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Baskin Shark in Net

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  • 10-07-2007 4:26pm
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    dodgyme
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    What about the poor auld basking shark found in the net in cork? Terrible people still cause this damage for no reason apart from greed.


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    dranoel
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    Was saddened to see the pictures but was it definitely caused by illegal fishing?
    Regular fishermen don't think anything of throwing away ropes/nets into the giant dump they call the sea. Walk any beach and you'll come across their waste.


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    dodgyme
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    Is it me or am I wrong in thinking that these kinda things should annoy people. Are people that material these days that a topic like this only justifies 1 reply. I think modernisation must have destroyed our last links to our natural surroundings.


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    Alun
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    Well, you could have posted a link to the story or at least explained in more detail what had happened so that we could judge for ourselves who, if anyone, was at fault. I, personally, had not heard anything about it.


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    dodgyme
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    Alun wrote:
    Well, you could have posted a link to the story or at least explained in more detail what had happened .
    The story was in both the indo and the times and on Rte six 1 and the nine o'clock news as well as the late news last night and on radio, what more do you need. !


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    jmkennedyie
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    dodgyme wrote:
    what more do you need. !

    Hmmm...a link? :p

    Seriously, if nobody adds links to their posts then we all suffer. I keep an eye on RTE websites among others and didn't hear about it either. Cheers.


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    gerky
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    Here's a few, what a wonderful world we live in.
    http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/story.asp?j=24610&cat=news

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/basking-shark-found-stranded-after-being-caught-in-illegal-salmon-drift-net-996122.html


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    jmkennedyie
    Registered Users Posts: 678 ✭✭✭jmkennedyie


    Thanks angel2. Sad all right, would love to see one of them. By the way, Irish Whale and Dolphin group website is worth checking out... http://www.iwdg.ie/. Did one of their courses last year (http://www.iwdg.ie/content.asp?id=17) and although we saw no whales I had a great time. Cape Clear is a beautiful part of the world, but don't tell anyone :)


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