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Dolphins attack a harbour porpoise

March 12, 2014
by crw
Bottlenose dolphin, Harbour porpoise, Scotland
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Events in February 2014 and media coverage On 17 February I assisted the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme (SMASS) with the collection of two dead harbour porpoises from St Cyrus beach in Aberdeenshire. The skin of both porpoises exhibited extensive tooth raking from bottlenose dolphins, and
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Human impacts on cetaceans

September 21, 2013
by crw
Cetaceans, Human impacts, New publication
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Our paper reviewing the impact of human activities on cetaceans in the eastern tropical Atlantic (west coast of Africa) has just been published in Mammal Review (the online version was first made available in 2012). Not only that, but one of my images (a leaping common dolphin taken off Angola) made
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New publication: global distribution of Risso’s dolphins

August 12, 2013
by crw
Cetaceans, New publication, Risso's dolphin
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Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the Maldives, Indian Ocean
I am pleased to announce a new publication on the global distribution of the Risso’s dolphin. More information is available on the Mammal Review website. Jefferson, T.A., Weir, C.R., Anderson, R.C., Ballance, L.T., Kenney, R.D. and Kiszka, J.J. (2013). Global distribution of Risso’s dolp
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European Red List assessments completed
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Cetacea Volume in Handbook of European Mammals
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International Whaling Commission, June 2020
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