Friday, 21 February 2025

Global cetacean stranding last week

Note: I try my best to locate most strandings but sadly it is only a small fraction of the real number. 

2025, February 17. UK, Gwynedd, Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) on the Llŷn Peninsula. Dead dolphin in advanced state of decomposition.

2025, February 17. UK, Gwynedd, Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) on the Llŷn Peninsula. Dead adult whale possibly a minke or fin. In advanced state of decomposition.

2025, February 18. Venezuela Isla de Margarita, El Tirano. Two pygmy killer whales stranded. Both transported to Waterland Mundo Marino for rehabilitation. Both have liver issues, dehydration and parasitism.

2025, February 18. Ireland, Kinsale, Dock beach. Dead dolphin.

2025, February 19. UK. A Rissos dolphin calf was euthanised after being found on beach alive and alone.

2025, February 19. UK, Isle of Wight, Culiver Down Beach. Dead dolphin.

2025, February 20. Germany, Lower Saxony, Wadden Sea island of Minsener Oog, south-east of the island of Wangerooge. A humpback washed ashore dead. The remote island, which lies west of the mouth of the Jade and east of the island of Wangerooge, is around four kilometers from the mainland. At the beginning of 2016, 30 young sperm whales were stranded and died in the North Sea, two of them on Wangeroog beach.

2025, February 22. Greece, Kriti (Crete), Chania, Pachia Ammos. The discovery of three dead dolphins washed up on the shores.

Image: Citynewstv/dpa  

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