Agony of net trap porpoise.UP TO 20,000 porpoises may have died agonising deaths in fishing nets off the British coastline. And, if the slaughter continues, they could become extinct off our South West shores this century, says the RSPCA RSPCA (in Britain) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA n abbr (Brit) (= Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) → SPA f . Its "Haul of Shame" report, published today, says porpoises can struggle for up to four minutes, suffering cuts and bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. as the sharp nets slice into Verb 1. slice into - move through a body or an object with a slicing motion; "His hand sliced through the air" slice through go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We their skin. Some suffer broken teeth and jaws as they fight to break free, then run out of oxygen and die. The UK Government is bound by international agreements to reduce the numbers killed - and the RSPCA is calling for immediate action. Adviser Helen McLachlan said "The Government has known about the unacceptable level of deaths and suffering for six years and yet failed to introduce practical measures to reduce the death toll." European fishing and mammal mammal, an animal of the highest class of vertebrates, the Mammalia. The female has mammary glands, which secrete milk for the nourishment of the young after birth. experts meet in Bristol this month to form a plan to save the porpoise porpoise, small whale of the family Phocaenidae, allied to the dolphin. Porpoises, like other whales, are mammals; they are warm-blooded, breathe air, and give birth to live young, which they suckle with milk. . |
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