Hundreds Of Dead Seals Washing Up On Canada's Northeast Coast

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 00:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENU8H-lbLZg   Posted on YouTube: January 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: MOXNEWSd0tCOM Views on YouTube: 141   Posted on DU: January 22, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 1082

 
Dead Seals With Corkscrew Wounds Wash Up In UK, Scientists Uncertain Of Cause
08/20/10 | Associated Press

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scottish scientists are investigating the mysterious deaths of seals found with horrific corkscrew injuries the length of their bodies, officials said Friday.

Over the past nine months, about 30 badly mutilated gray and common harbor seals have washed up on Britain's east coast, ranging from Scotland in the north to Norfolk in the south.

The mammals were found with a smooth-edged cut, starting from the head and spiraling around their bodies down to their abdomens in a single sweep.

Autopsies failed to reveal a cause of the injuries, and scientists from the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St. Andrews University in Scotland are now coordinating the investigation on behalf of the Scottish government, the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals and the National Trust.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/20/dead-seals-with-corkscrew_n_689042.html

[Sal Minella]

1. Video is from Canada, story is from UK six months ago -- ? n/t

[Charleston Chew]

4. Yeah

That is why I included the date in the post.

[truth2power]

2. So, my question is...they should have figured out by now

what caused this. If not, why not?

[Devil_Fish]

5. Because BP's Oil and Corexit caused it and the story is from the UK. NT

[felix_numinous]

3. Hopefully Scotland

will be better at reporting the causes of these animal deaths. How sad, they must have been in so much pain.