Archive for tag: SMASS

15.01201815th January 2018

Post mortem on young killer whale stranded in Eshaness

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Orca, Post mortemTags Eshaness, killer whale, orca, post mortem, SMASS, Storm Caroline

On 20 December we found out that the young male killer whale that we found stranded in Eshaness a weeks earlier had died after being...

22.09201722nd September 2017

Rescuing a pilot whale from Vidlin

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn UncategorisedTags pilot whale, SMASS, Vidlin, whale rescue, whale stranding, Yell

A pilot whale got into difficulty in Vidlin marina in July 2017. Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary coordinated a rescue over three days after the whale was...