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Whale strandings: what happens after they die and how do authorities safely dispose of them?

Carcasses can explode if left to decompose on land and should be towed back to sea ‘where they belong’, experts say

The Guardian - AU

Songbirds with unique colours are more likely to be traded as pets – new research

People like beautiful things. This comes as no surprise: beauty underpins highly profitable businesses, from cosmetics and art to the illegal wildlife trade, which reaps up to US$23 billion (£20 billion) annually according to some estimates.

The Conversation

Aquatic ecosystem choked as pollutants flow into Bengaluru lakes

Entry of sewage water and industrial effluents identified as root causes

The Hindu

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"Complete mystery": Experts baffled by back-to-back strandings killing hundreds of whales

Experts say there are a few common theories for why these mass whale strandings keep happening.

Axios

Canadian residents asked to remove all fruit trees from gardens

“The continuous presence of bears ... in residential yards just metres from people, is an unacceptable safety risk for visitors and residents”

The Independent UK

Almost two dozen kittens born in project to save ‘Highland tiger’

A CONSERVATION project is celebrating a successful first breeding season with the birth of 22 wildcat kittens.

The National (Scotland)

Terror as 'Godzilla' lizard tries to break into family home through window

Frank Crowder found a huge monitor lizard scratching as the outer screen of his front porch window at his home in Apopka, Florida, before a clip was shared on Facebook

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Don't miss this week's Courier for your chance to win Blair Drummond tickets

You could see some of the park's lesser-known animals, like the .Guinea fowl

Daily Record

‘Devastating’ whale deaths remain a mystery for scientists

Experts are struggling to understand a deadly phenomenon, as hundreds of whales meet their deaths on Australian shores

The New Daily

Pick up this week's West Lothian Courier for your chance to win tickets to Blair Drummond Safari Park

You could meet Kevin the hooded vulture!

Daily Record

Hundreds of whales wash up on beach after nearly 200 die in mass stranding tragedy

Hundreds of whales washed up on the anniversary of Australia's deadliest ever whale stranding in the exact same bay two years on, leaving rescuers racing against the clock to save them

Daily Mirror

Beaver relocation plans spark concerns for Gartocharn residents

Earlier this year, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), who run the site near High Wards Farm, began a consultation for a licence to translocate beavers from Angus and Perthshire to Loch Lomond.

Daily Record

32 pilot whales rescued out of 230 stranded in Australia

Wildlife experts have rescued 32 of 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state Tasmania

The Independent UK

Broad-billed sandpiper spotted for the first time at Nanjarayan tank bird sanctuary

This is the first sighting of the wader bird in an inland water body in Tamil Nadu

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Asharq Al-Awsat

About 200 Pilot Whales Perish on Australian Beach

About 200 pilot whales have perished after stranding themselves on an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania, Australian rescuers said Thursday. Just 35 of the approximately 230 beached whales are still alive, according to state wildlife services, who described a tough battle ahead to rescue survivors,…

Wales Online

Tonnes of dead fish wash up along beaches

The tide included crabs and starfish

The National (Scotland)

National strategy set out to boost Scotland's beaver population

A NEW national strategy has been developed to expand Scotland’s beaver population for decades

The Guardian - AU

Nearly 200 stranded pilot whales die on Tasmanian beach but dozens saved and returned to sea

Rescue efforts are continuing for the 35 surviving whales on Ocean Beach near Strahan after the second mass stranding to occur in Australia in two days

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Newcastle Herald

Spring holiday winding up to be an absolute whale of a time

The unique human whale event, where people are asked to help form the outline of a humpback whale on Fingal Beach, will return for the first time in three years on Sunday, October 9.

Daily Mirror

Killer whales filmed by terrified crew ramming boat and breaking its rudder

Three killer whales circled a sailing boat off the coast of north-west Spain before starting to ram, breaking the rudder to the horror of the crew who filmed the predators

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Rescuers Are Racing To Save The Surviving Whales From Tassie’s Spooky Mass Stranding

Around 230 whales were stranded -- two years to the day since Australia's biggest whale stranding in the same harbour.

The Guardian - UK

‘Green gentrification’ due to rewilding could force out poorer communities

Report says urban nature restoration projects must be handled carefully to avoid pricing out locals

ABC News

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.

The Hindu

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

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