A critically endangered #whale species now has a GoFundMe after its research grants cut were cut by the Trump administration A nonprofit that is vital in the protection of North Atlantic right whales is turning the tide on their annual fundraising.🐳

Critically endangered whale sp...
Critically endangered whale species gets GoFundMe after research grants cut by Trump

A nonprofit that is vital in the protection of North Atlantic right whales is turning the tide on their annual fundraising.

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“I know how sad it is to have an animal dying at the beach where you can watch it,” he tells the Times. But the rescue was “not increasing its survival chances.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/timmy-the-whale-was-released-into-the-sea-after-being-stranded-off-the-german-coast-for-weeks-was-that-the-right-call-180988679/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#whale #science #wildlife

Timmy the Whale Was Released Into the North Sea After Being Stranded Off the German Coast for Weeks. Was That the Right Call?

The humpback whale first entered shallow water at the end of March, but its health deteriorated over the past few weeks. Experts have criticized efforts to rescue the animal, which may have done more harm than good

Smithsonian Magazine
Shock as Jet Ski slams into grey #whale off #Vancouver beach

https://ground.news/article/video-captures-grey-whale-being-struck-by-jet-ski-rider-in-vancouver?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

-the ski jetter should be charged with mass murder (raw tonnage)!
Shock as Jet Ski slams into grey whale off Vancouver beach

A Jet Ski has crashed into a grey whale that has been feeding off a Vancouver beach for the past week, hitting the animal so hard that the water craft flew in the air for several metres.

Ground News

The #Beach at #Minehead is on the southern shore of the #BristolChannel, which eventually leads out to the #IrishSea. The town has this interesting #hill, which reminded me of the #Whale in #TerryGilliam's film #TimeBandits (if you know, you know). It think it’s a very distinctive natural feature.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #Android #Spring

RE: https://bildung.social/@FARN/116515426701148144

A reminder that all this operation was a big propaganda campaign by wealthy far-right personalities.

Think of an oil corporation advertising how good they are because they once picked plastic bags from a beach.

Don't let the one standing tree hide the burning forest.

#farright #whale #propaganda

I'm happy to read that the wale story in the news is no longer the first place, and now it's mostly participants in the hype blaming each other for all sorts of things. Let's hope for the best.
https://medium.com/notes-from-the-anthropocene/the-whale-the-mob-and-the-death-of-satire-7d5c493181a4
#whale #timmy #sustainability #satire

This is the idea for a call to every #captain, #crew, #boater, #mariner, #rescuer, #sailor, #diver underway in the wider area of the #Skagerrak to seek for signs of a #humpbackwhale, take photographs at best, and send serious hints, photos, and data (include your position) to the Ministry of the #Environment of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania:
[email protected]

#CitizenScience #whale #whales #marinemammals #Kattegat #BalticSea #NorthSea #Germany #Denmark #Norway #Sweden #Netherlands

Rescuers release humpback whale that was stranded off German coast

Calf was transported by water-filled barge in operation deemed ‘inadvisable’ because of low chance of survival

The Guardian
Seagulls pick at the remains of a young adult female Gray whale, on the beach at MacKerricher State Park, as the waves begin to reclaim it. A volunteer at the site said scientists took a portion of her spine to study, because it had an unusual curvature. She may have starved to death, as many have, due to ocean heating killing off food sources. She was originally discovered on Wednesday, freshly dead. #MendocinoCoast #whale