Browsing Panay News by Subject "marine mammals"

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    • Another dolphin, sea turtle found dead in Panay 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, January 26, 2022, on page 9)
      Another dolphin and a sea turtle were found dead in Panay town here recently. The dead dolphin was found in Barangay Butacal, Panay on Jan. 23, 2022 by residents Daniel Alaban Jr. and Ryan Binondo. This was eventually ...

    • Dead sea cow found in Tibiao 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, November 1, 2015, on page 2-15)
      A dead sea cow was found a few meters off the shore of Barangay Malabor here. Also known as dugong, it was eight-foot long and weighed 350 kilograms. It had about 4-inch cuts in its belly and flippers. The dugong is a ...

    • Dead whale washed up on Carles shore 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, February 5, 2019, on page 2)
      A sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) was found dead on the shore of Barangay Gabi, Gigantes Sur Island, Carles town in northern Iloilo on Monday morning. It was the 27-year-old resident Albin Magnate who discovered the ...

    • Dolphin & whale watching in Bais City 

      (Panay News, August 21, 2015, on page 20)
      Out of 23 species of marine mammals documented to have been sighted in Philippine waters, nine have been sighted in Bais Bay-Tañon Strait area, acknowledged to have one of the biggest concentrations of cetaceans in the ...

    • Dolphin found dead in southern NegOcc 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, September 15, 2019, on page 7-14)
      Another dolphin was found dead on the shoreline of Barangay Patic in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental. The Lumba Project, an advocacy group researching Irrawaddy dolphins and other marine mammals, posted on its Facebook page ...

    • Dolphin found for the first time in President Roxas, but already dead 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, January 14, 2022, on page 9-15)
      For the first time, a dolphin was seen in the seawater of President Roxas in this province on Jan. 12. Unfortunately, it was already dead. According to Eunice Posadas, a town resident, the dolphin was found entangled in a ...

    • Dolphin rescued in Boracay 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Panay News, February 7, 2023, on page 4-11)
      A stranded sub-adult male Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostis) was rescued in the waters of Barangay Yapak here. The marine mammal measured about 1.7 meters in length and weighed around 40 kilograms.

    • Dolphin washed ashore dies 

      Checa, Stephen Louie (Panay News, August 24, 2015, on page 5)
      A young spinner dolphin found in the shoreline between Sitio Igbangto, Mabasa, Patnongon town and Zaragoza, Bugasong town Friday morning last week died 3 a. m. the following day. According to Paolo Magabilin of the Bugasong ...

    • 'Dugong' washes ashore in Belison 

      (Panay News, October 21, 2022, on page 6)
      A three-meter female dugong weighing around 200 kilos was washed ashore in Barangay Boroc-boroc, Belison town on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Dugongs are marine mammal. Commonly known as “sea cows”, they graze peacefully on sea ...

    • ‘Dugong’ found dead in Barbaza 

      PN (Panay News, January 16, 2017, on page 6)
      A 10-foot sea cow, locally known as dugong, was found dead in Barbaza, Antique. Locals spotted the floating dead mammal near the Batabat Coral Reef in Barangay Lisub around 6 a.m. on Saturday. The dead dugong was buried ...

    • Endangered sea cow rescued 

      Gobuyan, Neonita A. (Panay News, October 3, 2003, on page 1-10)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) currently serves as temporary home to a rescued baby dugong (sea cow), an endangered and only herbivorous sea mammal in the world. The baby dugong was captured in ...

    • Hundreds of whales dead in Australia stranding 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, September 24, 2020, on page 15)
      Hundreds of pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia despite efforts to save them, with rescuers racing Wednesday to free a few dozen survivors. Another 200 long-finned pilot whales were discovered ...

    • Japan to restart commercial whale hunts 

      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Panay News, December 27, 2018, on page 6)
      Japan said it will restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism. It said it would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the body tasked with whale conservation. ...

    • More whales strand in New Zealand, bringing total to 650 

      (Panay News, February 12, 2017, on page 13)
      Wellington - A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding. In total, more ...

    • Negrenses urged to report sightings of Irrawaddy dolphin 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 17, 2019, on page 13-15)
      Residents of Negros Occidental were encouraged to report sightings of the Irrawaddy dolphin to protect the population of the endangered species. The call was made by the Center for Research and Engagement of the University ...

    • New species of ancient 4-legged whale found 

      BBC (Panay News, August 28, 2021, on page 9)
      Scientists in Egypt identified a new species of four-legged whale that lived around 43 million years ago. The fossil of the amphibious Phiomicetus anubis was originally discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert.

    • Pilot whales refloat at stranding spot 

      BBC (Panay News, February 25, 2021, on page 9)
      Rescuers have successfully refloated 28 pilot whales on a notorious New Zealand beach where they had repeatedly beached themselves. The long-finned pilot whales were part of a pod of around 50 first found on Monday at ...

    • Pink dolphins enjoy comeback in Hong Kong 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, October 17, 2020, on page 15)
      Rare pink dolphins are returning to the waters between Hong Kong and Macau after the coronavirus pandemic halted ferries, but scientists remain deeply concerned about their long-term survival in one of the world’s busiest ...

    • Russia fines 'whale jail' company after outcry 

      BBC (Panay News, June 9, 2019, on page 14)
      A Russian company which ran a “whale jail” in the east of the country was fined 28.1-million rubles ($433,000; £430,000). White Whale was one of the four firms holding killer and beluga whales in small enclosures on the ...

    • Sea monster? animal remains in Dinagat Island worry locals 

      (Panay News, February 24, 2017, on page B4)
      The remains of a large animal believed to be a sea cow washed up on the shore in the Dinagat Islands on Wednesday afternoon, worrying locals. According to the aquaculture technologist, it is likely that the carcass was ...