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Breaking: 125 beached whales die in New Zealand
pilot whales, photo by ahisgett (source: Flickr Creative Commons) According to an AFP story, 105 pilot whales died after being stranded on a beach near the town of Nelson on the South Island of New...
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Caribbean Whale Whisperer becomes best friends with Giant Sperm Whale
Image source: ngm.nationalgeographic.com Fantastic photographs taken last week in the surrounding waters of the Caribbean Island Dominica portray a most unusual friendship between a Giant Sperm Whale...
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A Few Updates in the Crazy World of Japanese Whaling
Image Source: Flickr. By: Jdegenhardt. The Japanese whaling season in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is drawing to a close. Sea Shepherd has managed to keep the Japanese from killing any whale for...
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Whales: Preventing the Clear-Cutting of the ‘Forests of the Ocean’
Image Source: Flickr. By: Bigyahu. Today, a number of officials are gathering in Florida to discuss the ongoing issues with whaling. Things appear to be split at least 3 ways amongst them and right now...
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New Study Links Endangered Whale Meat With Japan, Possible Illegal Trading
Image Source: Flickr. By: Yeimaya. Remember about a month ago, when a couple of activists went undercover at The Hump restaurant in California and exposed their whale sushi operation? Well, since then...
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IWC’s Latest Whaling Proposal Vexes All Sides
Image Source: Flickr. By: Michael Dawes.The IWC definitely has its hands full with the whole whaling issue. Unfortunately for them, they can’t seem to make anyone happy. If they completely eliminate...
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Australian Scientists Discover an Interesting Use for Whale Waste
Image Source: Flickr. By: Dryoptera. It would seem that scientists have come up with yet another reason to put a stop to whale hunting. Scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division have discovered...
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Many Updates in the World of Whaling
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons. By: Cornelia Oedekoven. The whaling issue is creeping back into the news more often again and this article is no exception. In recent news, Australia announced plans to...
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IWC Whaling Conference = Epic Fail; Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd...
Image Source: Flickr. By: Michael Dawes. It seems that whenever there is a major (or at least rather anticipated) conference or meeting that is supposed to solve some ongoing environmental issue, it...
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Sea Shepherd Updates: An Interesting Turn of Events
Image Source: Flickr One interesting turn of events certainly deserves another. Last week, it was announced that anti-whaling activist, Captain Pete Bethune, would be heading back to his New Zealand...
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Russian Oil and Gas Company Rosneft To Further Imperil Endangered Gray Whale
Western Gray Whales are already perilously close to extinction, but Rosneft will pursue their seismic surveys despite the well-publicized risks Russia’s good news – that the country plans to set aside...
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The Top 10 Smartest Animals in the World
Image Source: Stock.XchngSummer is coming to an end and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to go back to school. Whether it’s your first year in grade school or your last year of college, you’ll...
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58 pilot whales die on New Zealand beach
photo by Chagai (Wikimedia Commons) Rescue volunteers in New Zealand are attempting to save 15 pilot whales that washed up on the remote Karikari Beach on the northern tip of the country’s North...
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11 whales refloated after mass beaching in New Zealand
image from TVNZ report (Sandy Austin, Flickr CC) According to a report in the Independent, at least 11 of the 58 whales that beached themselves on Karikari Beach in Northern New Zealand on Thursday...
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Brigitte Bardot appeals to Danish queen to stop Faroe Islands whale slaughter
image credit: ladyLara (Laura Bålc on Flickr CC) After the mass stranding in New Zealand, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 60 whales on a beach on the country’s North Island, the annual mass...
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Rescue efforts strive to save 24 stranded whales in New Zealand
photo by Pedro Moura Pinheiro (Flickr CC) A pod of around 80 pilot whales stranded itself on a New Zealand beach earlier this week. The whales were spotted Wednesday morning on a beach at Spirits Bay...
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Video: 15 pilot whales stranded in Gulf of Mexico
photo by John Norton (lowjumpingfrog on Flickr CC) At least 15 pilot whales have run aground in the Florida Keys. The below raw video from the Associated Press shows a whale struggling in what looks...
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IWC: Whale threat goes far beyond Japanese hunt
photo by wisley (Flickr CC) The International Whaling Commission is currently holding talks on the British island of Jersey. Issues being dealt with at the IWC talks include the effects of oil and gas...
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Here comes the neighbourhood: Warm water mammals in UK waters
photo by David Bramhall (Flickr CC) A new kind of immigrant is being spotted in British seas. Species of whales, dolphins and seals, which are customarily at home in more tropical waters, are making...
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Video: Patagonian whales
photo by Edith Schreurs (Flickr CC) After summering in Antarctic waters, pods of southern right whales began arriving in Argentine waters yesterday. The whales are providing tourists with a rare treat...
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