3rd September 2010

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Tag: animals

  • Remains of sick whale tested

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Samples from a whale that was put down in Albany yesterday are being sent to a laboratory for tests. The sick whale had been stuck on a sandbar in Princess Royal Harbour for two ... more

  • Japan begins annual dolphin hunt

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    A controversial annual dolphin hunt that was depicted in an Oscar-winning documentary has begun in Japan. A fleet of six boats herded a group of about 20 bottlenose dolphins into the port of Taiji ... more

  • Icon_camera Ants use landmarks to navigate, study finds

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Ants travelling along a familiar route use their photographic memory to calculate how to stay on track, British researchers say. Their findings, published online this week in the Proceedings of ... more

  • Icon_camera Stranded whale to be blown up in harbour

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Authorities will this afternoon use an explosive charge to euthanase a 9.5-metre humpback whale stranded on Western Australia's south coast. The whale has been stranded in Albany's Princess Royal ... more

  • Birdwatchers banned from Aboriginal land

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Traditional owners in Central Australia are denying birdwatchers access to Aboriginal land after twitchers allegedly broke the law by entering a private trust without a permit. The Central Land ... more

  • Water release revives Lowbidgee wetlands

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    After more than a decade of drought one of the Murray-Darling Basin's most important water bird breeding sites is now in full flood. Not only has recent rain replenished the struggling wetlands ... more

  • Icon_camera Cancer-related death for Cedric the devil

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    Researchers have euthanased a tasmanian devil that was thought to be immune from the deadly facial tumour disease. Cedric was born in captivity to parents from a healthy devil population. As ... more

  • Chick to chic: the pet that keeps giving

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    Forget celebrities with their chihuahuas and toy poodles, the latest pet accessory is straight off the farm. The chook is making a comeback in suburban backyards and suppliers say they can hardly ... more

  • Bird group wants better species protection

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    Birds Australia says the organisation is imploring governments to think carefully about the development of their conservation policies. The organisation's secretary, Allan Briggs, says ... more

  • Icon_camera Scientists create whale ID parade

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    A team of Australian scientists has developed a computer program that can help identify individual humpback whales through their markings. The technology is based on the most comprehensive ... more

  • Seagull cull angers animal activists

    Created Sun, 29th of Aug 2010

    Authorities are culling seagulls on Hobart's waterfront amid concerns for public safety, health and the environment. Animal rights activists have slammed the seagull culling program, describing it ... more

  • Police catch backyard crocodile

    Created Sun, 29th of Aug 2010

    Northern Territory police were called to an unusual rescue last night when a man called to say there was a crocodile in his backyard in a remote Arnhem Land community. Police at Maningrida, about ... more

  • White-cheeked gibbon born at Adelaide Zoo

    Created Sat, 28th of Aug 2010

    A white-cheeked gibbon has been born at Adelaide Zoo for the first time in its 127-year history. Gibbons are a critically endangered species with numbers in the wild declining by 80 per cent in ... more

  • Farmers fight seals with capsicum spray

    Created Fri, 27th of Aug 2010

    Tasmanian fish farmers are being allowed to use capsicum spray to keep bull seals at bay. Salmonoid Growers Association spokesman Pheroze Jungalwalla says the seals are becoming more bold and ... more

  • Tiger found in airport baggage

    Created Fri, 27th of Aug 2010

    Airport customs in Thailand have found a two-month-old tiger stashed in a bag which was checked in for an international passenger flight, authorities say. The dazed and drugged cub was concealed ... more


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