DIE-OFF, PILOT WHALE - IRELAND: (DONEGAL)
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Date: Sun 7 Nov 2010
Source: BBC News [edited]
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11705622>
Whales found dead on Donegal beach
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Scientists have taken skin and tissue samples from the 33 pilot whales which died off the coast of County Donegal. Environmentalists are trying to establish how the whales beached on Rutland Island near Burtonport. It is thought that they were the same group spotted in the Outer Hebrides [Scotland] at the end of October [2010].
Dr Simon Berrow of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group said it was one of the biggest mass deaths of whales in Irish history. He is concerned that Royal Navy sonar equipment could have played a role. "30 or 40 pilot whales were spotted off the Outer Hebrides at South Uist last week," he said. "It looked like they were going to strand. It was bad weather. They were not seen again."
[byline: Nuala McCann]
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[A previous event of undiagnosed death of whales stranding on Irish beaches was reported by ProMED-mail in April 2008; it involved pilot whales (_Globicephala melas_), Cuvier's beaked whales (_Ziphius cavirostris_), and Sowerby's beaked whales (_Mesoplodon bidens_). See archived 20080502.1512 with the commentary by Mod.JW.
Results of laboratory investigations will be appreciated; it may be assumed that these will include virological examinations to exclude _Morbillivirus_ involvement. - Mod.AS
County Donegal can be seen on the map of Ireland at <http://www.buyimage.co.uk/ireland/general/map.gif>. Burtonport can be located via the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at <http://healthmap.org/r/0fjC>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
[see also:
Die-off, right whale - Argentina (02): (CH) 20100714.2355 Die-off, right whale - Argentina: (CH) RFI 20100630.2179
2009
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Undiagnosed whale deaths - USA: (VA, MD, CA) 20090407.1350
2008
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Undiagnosed deaths, whales - Ireland 20080502.1512
2007
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Undiagnosed die-off, whale - USA (CA) 20070921.3145
2006
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Undiagnosed deaths, whales - Mexico (Sinaloa) 20060220.0559
2003
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Whale die-off, domoic acid - USA (East Coast): susp. 20031028.2684 Toxic algae, whales - USA (MA) 20030813.2013 Toxic algae, whales - USA (Maine) 20030804.1911 Botulism, whale blubber, 2002 - USA (Alaska) 20030117.0142 2000
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Whale stranding - Mexico (Yucatan) (05) 20000621.1015 Whale mortality, linked to sonar tests? - Bahamas 20000620.1001 Whale stranding - Mexico (Yucatan) (04) 20000615.0970 Whale stranding - Mexico (Yucatan) 20000605.0898 Undiagnosed whale deaths - USA (Northwest) 20000423.0598 Undiagnosed deaths, pigmy whales - USA (Florida) (03) 20000411.0515]
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