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Rare pygmy sperm whale found dead in Palm Beach, Florida

Alanna Quillen
wptv.com
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:08 UTC
Whale found beached on Palm Beach.
© WPECWhale found beached on Palm Beach.
Not your typical sight in Palm Beach.

A rare, pygmy sperm whale washed ashore on the north part of the island on Monday morning. Volunteers fought through the rough weather to get the body off the beach and into a research lab.

We were the first news crew on the scene both on the ground and in the air with NewsChopper 5.

Turtle nest biologists with DB Ecological Services discovered the whale alive as it started washing ashore around 7 a.m. near Reef Road. It measured about 7 feet long and estimated to weigh around 400 pounds.

Unfortunately, it died but researchers hope the whale can help them learn more about this rare species.

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Huge fish kill on Puget Sound, Washington

Keith Eldridge
Komonews
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:24 UTC
Dead anchovies
© KOMODead anchovies
A massive fish kill on Puget Sound is being blamed on the recent holiday weekend hot weather. Thousands of anchovies have washed up on the shores of Case Inlet at Belfair.

"It's sad. It's really sad," said beach resident Kristen Wiseman. It has residents worried about what did this.

The people who live along with the beach say the fish started showing up a couple of days ago.

"I saw a little bit come in and it's like 'what is that shiny stuff in the water?'" said Wiseman.

That shiny stuff turned out to be a massive fish kill with the tide leaving the carcasses stranded on the beach and even higher up during high tide.
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Up to 40 fur seal pups found dead near Kaikōura, New Zealand


RNZ
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 15:09 UTC
A fur seal pup (file photo).
© 123rfA fur seal pup (file photo).
The Department of Conservation (DOC) said they were found south of Ohau Point in mid-May.

Three were sent to Massey University for necropsy.

DOC regional operations director Roy Grose said there were no signs of physical injury and based on early diagnosis, two of the pups likely died of pneumonia.

He said other factors such as biotoxins, viruses or bacterial infections had not been ruled out and pups had died because of starvation or environmental factors in the past.

DOC said it would keep monitoring the situation but the deaths were unlikely to affect the wider Kaikōura fur seal population.
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Lightning bolts kill 2 family members and 20 goats in Maharashtra, India


India Today
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 13:07 UTC
LIGHTNING
© Representational Image
A mother and her son were killed today in Hudi village of the district after lightning struck them, a senior district official said.

Babytai Jayawant Bule (40) and her son Vikas (14), both residents of Tulsinagar village, had gone to Hudi to harvest groundnuts, when the incident took place, he said.

In a separate incident, 20 goats were killed when lightning struck them in village Katkheda, the officer added.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Wolf

Woman dies after being savaged by two dogs in Galway, Ireland


Irish Independent
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:11 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A woman has died after she was attacked by two dogs in a horrific incident in Galway. Emergency services were called to the scene in the village of Moycullen at approximately 3pm yesterday.

Independent.ie has learned that the woman, named locally as Teresa McDonagh, who was aged in her 60s, was attacked by two bullmastiff dogs at a home.

The animals were shot dead by neighbours who came to Ms McDonagh's aid at a house in Knockarasser, near Moycullen, Co Galway. It is believed she was visiting a relative at the time.

Ms McDonagh suffered horrific injuries in the attack and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her remains were moved to University Hospital Galway yesterday evening. A post-mortem is now expected to take place on the woman's body.
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Arm of swimmer bitten off by shark in the Bahamas


Bahamas Press
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 17:38 UTC
Shark attacks
Bahamas Press is confirming a reported shark attack in the area of Athol Island just around noon today.

A guest to the island was snorkeling with a supervised group along the coastline of Athol Island, just east of Paradise Island, when the incident occurred.

The arm of the female guest was bitten off, and immediately she was rushed into surgery. She is alive and recovering from the attack.
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3 people and 12 cattle killed by lightning strikes in Nashik, India


The New Indian Express
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:58 UTC
LIGHTNING
© Representational Image
Three persons were killed and one injured in separate incidents of lightning strike amid heavy rains and thunderstorm in the district.

Eight houses were damaged and nearly 12 cattle also died in different talukas of Nashik after heavy rains occurred yesterday, a source at the collector's office here said.

Nashik city and the talukas of Malegaon, Igatpuri, Trimbakeshwar, Nandgaon and Niphad in the district experienced heavy pre-monsoon showers, leading to water-logging and disruption of power supply at various places.

Samadhan Sumrao (30) and Sunanda Gaikwad (32), from different villages in Malegaon, and Vithal Ughade (25), from Igatpuri, were killed after lightning struck them.
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Wild elephant kills 4 in Tamil Nadu, India


Asharq Al-Awsat
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 15:19 UTC
The elephant, which is in sedation, is pushed into a lorry in Vellalore.
© DCThe elephant, which is in sedation, is pushed into a lorry in Vellalore.
Officials say four people including a teenager and two women were killed when a wild elephant ran amok in southern India early Friday.

District official S. Madhuranthangi said that the elephant strayed into a residential area on the outskirts of the Coimbatore city from a nearby forest and carried out three attacks, sending residents into a state of panic.

Madhuranthangi said: "the elephant first entered a house and attacked a family that was asleep. It lifted a twelve-year girl with its trunk and flung her to the ground, causing her to die on the spot.

"It trampled two women and a 70-year-old man to death in separate attacks later."

She said Five more people injured in the attacks were admitted to hospitals in Coimbatore, where the condition of two wounded was said to be serious.

Hundreds gathered in the area as wildlife and police teams attempted to tranquilise the animal to arrange for its return to the forest.
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Dead sperm whale dragged onto Ruakaka Beach, New Zealand

Lindy Laird
New Zealand Herald
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 13:13 UTC
Hapu with links to Whangarei Harbour differ on how a sperm whale carcass should be disposed of.
Hapu with links to Whangarei Harbour differ on how a sperm whale carcass should be disposed of.
To some people connected to Whangarei Harbour a dead sperm whale found on Mair Bank is a shipping and health hazard; to others it is a message from their tupuna, an ancestor.

As far as everyone is concerned, the huge carcass needs to be disposed of - but different hapu with roots in the harbour, its mountains and its coast disagree about who has that right and the way it should be done.

The 15m-long, male sperm whale carcass was dragged ashore at the northern end of Ruakaka Beach after being found on the sand bank near the harbour entry at Marsden Pt on Tuesday morning.

Department of Conservation (DoC) arranged for it be towed in to prevent the incoming tide floating it into the shipping channels.
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Dead whale found off Jersey City coast, New York


Hudson Reporter
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:45 UTC
Whale body in Hudson River at liberty park
© Eva ZhengWhale body in Hudson River at liberty park
Kevin Chen of Bayonne was out fishing in New York Harbor on Wednesday when he saw something odd in the distance. So he steered his boat towards it. This was his first time fishing this season, and the last thing he expected was to come upon a dead whale floating in the water.

It had been dead for a while, he figured, because it had already started to stink.

"I never saw anything like it, only on TV and the internet," he said later. "I didn't expect to find it there."

The location was south of Liberty State Park and north of Global Terminals and the Liberty Cruise Port.

Chen called the Bayonne Health Department, leaving a message.
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