Whales herded away from Scottish coast ahead of NATO exercise

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Scottish rescuers attempt to herd whales away from coast ahead of military exercise. Rescuers are concerned the northern bottlenose whales will be distressed by the noise from next week's NATO exercise.

Download theIn addition to the impact of the exercise, rescuers have been worried the animals have already been struggling to get enough to eat.

"They have started to show signs of deterioration," Devoy said."Their body shape is starting to change, so that's another reason to get them out of the loch." Police from Faslane watch one of the three Northern Bottlenose whales swimming near Garelochhead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland on Tuesday.It's unclear why the whales swam into the loch. Devoy said it's possible they followed a food source into the area or had their echolocation disoriented by the geography of the area or other noise.

Britain's Ministry of Defence was helping with herding three of the whales that remained in the area on Thursday, Devoy said, along with the rescue group and local residents who volunteered their boats. "What we're going to do is create a noise behind the whales — not to distress them but to distract them and move them further down the loch," Devoy said.Linda Givetash

 

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I'm not going to read the article and just assume they herd them by poking them with long pointy sticks. I think that's just as bad for the whales as the military exercises

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