Tag: Tasmania

• Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:19 UTC

  Pod of 157 false killer whales stranded in Tasmania; most died and survivors have to be euthanized

  

  Australian authorities have confirmed that 67 of the 157 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania’s West Coast overnight Tuesday/Wednesday have died. Parks and Wildlife’s Shelley Graham said on Wednesday afternoon that the surviving whales remain in “unfavorable” conditions, with attempts to refloat two of them unsuccessful, meaning euthanasia is a strong solution.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Young sperm whale massive stranding in Tasmania

  

  Some fourteen sperm whales have died in a mass stranding on a beach in west Tasmania, Australia. The whale carcasses were discovered by locals on King Island and reported to authorities on Monday afternoon.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  A third of some 270 pilot whales stranded on Tasmania sandbar have died

  

  Rescuers were trying to refloat hundreds of whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Tuesday, hoping to end one of the country’s worst beaching events.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  CCAMLR begins annual meeting hoping to agree on MPA in East Antarctica

  

  The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, known as CCAMLR, began this week its annual meeting in Hobart, Tasmania. The 25-member organization - which was established with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life - has been at a seven-year stalemate which has held up the designation of a marine protected area in East Antarctica.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Tasmania “fairy” penguins mauled to death by dogs

  

  Australian Wildlife officials are investigating a suspected dog attack in Tasmania, after 58 penguins were found mauled to death. A member of the public alerted rangers to the dozens of penguin bodies strewn across a beach on the north coast of Australia's island state.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 13:57 UTC

  Tasmania farmer catches the world woolliest sheep: Merino with 20 kilo fleece

  

  Two Australian farmers from Tasmania have found what they hope to prove is the world's woolliest sheep. Peter Hazell said he had no trouble capturing the animal, which was wandering with its vision obscured by wool in scrubland on his property in Tasmania's Midlands on Sunday.

• Friday, November 2nd 2012 - 08:36 UTC

  CCAMLR fails to reach agreement on new marine protected areas in Antarctica

  

  Governments meeting in Australia have failed to reach agreement on new marine protected areas for the Antarctic Ocean. A decision has been deferred until July 2013 when all the relevant science will be considered.