Jet-skier fined for harassing dolphins
THE first jet-skier to be convicted in Scotland for recklessly harassing dolphins has been fined £500.

Off to harpoon the humpbacks
A DEFIANT Japan yesterday embarked on its largest whaling expedition in decades, targeting protected humpbacks for the first time since the 1960s.

Crack team of marine life rescuers free whale from lobster nets
A HUGE southern right whale was rescued this week after becoming entangled in fishing nets off South Africa.

Mystery as rare visit ends in death on beach
IN MYTHOLOGY they are the guardians of the sea, but yesterday one of their number thrashed slowly and sadly to his death on a Scottish beach.

Jaws drop as shark turns up on beach
IT looked more like a scene from Jaws than an average day on peaceful Fisherrow Beach in East Lothian.

Injured whale stranded
RESCUERS were yesterday trying to free a badly injured whale trapped in a sea loch in Lewis.

Animal rights group says it sank whaling ship
ANIMAL rights activists yesterday claimed responsibility for the sinking of a whaling ship in a Norwegian port last month.

Great white lie moves Jaws to South Africa
FEARS that a Cornish holiday resort had got its own real-life Jaws were proved groundless yesterday after it was revealed that a picture which claimed to show a great white shark was a hoax.

Rescue comes too late as Yangtze River dolphin declared extinct
A FRESHWATER dolphin species has been declared extinct after desperate efforts to rescue it came too late.

Navy sonar ban to save whales
THE United States navy has been banned from using a type of sonar that wildlife supporters say harms whales.

Marvin the minke makes his escape from harbour
MARVIN the minke whale was swimming in open seas last night , after rescuers finally persuaded him to leave the Scottish harbour where he had been stuck.

Why we should not be trying to save the whale
A MAJOR rescue operation to save a whale "stranded" in a Scottish harbour was unnecessary and risked making the situation worse, experts warned last night.

It's safe to go into the water even if it was a great white
EXPERTS yesterday insisted that Britain's waters were safe even if sightings of a great white shark off the coast were confirmed.

Get to know bottlenoses
The bottlenose is stocky with a short beak. The Scottish species is larger than its cousins worldwide.

Slaying, not saving, the whale
BRUTAL and bloody, but hunters say critics 'have never even seen a whale'



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