Civil Air Support
Serving The Community
Category: British Divers Marine Life Rescue
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Civil Air Support (CAS) has supported British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) and the Port of London Authority (PLA) in a major multi-agency operation to monitor and protect a pod of around 25 long-finned pilot whales which entered the Thames Estuary. The unusual presence of the whales in the tidal Thames created a significant risk…
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Freak weather events can cause humans and wild animals to find themselves in precarious and often life-threatening positions with almost no warning. When such circumstances arise and tragic outcomes are feared, Civil Air Support Operations Managers anticipate the demand for their services and prepare their crews to standby. Storms Babet and Ciarán contributed to October…
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Civil Air Support were alerted to the mass stranding of a pod of 55 pilot whales near Stornoway on Sunday morning. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) mobilised specialist Marine Mammal Medics with the skills and equipment needed to assist local experts already at the scene, but the logistics of getting them from their mainland bases to…