Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Extra-Powerful Military Sonar 'Is Killing Britain's Last Wild Dolphins'

Naval exercises will threaten bottlenose dolphins in the Moray Firth (pictured), according to wildlife campaigners who say the animals will deafened by the sonar

From The Daily Mail:

Conservationists fear a major naval exercise due to start today will put Britain’s wild dolphins in danger.

They say the latest generation of military sonar being used in the Nato exercise threatens the North Sea’s last remaining bottlenose dolphins.

The warning from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society comes after an unusually high number of deep sea whales have been stranded or spotted in shallow waters around the coast.

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