SYDNEY Men's Nike Air Max 98 Gundam White Red UK Sale , Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- After washing up on an Australian beach, a baby humpback whale was euthanized on Tuesday at Queensland's Moreton Island.


The four-meter long baby whale displayed injuries that were consistent with being struck by a boat, and after being separated from its mother, was put down in order to spare it from any further suffering.


Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles was saddened by the events, saying that more needs to be done to ensure that people on boats stay away from these majestic sea mammals.


"It's devastating to have to put down a whale because people have ignored the distance rules, come too close and hit this whale with their boat," Miles said in a statement.


"This incident should be a clear message to everyone to keep their distance from passing whales."


This latest incident comes days after two fishermen had their boat struck by a separate humpback whale, that resulted in two men being knocked unconscious, and the four-man crew hospitalized.


Back in June, another juvenile humpback whale was euthanized after coming ashore on the New South Wales coast in similar circumstances, and at the time, marine rescue organization Orrca's vice president Shona Lorigan said that these young whales are usually attempting to make their migration from Antarctica after being weaned by their mothers.


"It's quite a long and arduous journey," Lorigan said.


"If an animal is in poor health, or if it's weaker, then the time it will get into trouble is when it's making that huge journey."


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BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental inspectors have found that more than half of the nearly 40,000 enterprises checked have violated environmental rules.


The findings came after four months of inspections across 28 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and other nearby areas, which resulted in the discovery of problems including excessive emissions and insufficient pollution control equipment, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said Tuesday.


The inspectors, who are undertaking a year-long on-site investigation to discover the sources of air pollution in the region, exposed 7,109 companies with unauthorized locations, lacking relevant certifications, or failing to meet emission standards.


The teams also found 2,349 companies have been operating without any pollutant treatment facilities, while another 1,971 companies have pollutant treatment facilities that have been malfunctioning.


The MEP said it will require local authorities to further investigate these firms and rectify the problems.


The inspections are part of China's campaign to fight pollution and environmental degradation as decades of growth have left the country with smog, polluted water and contaminated soil.


The country started inspections amid widespread concerns about smog in its northern region.


China will soon launch a new round of central environmental inspections covering eight provincial-level areas, as the country finishes nationwide investigations into local environmental protection efforts, according to a MEP statement Monday.


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