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Bull kills man in Victoria, Australia

Mark Buttler
Herald Sun
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:32 UTC
A man has been critically injured after being attacked by a bull (not pictured).
A man has been critically injured after being attacked by a bull (not pictured).
A man is dead after an incident with a bull at Bamawm, 215km north of Melbourne CBD.

Ambulance Victoria paramedics initially responded to a report of a man in a critical condition after being injured by a bull at about 3pm.

The victim died at the scene.

A Victoria Police statement said: "Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following an animal incident on private property in Bamawm.

"A man aged in his 50s died at the scene. Worksafe will investigate."
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Dead whale found on the bow of cruise ship entering Ketchikan, Alaska


Daily Mail
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:18 UTC
A dead humpback whale was pulled from the bow of the Grand Princess cruise ship Wednesday in Ketchikan, Alaska
A dead humpback whale was pulled from the bow of the Grand Princess cruise ship Wednesday in Ketchikan, Alaska
A cruise ship reached an Alaska port with a surprise on its bow: the carcass of a humpback whale.

The Grand Princess, a 949-foot (290-meter) ship in the Princess Cruises fleet, on Wednesday morning pulled into Ketchikan with the marine mammal lodged on its submerged, bulbous bow, a device designed to avoid wave-making.

Princess spokesman Brian O'Connor said the company was surprised and saddened to discover the whale.

'It is unknown how or when this happened as the ship felt no impact,' he said in a statement.

'It is also unknown, at this time, whether the whale was alive or already deceased before becoming lodged on the bow.'
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Rogue elephant kills 15 people over a month in India


Gulf Times
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:29 UTC
Charging elephant
© GettyCharging elephant
An elephant that has killed 15 people in eastern India over a months-long rampage could be shot within days if it is not brought under control, an official said yesterday.

Wildlife rangers and hunters assembled in Jharkhand after another victim was trampled to death on Tuesday evening, the state's chief forest and wildlife conservator L R Singh said.

The rogue elephant crushed four victims in Bihar state in March before crossing into neighbouring Jharkhand and killing 11 more.

"Villagers are living in fear, especially the Paharia tribe that lives on the upper hillier regions where the elephant roams. Something must be done," Singh said, referring to one of the poorest indigenous tribal communities in eastern India.
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Dead seabirds washing ashore on Long Island and New England beaches

Todd Mcleish
ecori.org
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:13 UTC
A dead great shearwater recently found on a Block Island beach
© Matt SchenckA dead great shearwater recently found on a Block Island beach
Walking on the beach at the north end of Block Island last month, Matt Schenck stumbled upon two dead and decomposing seabirds, which the avid birdwatcher identified as great shearwaters. While gulls of various species are commonly found dead on local beaches, shearwaters are an extreme rarity.

Except this year.

Hundreds of great shearwaters have turned up dead on beaches on Long Island and southern New England this summer, and no one seems to know why. In addition to the birds on Block Island, birders and biologists have reported dead shearwaters on Rhode Island beaches in Tiverton and Charlestown.

Shearwaters spend most of their lives far out to sea, where they soar just above the waves as they forage on small fish and other marine creatures near the surface of the water. Four species of shearwater — great, sooty, Cory's and Manx — are typically seen in Rhode Island waters, though they seldom travel within sight of land. Most breed on remote islands in the South Atlantic.
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Sea lions wash up on California coast amid return of toxic blooms

Peter Fimrite
San Francisco Chronicle.
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 16:59 UTC
A California sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning
© Nicole Boliaux, The ChronicleA California sea lion suffering from domoic acid poison
Scores of convulsing sea lions are washing up on Central California beaches after eating fish poisoned by a plume of toxic algae that could spread north toward the Bay Area and cause widespread problems, marine biologists said.

Since June, veterinarians at the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands have treated 89 animals — all but seven of them sea lions — plucked mostly off beaches near San Luis Obispo, where a large algal bloom formed in the ocean.

Of the 82 sea lions brought to the center, 31 have died, and virtually all of them had seizures caused by domoic acid, the dreaded neurotoxin that closed down the Dungeness crab season two years ago and killed off thousands of marine species over the past two decades, said Shawn Johnson, the center's director of veterinary science.

"We've rescued 64 animals just in July," said Johnson, who coordinates the rehabilitation of injured marine mammals rescued from San Luis Obispo to the Oregon border. "They've been coming in huge waves, as many as 10 a day."
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Boy bitten by shark: 3rd attack on Hilton Head, 5th in South Carolina in 2017

Mandy Matney
The Island Packet
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:33 UTC
shark attack
Experts at the International Shark Attack File have confirmed a 10-year-old Kentucky boy was the third person bitten by a shark on Hilton Head Island since June.

Johnny Simatacolos said he didn't know what was happening when he felt a sharp pain from the bottom of his foot while swimming on a Sea Pines Beach around 3 p.m July 29 — the last day of his island vacation. He was swimming in waist deep water, not far from shore, around beach marker 47.

"I thought something bit me or I stepped on something like a crab," the fourth grader from Prospect, Ken., said. "I was screaming, a little. It was bleeding badly."

Johnny's parents treated his abrasions, assuming he just stepped on something, and bandaged his foot, according to dad Jim Simatacolos. He said there weren't lifeguards in the area at the time.
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2 oarfishes discovered in Southern Leyte, Philippines

Sharon Evite-Carangue
ABS-CBN News
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:59 UTC
2 oarfish
© St. Bernard Tourism Office2 oarfish
Two oarfishes were found in the PASAHIMAPA Mangrove Protected Area in Sitio Ma. Socorro, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte on Wednesday morning.

Tourism officer Jane Araneta said three oarfishes were earlier sighted in the area, but that one has yet to be found.

Araneta said dolphins and whale sharks would usually be seen in the bay area, but added that it was the first time for this type of fish to be found in town.

Officials said the first oarfish measured 27 cm by 3.75 m, with a weight of 20 kilos, while the other measured 37 cm by 4.4 m with a weight of 50 kilos.
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Dead whale shark found in Tamil Nadu, India

J Arockiaraj
The Times of India
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:40 UTC
The whale shark that washed ashore on Tuesday was 18 feet long with a circumference of 10 feet.
The whale shark that washed ashore on Tuesday was 18 feet long with a circumference of 10 feet.
A dead whale shark weighing nearly 3.5 tonne washed ashore on Pamban South Beach in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

On being alerted by fishermen, a team headed by Mandapam wildlife ranger S Sathish visited the spot and examined the carcass.

According to wildlife officials, the whale shark is a protected species under schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act. It is also an endangered species under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The whale shark that washed ashore on Tuesday was 18 feet long with a circumference of 10 feet. "Whale shark is one of the shark species found in the Gulf of Mannar area. The cause of death is found to be heavy internal injuries it has suffered when it either hit a rock or a big vessel," Sathish said.
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Dead minke whale found in Charlevoix, Quebec

Mariane Lajoie
The Sherbrook Times
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:14 UTC
Minke whale
The carcass of a whale has been found on the strike in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, in Charlevoix, the end of last week.

These are the people who have made the discovery.

The Québec Network of emergency for the marine mammals, which has been notified, should come to get rid of the carcass this week. It would be a minke whale female.

According to a witness, Valérie Lajoie, the animal ran aground in the night from Saturday to Sunday.

According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, ten right whales were found dead in the gulf of St. Lawrence since the beginning of the summer.
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Dead right whale discovered on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Ethan Genter
Cape Cod Times
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:02 UTC
Carcass floated into Edgartown Great Pond
© Paul BagnallCarcass floated into Edgartown Great Pond
The carcass of a decomposing right whale was recovered in Great Pond Tuesday and National Marine Fisheries Service officials are expected to perform a necropsy on the animal on Wednesday, said Edgartown Shellfish Constable Paul Bagnall.

Residents had seen what was left of the roughly 25-foot whale floating by over the past few days; it likely came into the pond through a freshly made cut in the beach, Bagnall said.

"It's really decomposing," he said. "It's a tail and about two-thirds of a body."

One of the pectoral fins was down to the skeleton, and there is nothing left of the head, he said.

"But because it is a right whale, they are looking to come over and take a look at it," he said.
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