dumping ground for dead whales


	dumping ground for dead whales

zadoz

10-19-2009 4:56 AM

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"mud island, moreton bay, whales

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"Mud Island is an uninhabited mangrove island in the centre of Moreton Bay

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				GRIM SIGHT: Concerns for the health of Moreton Bay have surfaced with more whale carcasses being dumped and left to rot on Mud Island. Pic: David Kapernick
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