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Dead whale beauty products to be sold in Japanese vending machine stores

12th May 2023
https://au.whales.org/2023/05/12/dead-whale-beauty-products-to-be-sold-in-japanese-vending-machine-stores/

Arrests made following illegal whale meat smuggling from Japan to South Korea

11th May 2023
Customs authorities in Busan, South Korea, have arrested six people for allegedly smuggling at least...

New report on Icelandic hunts reveals whale can take two hours to die

9th May 2023
Fin whale with unexploded grenade harpoon embedded in his or her side. © Hard To...

Norway ups whale kill numbers and removes whale welfare protections

4th May 2023
https://au.whales.org/2023/05/04/norway-ups-whale-kill-numbers-and-removes-whale-welfare-protections/
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Rare fin whale washes up on UK coast

By George Berry | 8th October 2015

A dead 13m fin whale, a species of baleen whale, was sighted off the coast of Northern Ireland earlier this week before coming ashore at Portstewart Strand.

Fin whales are the second largest species of whale after the blue whale. They are known as the “greyhounds of the sea” due to high speeds they can swim at. It is currently unknown what the cause of death was. (This story has been updated after earlier reports suggested the whale may have been a sei whale).

 Photo © Nicola Hodgins/WDC

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