Sharks regularly become impaled on hooks dragged by boats targeting high-value species such as tuna, or entangled in nets.

BBC: EU gives shark protection teeth

Every year thousands of birds, seals, dolphins and marine mammals die by swallowing or becoming entangled in rubbish, the organisation said.

BBC: St Cyrus beach clean-up volunteers sought

First, establish if a firm is so large or so entangled within the financial system that its unexpected failure could be catastrophic.

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Zach McCue of Clean Ocean Action, a coalition of more than 130 environmental organizations in New Jersey and New York, said the manufacture of thin-film plastic bags consumes millions of trees and barrels of oil, takes up space in landfills for a long time and is harmful to marine life, especially birds and sea turtles that ingest the bags, or pieces of bags, or get entangled in them.

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Some deer panicked and either became entangled in obstructions or ran out of strength, with drowning the result, the official said.

CNN: Wildlife rush for high ground in flood areas