underway around Maria Island on the east coast of the Australian state of Tasmania to see if there have been any further whale and dolphin strandings.