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08/11/2010
Navy 'Sinks Whales'
It has been alleged that Royal Navy activity off the Scottish coast led to the mass beaching of 35 pilot whales on a Donegal island at the weekend.
It happened at the tiny Rutland Island off Burtonport yesterday and saw a pod of adult and juvenile whales washed up on Saturday was the same group being monitored in the outer Hebrides in Scotland last weekend.
Stormy weather has prevented experts from Britain travelling to the remote island to carry out post mortem examinations. Simon Berrow of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group confirmed yesterday that deep-diving pilot whales could beach because of gas embolism brought on by acoustic trauma.
"Naval exercises use a low frequency active sonar which is known to affect whales very badly.
"We are aware that the British Navy had been in the area off Scotland last weekend, although they have not confirmed that exercises were taking place," he told the Irish Independent.
(BMcC/GK)
It happened at the tiny Rutland Island off Burtonport yesterday and saw a pod of adult and juvenile whales washed up on Saturday was the same group being monitored in the outer Hebrides in Scotland last weekend.
Stormy weather has prevented experts from Britain travelling to the remote island to carry out post mortem examinations. Simon Berrow of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group confirmed yesterday that deep-diving pilot whales could beach because of gas embolism brought on by acoustic trauma.
"Naval exercises use a low frequency active sonar which is known to affect whales very badly.
"We are aware that the British Navy had been in the area off Scotland last weekend, although they have not confirmed that exercises were taking place," he told the Irish Independent.
(BMcC/GK)
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