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Stranded whale put down after re-floating attempts fail in South Wairarapa, New Zealand

A five-metre Cuvier's beaked whale was euthanised at Whangaimoana beach, South Wairarapa after attempts to refloat it failed
© Luke TipokiA five-metre Cuvier's beaked whale was euthanised at Whangaimoana beach, South Wairarapa after attempts to refloat it failed
A whale stranded on a Wairarapa beach for two days has been euthanized and buried according to local iwi's wishes.

The 5-metre Cuvier's beaked whale has been stranded for two days since being spotted on a beach at Whangaimoana on Wairarapa's southern coast. Despite efforts to re-float the two-tonne whale on Wednesday night and Thursday, the animal was unable to swim back to sea once in the water.

Department of Conservation Wairarapa operations manager Kathy Houkamau said they made the call on Friday morning in consultation with local iwi to euthanize the whale.

"We found the whale in weaker condition when we got there and made the decision to euthanize. Obviously, our primary concern was the welfare of the whale and we knew that in that weakened state it wasn't going to re-float," she says.

The whale was shot with a firearm while a karakia was being recited and then the carcass was buried in a hole further up the beach accompanied by a ceremony presided over by Kahungunu ki Wairarapa chief executive PJ Devonshire.

Attention

Dead whale washes ashore in central Vietnam; 5th in 6 weeks

Men pull a whale body to shore in Thua Thien-Hue Province April 24.
© Dien Quang/ZingMen pull a whale body to shore in Thua Thien-Hue Province April 24.
A body of a whale was washed to shore in Thua Thien-Hue Province Saturday night and locals believe it is just another victim of the industrial pollution that has been killing fish in mass in recent days.

Locals said the whale of more than 100 kilograms was first washed to shore when it was still alive but seemed tired.

They thought it was stranded and pushed it out to the sea.

But the body showed up a short time after that.

Locals said they found whale bodies once in a while, but the animals were all big and old.

"This one is only 100 kilograms, so it's very strange," Nguyen Vinh, a local fisher, told news website Zing.

Bizarro Earth

Terrifying volcanic eruptions viewed from space

Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano
© Flickr/ NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterAlaska’s Pavlof Volcano.
The sheer destructive force alone makes volcanic eruptions both a terrifying and wondrous thing to behold. And this gallery allows you to appreciate such sights from probably the best vantage point — from space.

Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 2 and injure 15 in Nepal

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A lightning strike on Saturday killed one and injured 15 other audience watching Baksila Gold Cup Football Tournament in Khotang district.

The deceased has been identified as Jagat Bahadur Rai (60) of Sapteshwar-4 in Khotang. Rai was watching the match from the veranda of the school when the lightning struck, said the president of the Baksila Football Club, Sameer Rai.

The lightning struck when the audience were watching the 9th Baksila Gold Cup Football Tournament organised by Baksila Football Club at Prithvi Higher Secondary School playground. The match was being played while it was raining lightly on the 5th day of the tournament.

It has been reported that the lightning has damaged the main door of the school.

The tournament which was scheduled to end on Sunday has been postponed until further notice due to the disaster .

Attention

Evacuation prepared as seismic activity of Mount Kerinci volcano increases on Sumatra, Indonesia

Mount Kerinci
Mount Kerinci
Authorities are preparing routes and shelters for evacuation as seismic activity of Mount Kerinci volcano in Kerinci district of Jambi rises, officials of the country's disaster agency and volcanology agency said on Friday.

Over 10,000 people living on the slope of the volcano are vulnerable to eruption risks, Ansari, senior official of disaster agency at the district revealed.

"The activity of the volcano has been rising in recent days. So we must anticipate it," he told Xinhua by phone from the district.

Coordination among the authorities at the district and those at the provincial level has been boosted to counter the possible impacts of eruption, Ansari added.

Mount Kerinci of 3,805 meters high in Sumatra Island has witnessed small eruptions recently, Henda Gunawan, head of observation at the national volcanology agency said on Friday.

Comment: See also: 40 volcanoes are erupting right now with 34 of them along The Ring Of Fire


Attention

Asia's Tallest Volcano Spews Ash Into the Air

Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano
© Sputnik/Ewgeniy Neskoromniy
Eurasia's largest volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka, in Russia's Far East erupted on Sunday, shooting hot ash miles into the air, the local geophysical service said.

"The eruption was detected by seismic sensors, and satellite images show that the eruption column rose 6 kilometers [3.7 miles] above sea level," a representative of the Russian agency told RIA Novosti.

The volcanic ash cloud has spread over an area of almost 13,500 square feet. It has drifted 124 miles southeast toward the Sea of Okhotsk, in the Pacific Ocean.

Comment: Things are seriously heating up here on the big blue marble!


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Best of the Web: Signs of Change: Earth changes, extreme weather and meteor fireballs in March and April 2016

Signs of change video screenshot
© Hawkkey Davis, YouTube

Warning: This video contains graphic content - Viewer discretion advised


Hawkkey Davis is back with another video documenting extreme weather, earth changes, and meteor fireball events from around the world in March and April 2016.

This series does not mean to suggest that the world is ending, but that what is happening across the world is leading to bigger 'earth changes'.

If you're following the series, then you're seeing the signs. It's much more than one video; check out previous installments here.

Real Earth Changes have been taken place in recent weeks... Thanks for watching and stay safe... Links are posted here.


Comment: To gain further understanding as to how and why these events are occurring, read:

Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World - Book 3 by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk


Arrow Down

Cop saves Chinese motorists from plunging into large sinkhole (VIDEO)

Sinkhole
This CCTV footage from China could have gone viral for very different reasons if it weren't for a policeman who sprung swiftly into action.

His quick reaction saved nearby drivers, who would certainly have plunged into a crater along with a section of crumbling road as it dropped suddenly in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province.

Just moments before the two-meter-deep sinkhole appeared in the middle of a busy road, an eagle-eyed traffic cop cordoned off the cracking area with cones.

He barely avoided being run over in process himself, thanks to impatient motorists.

Security cameras captured the chaos on Thursday, which was then shared online by a local news channel.

CCTV News reports that "further investigation over the collapse is currently underway".


Question

Two Japanese cities blanketed with mysterious foam

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After disastrous tremors from a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the city of Fukuoka on April 15 - just a day after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the same area - the streets of downtown Tenjin and Imaizumi were covered with a thick layer of mysterious foam, sending shivers down the spines of its residents.

Comment: See also:


Wolf

Family dog kills newborn baby in bed in San Diego, California

The 44kg pit bull breed cross was impounded after biting a newborn child to death in San Diego.
© County of San DiegoThe 44kg pit bull breed cross was impounded after biting a newborn child to death in San Diego.
A pit bull terrier crossbreed dog lying in bed with a San Diego couple bit and killed their three-day-old son when it was startled awake.

The parents had been watching television at the time with their newborn and the 44kg (97lb) American Staffordshire terrier-Great Dane mix was lying with them, said Sergeant Tu Nguyen of the San Diego police child abuse unit.

"The mum coughed unexpectedly and it startled the dog, which bit the baby, causing traumatic injury," said Nguyen, whose unit investigates the death of any child.

"The parents were able to separate the dog from the baby and they rushed him to the hospital but they were not able to save him."

Nguyen declined to say where the baby was injured and said police were waiting for the medical examiner's report on the exact cause of death.