Dear MARMAM and ECS subscribers, in the following please find the summary of Cetacean news of the last 9 days. (July 11, 2008) CT Scan Performed On Stranded Pygmy Killer Whale 'Pete'; Lesions Found In Lungs - http://www.underwatertimes.com/ news.php?article_id=14859021073 (July 13, 2008) Navy Plan Would Curtail Bombing, Search for Mines, Assist Whales - http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1475178/ navy_plan_would_curtail_bombing_search_for_mines_assist_whales/ (July 14, 2008) ENVIRONMENT-AUSTRALIA: New Plan to Undermine Japanese Whaling - http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43168 (July 14, 2008) Warming threatens migratory whales' feeding grounds - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=26&objectid=10521350 (July 15, 2008) Cardigan named dolphin hot-spot - http:// www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/07/15/cardigan-named- dolphin-hot-spot-91466-21339900/ (July 15, 2008) Whale carcass to be removed by week's end - http:// www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/ NEWS01/807150342/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT (July 15, 2008) Whale attack leaves N.L. skipper quaking - http:// www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3b1e5063-5411-4fd4- a80c-49b6bc1fe4b5 (July 15, 2008) Aberdeen lays claim to “Whale-Watching Capital of Europe” title - http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/acci/web/site/ CouncilNews/pr/pr_whales_150708.asp (July 16, 2008) Is infant albino humpack whale wayward calf of Migaloo? - http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/ 0,22049,24025184-5006009,00.html (July 17, 2008) Killer whale flips seals out of water with its tail - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/17/ eawhale117.xml# (July 17, 2008) Hamilton Norman’s close encounter with a minke whale - http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/ 2008/07/17/hamilton-norman-s-close-encounter-with-a-minke- whale-51525-21353460/ (July 17, 2008) Interns study 'rare' specimen - http:// media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2008/07/17/News/ Interns.Study.rare.Specimen-3391778.shtml (July 18, 2008) Dead dolphin found dumped in garden - http:// www.thisisdorset.net/display.var. 2402032.0.dead_dolphin_found_dumped_in_garden.php (July 18, 2008) Stranded rare dolphin has to be put down - http:// www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/homepagenews/Stranded-rare-dolphin/ article-226149-detail/article.html (July 18, 2008) International conservation agency asks Turks and Caicos government to halt dolphinarium - http:// www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-9227--37-37--.html (July 18, 2008) Japan Clears Seamen Over Claims of Stolen Antarctic Whale Meat - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601101&sid=aB_CckHzUCmU&refer=japan (July 19, 2008) Rotting whale stinks up Hawaiian street - http:// www.gatorsports.com/article/20080719/NEWS/968278983/1016/ NEWS&title=Rotting_whale_stinks_up_Hawaiian_street (July 20, 2008) Humans hit beach, count dolphins - http:// www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.dolphins20jul20,0,2749182.story All best, Catharina Clausen ************************************************************************ ** baiji.org foundation Kanzleistrasse 127 CH-8004 Zurich Switzerland tel. (+41) 43 317 10 00 fax (+41) 43 317 10 09 mobil (+41) 79 281 18 65 catharina@baiji.org ************************************************************************ **