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Mass whale stranding rescue operation at Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour saves around 30 out of 230

The whale rescue effort on Tasmania's west coast has managed to refloat over 30 of the animals which beached themselves — but around 200 could not be saved.

ABC News

Why is Tasmania the site of so many mass whale strandings? Here's what we know

Two whale stranding events in a week, with the second happening in the same location as Australia's worst ever beaching two years ago. This is what we know about why Tasmania is causing whales such trouble.

ABC News

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

448 square kilometers in Palk Bay covering coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukkotai districts have been notified as the reserve

The Hindu

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Rescuers rush to save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on Tasmanian beach

Marine wildlife experts are assessing the scene near Strahan – the same location as Australia’s worst mass stranding exactly two years ago

The Guardian - AU

Endangered Mar Menor lagoon in Spain granted legal status as a person

Legislation codifies lagoon’s right ‘to exist as an ecosystem’ and to protection, conservation and restoration

The Guardian - UK

Forbidden fruit trees: Canadian national park urges locals to remove bear-attracting bushes

Black bears preparing to hibernate have been lured into Jasper townsite by residents’ non-native apple and cherry trees

The Guardian - US

You can visit a 'Cat Island' where friendly felines outnumber humans

Aoshima, or cat island in English, has a population of 200 cats which is far greater than its dwilndling human population, which has been decreasing since the end of WWII

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Spain gives personhood status to Mar Menor salt-water lagoon

Spain has granted personhood status to what environmentalists call Europe’s largest salt-water lagoon, which has suffered massive die-offs of marine life as it degrades due to coastal development and local farming

The Independent UK

Chained-up 'dolphins' protest outside Leeds Jet 2 office

The action aims to urge the travel provider to drop marine parks that withhold dolphins from holiday packages

Leeds Live

Deep-sea shark with protruding eyes and terrifying grin is caught in Australia

It has huge bulging, glassy eyes, and a mouth which creepily curls upwards, to show a sickening smile with sharp tiny teeth

Daily Mirror

Fishermen appeal judge ruling that protects endangered whale

The state of Maine and a fishing group are appealing a federal judge’s decision that new rules intended to protect endangered whales must stand

The Independent UK

Climate-fueled wildfires worsen danger for struggling fish

After a wildfire roared through northern New Mexico this summer, state and federal biologists rescued scores of Rio Grande cutthroat trout from a small stream

The Independent UK

Incredible moment boy, 9, catches enormous 23 stone shark while fishing with dad

Nine-year-old Xandré de Beer tussled with the bronze whaler shark for two and a half hours after hooking the huge 23st beast at Dana Bay in Western Cape, South Africa

Daily Mirror

Dozens of pilot whales feared dead in Australian mass stranding

A rorqual - a species of baleen whale - refloated off the western French coast on Tuesday has returned to shallow water and is once again in difficulty.This as a pod of about 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on Wednesday.

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Irish Mirror

Authorities rush to save 230 whales stranded in Tasmania as experts fear over half dead

Marine conservation experts fear many may have already died

Evening Standard

London Zoo staff get ‘mega workout’ holding ‘super strong’ tiger cub triplets

Keepers picked up the ’feisty’ Sumatran tiger cubs for their health check

Tribune News Service

Dennis Anderson: Grouse hunting on foot too valuable to be lost to ATV proliferation

That for some people a ruffed grouse is just another bird of the forest, or perhaps dinner on a plate, while for others it is an object of mystery and adoration, is never more evident than during the hunting season for these fan-tailed fowl, which opened Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Whatever happened to bluebills?

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota duck hunters once had a love affair with scaup, often called bluebills, a duck that nests up by the Arctic Circle and made its way through the North Star state late each autumn, buzzing decoys on big lakes across the Northland.

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The Independent UK

Scientists say fly vomit may pose greater risk to humans than insect bites

Female flies pose a greater risk than male flies

Al Jazeera

Rescue effort under way after some 230 whales beached in Tasmania

Latest mass stranding of whale pod comes just day after 14 sperm whales were found beached off Tasmania’s King Island.

Chicago Tribune

Monarch butterflies tagged with stickers in Chicago garden as they migrate south

CHICAGO -- Near the driving range in Chicago's Lakeview area, a faint but sweet smell floats in the air. One can follow it to a collection of beds where flowers sprout, surrounding a community garden in which vegetables and herbs grow.

Evening Standard

More than 200 whales stranded on Tasmania’s west coast days after beaching nearby

The pod, which is stranded on Ocean Beach, appears to be pilot whales

The Guardian - UK

Albania’s pelican colony was bouncing back. Now it faces the threat of a new airport

Dalmatian pelicans at Narta lagoon were saved from extinction but now the government is building an airport in Vlora’s protected landscape

ABC News

Helping stranded whales a job for trained people, with untrained volunteers urged to assist in other ways

Another mass whale stranding in Tasmania, two years to the day of the last tragic scene, is likely to prompt well-meaning locals to want to help — so, why are volunteer rescuers turned away from such events?

ABC News

Sunshine Coast snake catchers recover 'one of the thickest' Red-Bellied Black snakes they've ever seen

Some 'whopping' snakes are on the move in Queensland as the weather heats up, catching some residents off-guard.

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