Collapsed dorsal fins are rare in odontocete cetaceans, having been reported for only a few species. We present the first known case in a White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray, 1846), photographed off northern Newfoundland, Canada in September 2004. The animal also had a wound on the right side of its body, anterior to the dorsal fin, with an estimated average diameter of 20-37 mm. We consider this to be a gunshot wound, most likely a 12-gauge rifled slug. The dolphin appeared to be healthy and with no movement problems, and what was apparently the same animal was seen in the same area on several dates during 2005. There is a long history of hunting small cetaceans off the Labrador coast, and a gunshot wound is the most like...
Between June 2008 and December 2010, 76 dead pinnipeds were found on the coast of the United Kingdom...
The specimen was relatively robust with unique body, head was blunt without distinct beak. Compared...
The Strait of Gibraltar is a heavily used marine area, with intense fishing operations and one of th...
Collapsed dorsal fins are rare in odontocete cetaceans, having been reported for only a few species....
<p>Injuries include: (a) cut-like indentation and indentation injuries on the peduncle of an Atlanti...
Nine bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves that stranded in Virginia in 1996 and 1997 died ...
Five white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris with outwardly vertebral kyphosis, kyphoscolio...
Reports on Fraser\u27s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) strandings in the Gulf of Mexico are uncommon. ...
abstract: Vessel-whale collision events represented the ultimate cause of death for 21 (52.5%) of th...
Peale's dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis is frequently seen off the coast of southern South America,...
Miscellaneous lesions of the head, skull, teeth, trunk, appendages, skin and genital tract were obse...
Aruba, located close to the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, is one of the most densely populated i...
Funding for Oceans Initiative’s long-term research on Pacific white-sided dolphins has been provided...
A dolphin Sousa chinensis mfiasuring 2.3 m was accidentally got entangled in a gill net set oiT Cal...
In the North Sea, white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) occur regularly and are the sec...
Between June 2008 and December 2010, 76 dead pinnipeds were found on the coast of the United Kingdom...
The specimen was relatively robust with unique body, head was blunt without distinct beak. Compared...
The Strait of Gibraltar is a heavily used marine area, with intense fishing operations and one of th...
Collapsed dorsal fins are rare in odontocete cetaceans, having been reported for only a few species....
<p>Injuries include: (a) cut-like indentation and indentation injuries on the peduncle of an Atlanti...
Nine bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves that stranded in Virginia in 1996 and 1997 died ...
Five white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris with outwardly vertebral kyphosis, kyphoscolio...
Reports on Fraser\u27s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) strandings in the Gulf of Mexico are uncommon. ...
abstract: Vessel-whale collision events represented the ultimate cause of death for 21 (52.5%) of th...
Peale's dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis is frequently seen off the coast of southern South America,...
Miscellaneous lesions of the head, skull, teeth, trunk, appendages, skin and genital tract were obse...
Aruba, located close to the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, is one of the most densely populated i...
Funding for Oceans Initiative’s long-term research on Pacific white-sided dolphins has been provided...
A dolphin Sousa chinensis mfiasuring 2.3 m was accidentally got entangled in a gill net set oiT Cal...
In the North Sea, white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) occur regularly and are the sec...
Between June 2008 and December 2010, 76 dead pinnipeds were found on the coast of the United Kingdom...
The specimen was relatively robust with unique body, head was blunt without distinct beak. Compared...
The Strait of Gibraltar is a heavily used marine area, with intense fishing operations and one of th...