News Reports - 2011
- Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Pete Thomas Outdoor) - Sea Shepherd rings in new year against Japanese whalers
Japan conducts whaling missions annually in the Southern Ocean despite a ban on commercial whaling, imposed in 1986 by the International Whaling Commission. (Source)
- Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Sea Shepard accused of using dangerous tactics
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy The organisation in charge of Japan's scientific whaling program has accused the Sea Shepherd conservation group of... (Source)
- Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Change.org (blog)) - Japanese Officials Admit to Accepting Gifts of Whale Meat
by Marah Hardt January 01, 2011 09:00 AM (PT) Topics: Wildlife One small step for whale conservation; one giant gift of blubber. Japanese fisheries agents... (Source)
- Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Big year for ups and downs in Pinellas County
By Mike Brassfield, Demorris A. Lee and Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writers Saturday, January 1, 2011 Elaina Franklin feeds Winter the dolphin in the Clearwater Marine Aquarium's pool that was built for an upcoming movie. Looking back, 2010 was a year of ups and downs for north Pinellas County. Here's a look at some of the biggest local news stories of the past year. A star is born CLEARWATER ... (Source)
- Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:28 PM PST - (Cape Argus) - Holidaymaker saves infant dolphin
A newborn bottlenose dolphin was saved and returned to the wild after a holidaymaker in Herolds Bay found it trapped between the rocks metres offshore. (Source)
- Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:19 AM PST - (Boston Globe) - Giving art-house films a home
For two seemingly regular guys from the Boston area, the lunch time chatter between Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff veers in some wide-ranging directions. There's abolition, fast food, the fashion industry, dolphin slayers, hair weaves, boxers, bleak rural landscapes, and gay prison love. (Source)
- Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Aljazeera.net) - Activists clash with Japan whalers
The conservationist group has been chasing the fleet in the hope of interrupting Japan's annual whale hunt, which kills up to 1 000 whales a year. (Source)
- Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:25 PM PST - (WXIA-TV Atlanta) - Georgia Aquarium Buying Marineland in Florida
The Georgia Aquarium has bought the historic Florida theme park that houses its dolphin conservation program. (Source)
- Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:35 PM PST - (First Coast News) - Georgia Aquarium Buys Marineland
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Georgia Aquarium has bought the historic Florida marine park that houses its dolphin conservation program, officials announced Monday. (Source)
- Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:39 PM PST - (News 12 Augusta) - Georgia Aquarium buys Fla.'s Marineland theme park
The Georgia Aquarium has bought the historic Florida theme park that houses its dolphin conservation program. Marineland was founded in 1938 for movie studios to film underwater sequences and turned into a theme park in the 1950s. (Source)
- Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:33 PM PST - (Savannah Morning News) - Ga. Aquarium buys Fla.'s Marineland theme park
ATLANTA - The Georgia Aquarium has bought the historic Florida theme park that houses its dolphin conservation program. Georgia Aquarium officials announced Monday that Marineland in St. Augustine, Fla., will transition from a for-profit to a nonprofit under the umbrella of the Atlanta-based attraction. The Florida park has been home to the aquarium's dolphin research station since 2008 but ... (Source)
- Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (eTaiwan News) - Cables: Anti-whalers hindering Japan whaling cuts
The cables describe the US pushing Tokyo to consider limiting its whaling ahead of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Japanese officials... (Source)
- Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:33 PM PST - (Savannah Morning News) - Ga. Aquarium buys Fla.'s Marineland theme park
ATLANTA - The Georgia Aquarium has bought the historic Florida theme park that houses its dolphin conservation program. Georgia Aquarium officials announced Monday that Marineland in St. Augustine, Fla., will transition from a for-profit to a nonprofit under the umbrella of the Atlanta-based attraction. The Florida park has been home to the aquarium's dolphin research station since 2008 but ... (Source)
- Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:49 PM PST - (ABC Action News Tampa Bay) - Dolphin rescue coincidences 'scary'
The same people who rescued Winter exactly five years ago from a crab trap which left her without a tail, found the calf in the same place where they found Winter, at the same age, facing the same scenario. (Source)
- Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:24 PM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Georgia Aquarium buys Marineland for $9.1 million
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 4, 2011 The Georgia Aquarium, owned by an Atlanta nonprofit, has purchased Marineland, the Florida grandparent of modern oceanariums. The $9.1 million sale of the 5-acre oceanfront tourist attraction near St. Augustine follows a 2008 joint venture in which the aquarium set up its $1.5 million dolphin conservation field station at Marineland ... (Source)
- Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Burke rules out deals on Japan whaling
Senator Brown has urged the Gillard government to put aside attempts to broker a free trade deal with Tokyo until the dispute over Japan's whaling program... (Source)
- Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Reuters) - PRESS DIGEST-Australian General News
THE AGE (www.theage.com.au) The Australian Government was prepared to deal with Japan on whaling, according to US diplomatic cables released by... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:03 PM PST - (Daytona Beach News-Journal) - Dolphin center's purchase changes tax roll
The sale of the Dolphin Conservation Center in Marineland to a nonprofit will remove more than $5 million worth of taxable property from the tax roll, an official estimates. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:51 AM PST - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
LONDON -- The drillship Belford Dolphin transferred late last month to the deepwater Tubarao well site in the Rovuma basin offshore Mozambique. According to partner Cove Energy, the drilling program at Tubarao (operated by Anadarko) should take six to eight weeks to complete. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:09 AM PST - (GMA News) - Dolphin show extended despite media partner's pullout
The "Angels of the Sea" dolphin and sea lion show that has drawn both crowds and criticism over the recent holidays has been extended for two more weeks, despite losing its media partnership with National Geographic Channel Philippines amid fervent protests from animal rights activists. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (AFP) - Sea Shepherd attacks Japanese whaling ship
The institute condemned the actions of the campaigners and reiterated that the Japanese whaling mission is legal. The clash followed an earlier attack by... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japan's whale meat stockpile hits record level
Japan kills hundreds of whales a year under a loophole that allows "lethal research". (AFP: Kazuhiro Nogi, file photo) Japan's whale meat stocks may have... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PR Web (press release)) - An Appeal to the Public to Not Visit Iceland Until Icelandic Whaling Stops
... whales are being killed and the meat is being sold to Japan, in defiance of the International Whaling Commission's moratorium on commercial whaling. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Anti-whaling strategy 'too sensitive'
The Department of Foreign Affairs warned the legal case against Japan's "scientific" whaling would "either fail completely or, at best, set up the Japanese... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Attleboro Sun Chronicle) - Call them inexhaustible
BY ELIZA LAJOIE CORRESPONDENT NEW BEDFORD - This weekend, the New Bedford Whaling Museum has prepared a literary extravaganza in the form of the 15th annual... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - On the Media: KCET still delivers the news б or does it?
A story on WikiLeaks centered on a Japanese whaling dispute, not the much more dramatic revelations found in other cables released by the controversial... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:39 PM PST - (Q13 FOX Seattle) - Puget Sound Dolphin Is A Long Way From Home
Dolphin sightings very rare north of California A bottlenose dolphin has strayed far, really far, from home. He's been spotted all over the southern part of the Puget Sound, and just off Olympia in Budd Inlet Thursday. (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:02 PM PST - (BigPond News) - Dolphin calf death sparks anger
The killing of a dolphin calf in has led to calls for more protection of the mammels from boats and jetskies (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:21 PM PST - (Brisbane Times) - Dolphin calf death sparks anger
The killing of a dolphin calf in the Mornington Peninsula has led to tourist operators calling for more protection of the mammels from boats and jetskies. (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:01 PM PST - (Perth Now) - Dolphin calf death sparks anger
THE killing of a dolphin calf off a beach has led to tourist operators calling for more protection for the mammals. (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:56 PM PST - (NorthWest Cable News) - Wayward bottlenose dolphin lost in Puget Sound
SEATTLE -- A team of marine biologists at Cascadia Research confirmed the sighting of a rare visitor in Puget Sound. They snapped pictures of a bottlenose dolphin in Budd Inlet near Olympia Thursday. Cascadia co-founder John Calambokidis tells KING 5 News it is very unusual to see a dolphin this far north. Tropical dolphins have strayed into Puget Sound before -- one was spotted last year, and ... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:54 PM PST - (KING5 Seattle) - Wayward bottlenose dolphin lost in Puget Sound
Cascadia Research biologists snapped pictures of a bottlenose dolphin in Budd Inlet near Olympia Thursday. (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:51 AM PST - (Hartlepool Mail) - Beach skeleton mystery solved
EXPERTS have confirmed that a mystery skeleton dug up on a beach is that of a dolphin. (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - US embassy cables: US presses Japan to transform International Whaling Commission
They have also undermined whale conservation and management by the IWC. - The new administrations in Japan and the United States have a unique opportunity... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Huge bluefin tuna fetches record price in Tokyo, but whale is left on the shelf
It seems that just as Japan's whaling fleet is beginning its annual "scientific" kill of just under 1000 whales а mainly minke а the nation's consumers are... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Culture Clash Daily) - As Sea Shepherd Blocks Whaling Ships, Japanese Public Rejects Eating Whale Meat
In the high seas of the Antarctic ocean conservation group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society attempted to disable the Japanese whaling boat the Yushin... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Gulf Times) - Japan's whale meat stockpile 'hit record'
Japan's whale meat stocks likely hit a record level of more than 6000 tons last year, conservationists were quoted saying in a report yesterday... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Port Lincoln Times) - Tuna was a political pawn
Mr Jeffriess said the whaling connection coupled with negotiations on a Japan/Australia free trade agreement was something the Australian industry suspected... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:24 PM PST - (Local 10 Miami) - Dolphin Without Tail Thrives, Inspires
A bottlenose dolphin injured by a crab trap beats the odds and inspires those around her. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:25 PM PST - (Seattle Times) - Bottlenose dolphin turns up in Puget Sound
One of Flipper's kin is making an unusual visit to Puget Sound. Reports of a lone bottlenose dolphin started coming in as early as mid-December, and scientists from Cascadia Research have confirmed the sighting. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:22 PM PST - (KING5 Seattle) - More tropical sea mammals making trek to Puget Sound
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It's not the first time a bottlenose dolphin has been spotted in Puget Sound, but scientists say there is a bigger picture in this instance. Another bottlenose dolphin was found swimming in Puget Sound last year, but before that the last time a bottlenose (a tropical species) was seen this far north was back in 1988. Biologists are hoping the one seen cruising around Budd Inlet ... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:41 PM PST - (Slashdot) - Should Dolphins Be Treated As Non-Human Persons?
Hugh Pickens writes "Dolphins have long been recognized as among the most intelligent of animals, but now the Times reports that a series of behavioral studies suggest that dolphins, especially species such as the bottlenose, have distinct personalities, a strong sense of self, can think about the future and are so bright that they should be treated as 'non-human persons.' 'Many dolphin brains ... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:34 AM PST - (The Wenatchee World) - Bottlenose dolphin spotted in Puget Sound
SEATTLE ' Marine biologists have confirmed an unusual sighting of a bottlenose dolphin in Puget Sound. John Calambokidis of Cascadia Research tells KING-TV the dolphin doesn't typically travel this far north. The animal was spotted in Budd Inlet near Olympia Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:27 AM PST - (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland) - Wayward dolphin lost in Puget Sound
SEATTLE -- A team of marine biologists at Cascadia Research confirmed the sighting of a rare visitor in Puget Sound. They snapped pictures of a bottlenose dolphin in Budd Inlet near Olympia Thursday. Cascadia co-founder John Calambokidis tells KING 5 News it is very unusual to see a dolphin this far north. Tropical dolphins have strayed into Puget Sound before -- one was spotted last year, and ... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:47 AM PST - (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
Associated Press - January 7, 2011 8:35 AM ET SEATTLE (AP) - Marine biologists have confirmed an unusual sighting of a bottlenose dolphin in Puget Sound. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:35 AM PST - (BigPond News) - Dolphin calf death sparks anger
The death of a dolphin, most likely from a boat of jet-ski, has sparked anger from tourist operators. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:26 AM PST - (People's Daily) - Death of dolphin calf sparks anger in Australia
Australian tourist operators on Friday called for more protection for the mammals from boats and jet-skies, following the death of dolphin calf off a Victorian beach. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Age) - A nod as good as a minke
Australia could still launch a legal challenge to Japan's whaling, Clune wrote, ''[But] a perception that unilateral action could, or already has... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Wailing against whaling is political opportunism
Bob Brown says Japan's whaling fleet is on a "disgusting, bloody mission". Little wonder that public expectations are high. Overblown rhetoric has placed... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Zee News) - Japanese whalers, activists clash off Antarctica
Japan's whaling fleet set out for Antarctic waters in December. Sea Shepherd has been searching for them since, and spotted the first whaling vessel on... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Pete Thomas Outdoor) - Sea Shepherd clashing with harpoon boats, or merely decoys?
Japan currently takes advantage of a lethal-research loophole in the wording of a ban on commercial whaling imposed by the International Whaling Commission... (Source)
- Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:27 AM PST - (The Oregonian) - Northwest News: Summer tuition at Oregon universities will spike an average of 7 percent; bottlenose dolphin shows up ...
Read up, click over and then come back and share your thoughts with your community here at Pacific Northwest News. (Source)
- Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:30 AM PST - (Easton Courier) - Dolphin adoption: 'Winter' joins Samuel Staples family
Though a big part of the Samuel Staples community, Winter the dolphin does not live anywhere near Samuel Staples Elementary School. (Source)
- Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Australia said Japan didn't sink Ady Gil
SYDNEY (Kyodo) Australian diplomats said in January last year that Japan's whaling fleet was not at fault for a crash that disabled the Ady Gil speedboat... (Source)
- Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Winnipeg Free Press) - At sea on whales
Japan continues whaling, despite an IWC ban, and Sea Shepherd is dedicated to stopping that. According to the leak, Monica Medina, US commissioner to the... (Source)
- Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Vancouver Sun) - Oprah Winfrey and big Mike Tyson get down at one of those Hollywood parties
... a Japanese whaling ship to make a citizen's arrest against the ship's captain for reckless endangerment. Bethune was hauled back to Japan, charged... (Source)
- Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Wicked Local Marion) - Moby Dick recitation marathon goes global
9, via the whaling museum's Web site, www.whalingmuseum.org with real-time access via Twitter at MDM#15. Readers from Japan to Portugal will participate... (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:11 PM PST - (The Tampa Tribune) - Race car reported stolen in Tampa
The 1986 Dolphin race car is candy apple red and silver and was stolen sometime around Christmas . (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:36 PM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - $1,000 reward for stolen Tampa race car
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Monday, January 10, 2011 TAMPA ' Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect who stole an enclosed trailer with a 1986 Dolphin race car inside. The trailer and race car were stolen sometime between December 23 and 27 from 938 E 124th Ave. in Tampa. The 2008, 16-inch dual axle trailer is ... (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:41 PM PST - (The Irish Times) - Damn Drunkovision. Call in the Specky Liberation Front
SMALL PRINT:WE THINK OF Hollywood as a liberal sort of place. After all, barely a day goes by without the newspapers running a photograph of Alec Baldwin chained to a dolphin-bottling factory (or something). Mention of George W Bush still sends the average star into an apoplexy of retrospective fury. Yet for the past few years Big Hollywood has been actively discriminating against disabled ... (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST - (11 News Houston) - Island offers savings to furloughed employees
GALVESTON, Texas ' A few businesses are hoping to give Houston families a discounted vacation and draw more visitors to the island with special offers available only to furloughed Houston employees. BayWatch Dolphin Tours is offering free boat tours of the Galveston harbor for Houston employees through February. On their chosen furlough day Monday through Friday, employees can present their City ... (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:32 AM PST - (Guernsey Press and Star) - Dolphin follows local fishing boat into port
A DOLPHIN made a guest appearance in St Peter Port Harbour on Saturday. (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Telegraph.co.uk) - Activists clashes with Japanese whaling ship
Hostilities between Sea Shepherd activists and Japanese whalers are common. Last year a Sea Shepherd vessel sank after colliding with a Japanese whaling... (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Montreal Gazette) - Getting the scoop on Whale Wars -- at Oprah's party
... was arrested by Japanese marines after boarding a Japanese whaling ship to make a citizen's arrest against the ship's captain for reckless endangerment. (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Otago Daily Times) - Sister city link tactic in anti-whaling bid
By Hamish McNeilly on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 Dunedin residents are urged to put pressure on their sister city of Otaru in an effort to stop Japanese whaling. (Source)
- Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Why Gillard is wrong on ocean protection
But it's likely sympathies would more readily extend to anti-whaling activists. After all, some are Australian nationals, and Japan's Institute of Cetacean... (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:01 PM PST - (Orlando Sentinel) - Discovery Cove deals for valentines: Roses, chocolates, delivery by dolphins
Discovery Cove is re-introducing Valentine's Day specials for the month of February. It's a chance for romantic moments with loved ones, plus dolphins, rays and birds found at SeaWorld's tropical resort. Discovery Cove's Valentine's Celebration Package offers a dolphin-delivered message on a buoy, a 6'8 photo with souvenir frame, T-shirt, gift bag and a box of [...] (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:55 AM PST - (The Evening Telegraph) - Tragic end to dolphin drama
A distressed dolphin found stranded on Broughty Ferry beach had to be put down today, despite a four-hour operation to save it (by Graham Huband). (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:30 AM PST - (BBC News) - Rescuers unable to save dolphin
Rescuers are unable to save a young striped dolphin found beached at Broughty Ferry in Tayside. (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:39 AM PST - (Daily Telegraph) - Misleading 'dolphin friendly' claims could be illegal
Almost one in three fish products labelled as 'environmentally friendly' are green wash, according to environmental lawyers. (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Independent) - Video: Whalers clash with activists in Antarctic
A whaling organisation sponsored by Japan releases footage of Sea Shepherd activists apparently throwing flares and smoke bombs at a ship. (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Chief Discovery Exec Most Proud Of 'Whale Wars'
The Japanese whaling industry is conducting criminal operations by targeting endangered and protected whales inside the boundaries of an established... (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - Sister city anti-whaling appeal being organised
The Green Party wants councils with sister cities in Japan to send an origami whale to their Japanese counterparts, to urge them to help stop Japan's... (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Scoop.co.nz) - Green Party Call for a stop to Whaling
Tuesday 11th of January 2011, small crowds gather at a Green Party stall in Cuba Mall Wellington in demonstration against Japanese whaling in the South Seas... (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Sea Shepherd iPhone, iPad App Now Available
Sea Shepherd is ready for this year's campaign with the goal of financially 'sinking' Japan's illegal whaling operations. This new tool will allow iPhone... (Source)
- Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Attleboro Sun Chronicle) - Whale of a time in New Bedford
The 25-hour marathon, which concluded at 1 pm the next afternoon, featured a nonstop recitation of the adventure classic that included readers from Japan... (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:54 PM PST - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Rescue training for dolphin, whale fans
Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service is running free training in whale and dolphin rescue in the state's north-west. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:40 PM PST - (Khaleej Times) - Dolphin show
Dolphin show at Dubai Dolphinarium (The dolphinarium is putting up an exclusive show during DSF for children and families.) Jan 28-Feb 18: Disney fans across the world can look forward to this exclusive production that is making a world premiere in Dubai. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:28 PM PST - (The Irish Times) - First sighting of year in Irish waters of humpback whale
THE FIRST humpback whale of 2011 seen in Irish waters was identified this week off the southeast coast. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group sightings co-ordinator P'¡draig Whooley said the humpback, which has been given the codename #HBIRL13, was seen over two days between Hook Head, Co Wexford, and Dunmore East, Co Waterford. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:51 AM PST - (New Kerala) - World Bank to help save Ganga dolphins
Patna, Jan 12 : The World Bank will help in conserving the endangered Ganga river dolphins, popularly known as the Gangetic dolphin, the bank's president Robert B. Zoellick said here Wednesday. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Sea stoushes with Japanese whalers could sink the legal battle
If not, Australia's international legal claim against the legitimacy of Japan's whaling program could be compromised. The time may fast be approaching when... (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post (blog)) - Sanction Iceland, the World's Whaling Outlaw
And, according to the managing director of Hvalur, the largest whaling company in Iceland, its focus is on exports to Japan, a country glutted with whale... (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - NZ will not send a frigate to the Southern Ocean says PM
He says New Zealand does not support Japan's whaling programme. Mr Key called for calm heads in the Southern Ocean, saying there is potential for the loss... (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:40 PM PST - (Khaleej Times) - Dolphin show
at Dubai Dolphinarium (The dolphinarium is putting up an exclusive show during DSF for children and families.) Jan 28-Feb 18: Disney fans across the world can look forward to this exclusive production that is making a world premiere in Dubai. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:28 PM PST - (The Irish Times) - First sighting of year in Irish waters of humpback whale
THE FIRST humpback whale of 2011 seen in Irish waters was identified this week off the southeast coast. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group sightings co-ordinator P°draig Whooley said the humpback, which has been given the codename #HBIRL13, was seen over two days between Hook Head, Co Wexford, and Dunmore East, Co Waterford. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:46 AM PST - (Fightnews.com) - Keb-Aguirre Press Conference
On Wednesday at the facilities of Dolphin Discovery at Six Flags in Mexico City, an unusual press conference was held for the WBC light flyweight world title fight between champion Gilberto Keb (34-20-4, 21 KOs) and former champ Jose Antonio Aguirre (34-9-1, 20 KOs). (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:22 AM PST - (The Desert Sun) - Swim without the dolphins
Brenda Burger, the owner of La Quinta Healing Arts in Old Town, found herself face to face with a wild dolphin in Bimini, Bahamas, four years ago and soon discovered her life and business would be changed for the better. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:57 PM PST - (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Injured tourist heads home
The Australian tourist injured while on a dolphin swim cruise is heading back to her home country. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:14 PM PST - (The Barnstable Patriot) - Bulkhead nearly complete
Since the project to rebuild Barnstable Harbor's tired and broken bulkhead got rolling last March, town staff hosted Friday morning update sessions at the Dolphin Restaurant, drawing a regular but rotating audience of harbor users and residents. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:16 PM PST - (The Courier Mail) - Aussie flies home after NZ boat accident
AN Australian tourist badly injured when her legs got tangled in the propeller of a boat during a dolphin-watching tour is flying home. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:04 PM PST - (Straits Times) - Langkawi dolphin pens 'appalling'
THE dolphins, slated to be an attraction at an oceanarium in Resorts World Sentosa, continue to draw debate. After going to Langkawi to inspect four sea pens where the bottlenose dolphins had been kept for a year before they were relocated to the Philippines, local animal protection group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) has said it is 'appalled' at what it discovered. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:43 PM PST - (Stuff) - Injured Aussie dolphin watcher heads home
The Australian tourist badly injured when she got tangled in boat propellers in the Marlborough Sounds is returning to Adelaide today for further treatment. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:12 PM PDT - (Discovery News) - Japan's Catch 22 on Whaling
As Japan's whaling fleet attempts to go about its unpopular business in the Antarctic, and Sea Shepherd attempts to prevent it from doing so... (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:12 PM PDT - (Treehugger) - Sea Shepherd Prevents Japanese Whalers From Receiving Supplies, Refueling
by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 01.13.11 An update from the Southern Ocean and the activities of Sea Shepherd in harassing the Japanese whaling fleet:... (Source)
- Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:12 PM PDT - (Change.org (blog)) - 83 Percent of Americans Want Whaling Stopped, So Where's the President?
He also told Greenpeace that, "Allowing Japan to continue commercial whaling is unacceptable." Once President Obama took office however, Japan's desire to... (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:11 AM PST - (ABC 26 New Orleans) - A Marine Life Miracle: Audubon Institute Brings Rescued Dolphin Back to Health
Covered in scratches and oil, he was given a 5 percent chance of survival. After several months of therapy, the dolphin is healthy again. New Orleans - From sharks and turtles to dolphins, marine life in need of care go to the Audubon Nature Institute's rehab facility to get better. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:15 PM PST - (This is West Country) - Dolphin delivers prostate cash
A WELLINGTON pub has raised £1,030 for the Somerset Prostate Support Association. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:02 PM PST - (MSNBC) - Even blindfolded, dolphins master mimicry
Even blindfolded, a 7-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Tanner was able to mimic another dolphin's behavior, and that's proof, Florida researchers say, that dolphins are masters of imitation second only to humans. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:32 PM PST - (redOrbit) - Dolphins Are Masters Of Imitation
According to Florida researchers, dolphins are able to imitate each other, even blindfolded. The researchers at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys said in a study published in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology that their blindfolded dolphin used other senses to figure out what the other dolphin was doing and copy it. The dolphin is a 7-year-old bottlenose dolphin ... (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:39 AM PST - (The News-Press) - Stranded dolphin rescued in Sanibel
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff rescued a stranded bottlenose dolphin calf Thursday at the J.N. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:36 AM PST - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
A bottlenose dolphin calf arrived at Mote Marine Laboratory's Dolphin and Whale Hospital yesterday afternoon following its rescue in the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel Island. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:34 AM PST - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Stranded dolphin taken to Mote
A bottlenose dolphin calf found stranded Thursday is swimming on his own and showing good energy. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST - (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News) - Even blindfolded, dolphins are masters of imitation
MIAMI (Reuters) - Even blindfolded, a 7-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Tanner was able to mimic another dolphin's behavior -- proof, according to Florida researchers, that dolphins are masters of imitation second only to humans. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:02 AM PST - (Santa Barbara Independent) - Sandman Leaving Town After Citation
Stearns Wharf sculptor of 15 years found guilty of getting sand in Dolphin Fountain when fetching water for statues. (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Wall Street Journal (blog)) - Japan's Whale Diplomacy: More WikiLeaks
By Yoree Koh A swath of cables released by WikiLeaks show that Iceland looked to fellow pro-whaling nation Japan to bolster its case to ease the... (Source)
- Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Change.org (blog)) - Sea Shepherd in Your Pocket: Anti-Whaling Campaign Goes Mobile
To some they're conservation heroes, to countries like Japan, they're a huge problem. Much of Sea Shepherd's work happens far away from us, on the high seas... (Source)
- Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:14 PM PST - (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) - Even blindfolded, dolphins are masters of imitation
MIAMI - Even blindfolded, a 7-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Tanner was able to mimic another dolphin's behavior -- proof, according to Florida researchers, that dolphins are masters of imitation second only to humans. (Source)
- Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:05 PM PST - (The Japan Times) - Of Taiji, activists know nil: curator
A curator of the Taiji Whale Museum on Friday criticized opponents of the town's dolphin slaughter for their lack of knowledge about Taiji, which was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove." "I am neutral (as to whether catching dolphins for human consumption and display in aquariums is right or wrong), but it is unfortunate the issue is discussed among people who don't know about ... (Source)
- Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:14 PM PST - (CNN) - The call of the Dolphin Mother
Have you heard a Tiger Mother's prescription for superior parenting? (Source)
- Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:19 AM PST - (The Toledo Blade) - Researchers gather for forum on the Oak Openings Region
By CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT BLADE STAFF WRITER Sometimes it's the little things that count, and that's certainly true for northwest Ohio's Oak Openings Region. While it may not be home to large, impressive mammals like the polar bear or dolphin, the region's rare birds, bats, turtles, plants, and other flora and fauna make it one of the most unique wild places in the country. That's why for years ... (Source)
- Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Of Taiji, activists know nil: curator
... said at the Foreign Press Center Japan in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Sakurai traveled to Tokyo to tell journalists about the history of whaling in Taiji. (Source)
- Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Foreigner) - US deliberately censured Norwegian whaling quota
Last year's US-led international compromise, allowing Norway, Japan, and Iceland to conduct limited commercial whaling in return for IWC-controlled and... (Source)
- Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Scranton Times-Tribune) - Waverly youth passionate about whales
While a first-grader at Our Lady of Peace School in Clarks Green, Willy became deeply concerned with Japan's efforts to end the international ban on whale... (Source)
- Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:48 PM PST - (TVNZ) - Freedive champ diving for dolphins
Freedive world record holder, Kiwi William Trubridge, is using his diving skills to draw attention to dwindling numbers of one of the world's rarest dolphin, the Hector's dolphin (Source)
- Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:41 PM PST - (Muzi) - Even blindfolded, dolphins are masters of imitation
MIAMI (Reuters) - Even blindfolded, a 7-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Tanner was able to mimic another dolphin's behavior -- proof, according to Florida researchers, that dolphins are masters of imitation second only to humans. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:00 PM PST - (Bradenton Herald) - Hufty, Zarella win titles at Dolphin Dash
The Dolphin Dash 5K and 1-mile run took place Saturday at Anna Maria Elementary, which had 253 runners competing. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:23 PM PST - (Middle East Newsline) - Israel Prepares To Receive Dolphin Sub
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has been preparing to receive another German-origin naval submarine. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:16 PM PST - (Business Examiner) - Witness to dolphin slaughter
Lindsay Chung (Source)
- Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:03 PM PST - (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) - Dolphin campaign under way
When Sheri Hargrove rented a documentary two years ago about dolphin killings in a small Japanese town, she had no idea it would take her across the globe. (Source)
- Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:53 PM PST - (The News & Observer) - Troubleshooter: Do you know what she wants? Listen up, guys
I have a friend who gave his wife a laundry basket for her birthday one year. Another time, he bought her pewter dolphin earrings. (Source)
- Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:26 PM PST - (Thailand Outlook Channel) - Thai-ASEAN News Network
An Irrawaddy dolphin was mysteriously found dead on a beach in the western province of Prachuab Khirikhan, with several wounds on its body. News reports say an Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead on a beach in Samroiyot district of Prachuab Khirikhan province yesterday. (Source)
- Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:33 AM PST - (TVNZ) - Scientist says dolphin carrying carcass was displaying grief
A sighting of a mother dolphin carrying her dead and decomposing calf around Whangarei Harbour has scientists saying the marine mammals are more like us than we thought (Source)
- Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (24 Hours Vancouver) - The Gojira in Antarctic waters. (Handout)
Last year, the Sea Shepherd's pursuit boat, Ady Gil, had its front end sheared after coming into contact with a Japanese whaling vessel. (Source)
- Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Moscow Times) - Rare whale heads from Russia toward Alaska
A population was rediscovered off Sakhalin Island, north of Japan, and has been monitored since the mid-1990s. Sakhalin Island is the site of major offshore... (Source)
- Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:51 PM PST - (The Daily Northwestern) - Week in the Life
By: and nbsp; Wednesday, January 12 I wake to an 8:00 a.m. call from a family in Glenview who are willing to sell a crib as a prop for our show. and nbsp; Me and my partner in crime, Dolphin Show Production Manager Mary Hungerford, hightail it to U-Haul and... (Source)
- Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:26 PM PST - (BigPond News) - Sting meets with Japan dolphin advocates
Sting says he wants to encourage debate over dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan. (Source)
- Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:36 AM PST - (WABC-TV New York) - Sting meets dolphin advocate, hopes for debate
Sting wants to help save dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan, but says the best way is by starting a debate. (Source)
- Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:18 AM PST - (Sydney Morning Herald) - New video reveals dolphin hunt just as brutal as ever
HOBART: A fresh account has emerged of a harrowing dolphin kill at the Japanese town of Taiji, confirming the controversial hunt thrives despite a foreign vigil against it. (Source)
- Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Moscow Times) - Rare Whale Heads Toward US
Western gray whales were decimated by whaling in previous centuries and feared to be A population was rediscovered off Sakhalin Island, north of Japan... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:45 PM PST - (New Kerala) - Do blindfolded dolphins use 'sixth sense' to imitate each other?
London, Jan 21 : A new study has found that a blindfolded dolphin can imitate movements of other dolphins, almost as if it has a sixth sense. (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:03 PM PST - (Los Angeles Times) - Dolphins' ability to mimic one another is tested in new 'blindfold' study
GRASSY KEY, Fla. ' In a lagoon in the Florida Keys, trainer Emily Guarino blindfolds a male dolphin named Tanner with special latex goggles. "You ready, Tanner?" Guarino asks the young dolphin, waiting beside his companion, Kibby. At a command,... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:29 AM PST - (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Study explores powers of blindfolded dolphins to 'see' underwater habitat, imitate companions
GRASSY KEY, Fla. - A new study reports a blindfolded dolphin can detect and imitate the fin splashes, swimming movements and other behavior of fellow dolphins even when it can't see them. (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:41 AM PST - (7 News Miami) - Study explores how blindfolded dolphins can 'see'
GRASSY KEY, Fla. (AP) -- In a lagoon in the Florida Keys, trainer Emily Guarino blindfolds a male dolphin named Tanner with special latex goggles. "You ready, Tanner?" Guarino asks the young dolphin, waiting beside his companion Kibby. (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:24 AM PST - (Straits Times) - Study explores how dolphins 'see' with blindfolds
GRASSY KEY - A NEW study reports a blindfolded dolphin can detect and imitate the fin splashes, swimming movements and other behaviour of fellow dolphins even when it can't see them. Dr Kelly Jaakkola at the nonprofit Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys says the study involved a male bottlenose dolphin named Tanner who was blindfolded with opaque latex goggles and able to detect the ... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:19 AM PST - (The Argus-Press) - Study explores how blindfolded dolphins can 'see'
In this Jan. 11, 2011 photo, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Tanner, foreground, imitates the behavior of another dolphin, Kibby, rear, as Emily Guarino, Administrative Director of Research, right, and Jane Hecksher, research assistant, look on at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Fla. During the study Tanner, who wore eyecups to block his vision, was able to copy the behavior of ... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:18 AM PST - (The Argus-Press) - Study explores how blindfolded dolphins can 'see'
Wilfredo Lee In this Jan. 11, 2011 photo, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Tanner, foreground, imitates the behavior of another dolphin, Kibby, rear, as Emily Guarino, Administrative Director of Research, right, and Jane Hecksher, research assistant, look on at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Fla. During the study Tanner, who wore eyecups to block his vision, was able to copy the ... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:37 AM PST - (Deseret News) - Study explores how dolphins 'see' with blindfolds
A new study reports a blindfolded dolphin can detect and imitate the fin splashes, swimming movements and other behavior of... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:04 AM PST - (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) - Sting gets behind ending dolphin hunt
TOKYO - Sting wants to help save dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan, but says the best way is by starting a debate, not by forcing foreign opinion. (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:22 AM PST - (PhysOrg) - Monk seal and hump-backed dolphin are threatened by fishing activities off coast of Mauritania
Catalan researchers have studied the marine trophic network in Mauritania, on the north west coast of Africa, which is an extremely heavily exploited fishing area, as well as being home to two of the world's most threatened species of marine mammal ' the monk seal and the Atlantic hump-backed dolphin. The results of the study show that industrial and traditional fishing activities along the ... (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:23 PM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Dolphin researcher observes, protects a growing family near John's Pass
By EMILY NIPPS (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST - (KSEE 24 Fresno) - Look at This! FRIDAY
A crazy spin out, a clerk grabs a robbers' gun, and a grieving dolphin...the video that will have you talking is a click away... ya gotta Take a Look at This! (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:25 AM PST - (New Scientist) - Blindfolded dolphin mimics its mates
The first experiment with blindfolded dolphins shows that they can imitate others without needing to see (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:15 AM PST - (Science Daily) - Monk seal and hump-backed dolphin are threatened by fishing activities off coast of Mauritania
Researchers in Spain have studied the marine trophic network in Mauritania, on the north west coast of Africa, which is an extremely heavily exploited fishing area, as well as being home to two of the world's most threatened species of marine mammal -- the monk seal and the Atlantic hump-backed dolphin. The results of the study show that industrial and traditional fishing activities along the ... (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:16 AM PST - (New Kerala) - Dolphins can imitate other dolphins blindfolded
London, Jan 21 : A dolphin can detect and imitate the fin splashes, swimming movements and other behaviour of fellow dolphins, even when blindfolded. (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:53 AM PST - (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) - Dolphin calf recovering at Mote
A 6-month old dolphin calf found stranded along a beach in Lee County is making a speedy recovery. (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - The big catch that might just get away
Hunted the anti-whaling vessel Steve Irwin pursues the Japanese whaling fleet earlier this month. Photo: AFP The future of Japan's Antarctic industry... (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PDT - (The Age) - Australia bowed to Japan ire
THE federal government, responding to heavy diplomatic pressure from Japan, exhausted all legal options to use against the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group. (Source)
- Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PDT - (SunLive) - Whaling letters folded
Read More Green Party MP Gareth Hughes is using Tauranga's sister city relationship with Hitachi to try to stop the Japanese whaling in the southern ocean. (Source)
- Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:18 PM PST - (Muzi) - Sting meets dolphin advocate, hopes for debate
TOKYO - Sting wants to help save dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan, but says the best way is by starting a debate, not by forcing foreign opinion. (Source)
- Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:19 AM PST - (redOrbit) - Monk Seal, Hump-backed Dolphin Threatened Off Coast Of Mauritania
Catalan researchers have studied the marine trophic network in Mauritania, on the north west coast of Africa, which is an extremely heavily exploited fishing area, as well as being home to two of the world's most threatened species of marine mammal ' the monk seal and the Atlantic hump-backed dolphin. The results of the study show that industrial and traditional fishing activities along the ... (Source)
- Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:12 AM PST - (BBC Cornwall) - Dolphin detectors are installed
Dolphin detectors are being installed in Cornwall to help reduce the number of dolphins caught in fishing nets. (Source)
- Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:08 PM PDT - (Jersey Evening Post) - Island to host major whaling talks
And representatives from Norway, Japan and Iceland а countries which continue to defy a worldwide ban on whale hunting а are expected to be among the... (Source)
- Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:37 PM PST - (The Huffington Post) - Ric O'Barry: Behind the Tarp: Video of Japan Dolphin Kill Exposes Lies
One of the arguments they made is that fisherman had changed the technique that they use to kill the dolphins and it's now more humane. We knew it was a lie, but we couldn't prove it. Until now. (Source)
- Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:12 AM PST - (Queensland Times) - New insights on dolphin IQ
A BLINDFOLDED dolphin can detect and imitate the fin splashes, swimming movements and other behaviour of fellow dolphins even when it can't see them. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:13 AM PST - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
A 90-pound bottlenose dolphin calf rescued on a sandbar in the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island continues to recover at Mote Marine's Dolphin and Whale Hospital. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:40 AM PST - (Ars Technica) - Hands on: Dolphin HD browser for Android is swimmingly good
One of the strengths of Google's Android mobile operating system is its support for customization. Android enthusiasts can augment the capabilities of their Android device by replacing key components of the platform with superior third-party alternatives. There are a growing number of really great third-party home screen implementations and Web browsers that users can install directly from the ... (Source)
- Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:06 AM PST - (Coast Reporter) - Whale, dolphin sightings increasing around Coast
Whenever a dorsal fin or whale tail emerges from the water within eyeshot of the Sunshine Coast, Coast Reporter's phone lines light up. But one group hopes you will share the news of your find with them for the purpose of science. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (Maui News) - Obama should stop whaling in sanctuary
Right now the Japanese whaling fleet is in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary hunting whales. This is the fourth time the Japanese have gone to the Southern... (Source)
- Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (Monterey County Herald) - Letters: Band to enforce whaling ban
Japan continues to violate international law so that some of its population can continue to feast on the flesh of endangered whales. (Source)
- Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:30 PM PST - (Engineering News-Record) - Builders Hang Glazed Free-Form Jigsaw Puzzle on Florida Museum
Some see a frozen tear clinging to the 'cheek' of the new Salvador Dal' Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla. Others see a melting crystal. Depending on the viewer's vantage point, still others say they are reminded of a misshapen potato, a nose, an amoeba and a dolphin in a nosedive. (Source)
- Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:39 PM PST - (The Huffington Post) - Blindfolded Dolphins Can 'See,' Mimic Each Other Perfectly (VIDEO)
GRASSY KEY, Fla. (AP) ' In a lagoon in the Florida Keys, trainer Emily Guarino blindfolds a male dolphin named Tanner with special latex goggles. "You ready, Tanner?" Guarino asks the young dolphin, waiting beside his companion Kibby. (Source)
- Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:21 AM PST - (Coast Reporter) - Whale, dolphin sightings increasing around Coast
Whenever a dorsal fin or whale tail emerges from the water within eyeshot of the Sunshine Coast, Coast Reporter's phone lines light up. But one group hopes you will share the news of your find with them for the purpose of science. (Source)
- Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Pete Thomas Outdoor) - Sea Shepherd locates Japanese whaling factory ship
After three-plus weeks of skirmishing with Japanese harpoon boats, activists opposing the country's Southern Ocean whale hunt today announced they had... (Source)
- Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BBC News) - Whaling commission expects peaceful Jersey conference
About 450 delegates from 88 member countries are expected to attend, including those from the whaling nations, Japan, Norway and Iceland. (Source)
- Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:36 AM PST - (Coast Reporter) - Whale, dolphin sightings increasing around Coast
Whenever a dorsal fin or whale tail emerges from the water within eyeshot of the Sunshine Coast, Coast Reporter's phone lines light up. But one group hopes you will share the news of your find with them for the purpose of science. (Source)
- Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:35 AM PST - (The Daily Northwestern) - NU Dolphin Show to perform on ABC 7
Northwestern's Dolphin Show is swimming into a bigger tank. Three members of the cast of this year's show, 'Ragtime,' will be performing on ABC 7 on Wednesday morning as part of the 11 a.m. newscast. In addition, the two directors of the show, and nbsp... (Source)
- Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (AFP) - Activists track down Japan whaling ship
Canberra is currently fighting Japan's whaling program in the International Court of Justice, seeking for it to be declared illegal. (Source)
- Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (National Geographic) - New Hybrid Whale Discovered in Arctic
Minkes have been hunted extensively since the 1930s, and the few nations that still practice whalingбincluding Norway, Greenland, and Japanбtarget them... (Source)
- Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Bay of Plenty Times) - OUR VIEW: Tauranga can speak for itself on issues
These majestic mammals roam the ocean in all their glory but above them a bitter fight continues to rage between whaling nations such as Japan... (Source)
- Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:21 AM PST - (Coast Reporter) - Whale, dolphin sightings increasing around Coast
Whenever a dorsal fin or whale tail emerges from the water within eyeshot of the Sunshine Coast, Coast Reporter's phone lines light up. But one group hopes you will share the news of your find with them for the purpose of science. (Source)
- Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Wildlife Extra) - Japanese whaling factory ship found by Sea Shepherd
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker, and Gojira originally found the Japanese whaling fleet on December 31st... (Source)
- Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Marin Independent-Journal) - Readers' Forum for Jan. 27
He must use the considerable diplomatic tools at his disposal to stop the Japanese from whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:18 AM PST - (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Dolphin rescued in Calapan
A 30-kilogram spinner dolphin was released two hours after it was rescued Friday morning along the coast of Barangay San Antonio in Calapan City by combined Maritime police, environment, agriculture and fishery officials. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:06 PM PST - (Coast Reporter) - Whale, dolphin sightings increasing around Coast
Whenever a dorsal fin or whale tail emerges from the water within eyeshot of the Sunshine Coast, Coast Reporter's phone lines light up. But one group hopes you will share the news of your find with them for the purpose of science. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:23 AM PST - (Vulture) - Carlton Cuse Turned Down a TV Show About a 'Hot Dolphin Trainer'
Carlton Cuse has written an essay for the New York Times about his post- Lost experience. It begins with an anecdote about Cuse being yelled at on a Swiss mountaintop for not explaining the polar bears, catalogues his withdrawal from the series, and ends with some words about his new, previously announced TV project for ABC, Point of Honor , "which in its simplest form is about the journey of a ... (Source)
- Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (Royal Gazette) - Bermudian involved in 'ruining' Japanese whaling efforts in the Southern Ocean
According to Ms Dakin, Japan's whaling fleet has only managed to kill about 30 whales this season. Minke whales are most commonly targeted... (Source)
- Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (Greenpeace International (blog)) - Japanese whaling will come to an end
Workers unload whale meat from the Nisshin Maru, Japan's factory whaling ship, which returns to the Southern Ocean every year for so called "science". (Source)
- Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (Birmingham Star) - Travel deals: enjoy an Arctic voyage or Japan's cherry blossoms
The ship will make short stops in Tyrgghama, home to a 17th-century whaling station; Bellsund and the glacier front of Fridtjohamna for some wildlife... (Source)
- Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST - (Manila Bulletin) - Group holds meet to save Bataan whales, dolphins
MANILA, Philippines ' The conservation group Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) has conducted cetacean stranding rescue workshop to address the rising incidents of whale and dolphin strandings in Bataan. Over 40 representatives from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Bantay Pawikan Conservation Center, and local fishers' groups underwent classroom and field sessions on ... (Source)
- Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Bristol Evening Post) - 'Whaling is barbaric а it's just wrong'
Both commercial whaling and the international trade in whale products are currently banned. However, Japan, Norway and Iceland together kill about 2000... (Source)
- Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:21 PM PST - (Northern Star) - Oscar nod for dolphin doco
BRUNSWICK HEADS free surfer and environmentalist David Rastovich has found new fame for his role in exposing the horror of a traditional Japanese dolphin slaughter. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:57 PM PST - (Asian Correspondent) - Pakistan's rare dolphins found dead on river bank
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ' Wildlife authorities say they have found the carcasses of six endangered river dolphins in Pakistan over the last month. Sindh Wildlife Department deputy head Ghulam Mohammad accused on Monday local fisherman, saying their poison and nets were to blame for the deaths of the Indus River Dolphin. The blind mammal is (Source)
- Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:41 AM PST - (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi) - Rare Dolphins Found Dead In Pakistan
KARACHI- Wildlife authorities say they have found the carcasses of six endangered river dolphins in Pakistan over the last month. Sindh Wildlife Department deputy head Ghulam Mohammad accused on Monday local fisherman, saying their poison and nets were to blame for the deaths of the Indus River Dolphin. The blind mammal is found only in the Indus River. A 2006 survey put the numbers left in the ... (Source)
- Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:03 AM PST - (The Natal Witness Group) - Stanger: two die, three injured in head-on along Tinley Manor Road
JOHANNESBURG ' Two people died and three were critically injured yesterday in a head-on collision along Tinley ManorRoad on the Dolphin Coast, according to reports from paramedics. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:05 PM PST - (The Japan Times) - Kyoto plan to boost visitors with aquarium irks locals
KYOTO ' The ancient capital of Kyoto, already a major tourist destination, is moving forward with plans to further boost the number of domestic and international visitors. But the construction of an aquarium that will feature live dolphin shows as a way to attract more tourists is being opposed by local Japanese and foreign residents, who have called the project an environmental hazard and a ... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:13 PM PST - (LAist) - OC Woman Reunites With Her Dingle Dolphin BFF
This will not do the story justice. You'll have to watch the video . OC woman Coley Pittman on a recent trip to Dingle, Ireland was reunited with her dolphin BFF . Dingle, a town of 1,900 humans and 500,000 sheep, is also home to a "solitary dolphin" named Fungi that reportedly lives on its own without seeking other dolphin companionship. Pittman visited Fungi several times over the past 12 ... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:48 AM PST - (Royal Yachting Association) - Team Blog
Miami - what a place. Landing here ready for training straight after new year it has to be one of the best places for January training. 20 degrees and warm water has made the hours training on the water fly by, as well as the occasional dolphin swimming along side. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Unbelievable Methods With Which Dolphins are Being Killed
BISSINGEN, Germany, February 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pictures from the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan have been circulating the globe for years. One of the high points was the Oscar- winning documentary, "The Cove," released about one year ago, which covered the dolphin capturing in Taiji. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:06 AM PST - (Business Day) - Westpac's green credentials wilt
The tree-hugging, low-emission and dolphin-friendly reputation of Westpac's chief executive, Gail Kelly, has taken a minor hit. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:18 AM PST - (KABC-TV Los Angeles) - OC woman, dolphin reunite after 5 years
An emotional reunion caught on video brought together an Orange County woman and a playful dolphin in Ireland. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (The Age) - Whalers give Sea Shepherd the slip in heavy ice
Photo: Barbara Veiga/Sea Shepherd MOST of Japan's whaling ships have broken from a conservationist grip and appear free to resume their Antarctic hunt. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (CRIENGLISH.com) - DPRK Accuses Japan of Illegal Whaling
According to the KCNA, Japanese boats have continued whaling in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans with nearly 1000 whales caught every year allegedly... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (Sify) - North Korea accuses Japan of illegal whaling
Pyongyang, Feb 2 (IANS) North Korea has accused Japan of illegally hunting whales, the official KCNA news agency reported. Japanese boats continue whaling... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (Greenpeace UK (blog)) - Japanese whaling will come to an end, the question is simply when
This is a major development and a wholly positive one for an end to Japanese whaling. Yamashita was involved in the various whaling negotiations... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (Slashfood) - Whale Meat: A School Lunch Treat?
Japan continues to flaunt a 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling put in place by the International Whaling Commission. The country says the whale hunts are... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (ScrippsNews) - Corner: Newbery Medal runners-up are no mere also-rans
Things look bleak until the group is rescued by an American whaling ship. But Japan has isolated itself from the outside world, so Manjiro and his... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:22 PM PST - (Vulture) - Carlton Cuse to Script Hugh Jackman Film
Carlton Cuse's career has perked up since, after ending Lost , he was offered a TV show about a hot dolphin trailer (which he turned down to develop a presumably less bikini-heavy series about the Civil War ), as Deadline reports that Cuse has been brought on board to write an untitled action adventure for Hugh Jackman that will reunite him with his rock-em-sock-em Real Steel director Shawn Levy ... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:19 PM PST - (Lancaster Online) - Fossils, unfossilized
Somewhere in the prehistoric seas that covered the American Southwest, the water was filled with dolphin-like ichthyosaurs and squid-like belemnites. There was a pencil, too. And a cheeseburger. And, off to one side, artist Ray Troll floated in the water in swirly pink pajamas. OK, maybe not. But th... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:46 AM PST - (Cruise Addicts) - Just Another Day in Paradise for Oosterdam
As the Oosterdam sets sail from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico a group of dolphins decided to play in front of the ship. We overheard one dolphin saying to the other 'Swim Forest, Swim.' Oh, just another day in paradise on the Oosterdam. Amy Kreft is Oosterdam's human resources manager. (Source)
- Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (PlanetSave.com) - Greenpeace: Re-Open Whale Meat Embezzlement Investigation
Following the Japanese governments admission and apology for embezzlement related to Japan's whaling policy and industry (whaling officials finally... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:50 PM PST - (Otago Daily Times) - Whangarei women injured in boat collision
A Whangarei woman is in Wellington Hospital with a broken leg after the Outward Bound cutter she was on was run down by a Dolphin Watch catamaran in the Marlborough Sounds this afternoon. read more (Source)
- Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:37 PM PST - (Scoop.co.nz) - South Pacific Whale Research Consortium meets in Samoa
New whale and dolphin species records, research and conservation achievements across the Pacific Islands region was profiled at the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium during an Open Day in Apia Samoa as part of their week long Annual meeting. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:16 PM PST - (Marlborough Express) - Many hurt as boats collide in Marlborough Sounds
A Dolphin Watch catamaran has crashed into an Outward Bound cutter boat injuring eight people in the Marlborough Sounds near Picton this afternoon. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - Whale wars: Boat claims ram attempt
The Bob Barker and the Gojira intend to continue to pursue and harass the Japanese whaling fleet while the other Sea Shepherd ship, Steve Irwin... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Hawke's Bay Today) - Paper protest drives whaling backlash
"It's the personal touch, building on our international friendship, that may just provide the breakthrough in Japan that has so far been elusive."... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:17 PM PST - (The New Zealand Herald) - Boat collision victims released from hospital
Eight people hurt in a collision between two boats in the Marlborough Sounds yesterday have been discharged from hospital.A Dolphin Watch catamaran crashed into an Outward Bound training cutter about 2.10pm yesterday, leaving... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:38 PM PST - (People's Daily) - 8 injured in boats collision in New Zealand
A dolphin-watching vessel collided with a boat full of Outward Bound students in the Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand on Saturday, injuring eight people. (Source)
- Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:52 PM PST - (3news) - Investigations begin into Outward Bound crash
Investigations have begun into the cause of a collision between a Outward Bound cutter and a Dolphin Watch cataraman. (Source)
- Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:07 PM PST - (Stuff) - Marlborough Sounds adventure trip turns to horror
An afternoon on the water turned into a horror experience for students on an Outboard Bound cutter after it collided with a dolphin watch catamaran in the Marlborough Sounds and began sinking yesterday afternoon. (Source)
- Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:35 AM PST - (Otago Daily Times) - Women injured in boat collision
A Whangarei woman is in Wellington Hospital with a broken leg after the Outward Bound cutter she was on was run down by a Dolphin Watch catamaran in the Marlborough Sounds. read more (Source)
- Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Japanese whalers claim Sea Shepherd disabled ship, then ignored distress call
A JAPANESE whaling vessel is in distress in the Southern Ocean following a skirmish with conservation activists. Both sides traded accusations following... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:22 PM PST - (The Sun) - Dolphin bloodbath exposed
HIDDEN cameras capture the horrific methods used in slaughter in Japan (Source)
- Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:02 PM PST - (Marlborough Express) - Fast boaties 'frequent problem'
Many boats travel too fast and too close to Outward Bound cutters in the Marlborough Sounds, an Outward Bound staff member said after eight students were injured when their cutter and a Dolphin Watch Ecotours boat collided in Queen Charlotte Sound on Saturday. (Source)
- Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whalers face financial disaster, say activists
An anti-whaling group claims Japanese whalers are catching well below their planned quota this season. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Paul Watson says... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:06 PM PST - (3news) - Sea lions
They're big, they're smelly, and they're as endangered as the kakapo and maui dolphin. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:08 PM PST - (The Clarion-Ledger) - USM prof brings dolphin research to PBS
A University of Southern Mississippi psychology professor will show you just how smart dolphins are at 8 p.m. Wednesday when he appears on a Mississippi Public Broadcasting episode of NOVA. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:09 PM PST - (FOX10 Mobile) - Rescued dolphin transported to new home
The first live oiled dolphin from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill is being acclimated to its new home. Louie was rescued in Louisiana and was given a five percent chance of survival. He was nursed back to health and is now living at the Dolphin Rescue Center in the Florida Keys. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:07 PM PST - (CBS Miami) - Oil-Damaged Dolphin Defies Odds, Survives, And Moves To The Keys
Louie the dolphin has a second chance at life. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:04 PM PST - (FOX 35 Orlando) - Oil spill dolphin gets new home
A young male dolphin, stranded in Louisiana last September, has successfully joined a new home in the Florida Keys. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:18 PM PST - (Soundings) - Day sail turns tragic
An afternoon on the water turned into a horrible experience for Australian students on an Outboard Bound cutter after it collided with a dolphin watch catamaran and began sinking. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:26 AM PST - (Eurogamer) - News: DICE: Battlefield 3 has spotting
But Dolphin Diving is disallowed. Battlefield 3 will feature spotting, developer DICE has confirmed. Spotting allows gamers to pin-point the location of enemies for the rest of their team. Once spotted, a soldier has a red triangle above his head and is singled-out on the game's mini-map. Battlefield 3 senior gameplay designer Alan Kertz confirmed the feature via Twitter. Read more... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:26 AM PST - (Eurogamer) - News: DICE: Battlefield 3 has 3D spotting
But Dolphin Diving is disallowed. Battlefield 3 will feature 3D spotting, developer DICE has confirmed. Spotting allows gamers to pin-point the location of enemies for the rest of their team. Once spotted, a soldier has a red triangle above his head and is singled-out on the game's mini-map. Battlefield 3 senior gameplay designer Alan Kertz confirmed the feature via Twitter. Read more... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Food Manufacturing) - Photo Of The Day: Activists Confront Japanese Whalers
(AP) б In this photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 approaches the Sea Shepherd's high-speed... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:08 PM PST - (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - New home
A dolphin named Louie swims in a pen as he acclimates to his new surroundings at the Dolphin Research Centre in Marathon, Florida. Louie was found washed up on the beach of Port Fourchon in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill last September. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:50 PM PST - (Gamasutra) - PathEngine Updates SDK, New MMO Licensing Agreements
PathEngine announced the release of a 5.26 update for its pathfinding and agent movement SDK, as well as new licensing agreements with NCSoft, Nexon, N. Dolphin Soft, and Bigpoint. The company's SDK is built on an implementation of "points-of-visibility pathfinding over three-dimensional ground meshes". It's designed to enable pathfinding and collision in integration against a single agent ... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:00 AM PST - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Silver Dolphin Children's Books Offers New Series & Additions to Popular Series for Spring 2011
Silver Dolphin Books, a leading publisher of quality, innovative, interactive, and educational children's books, announces the release of its spring 2011 collection with several new engaging educational series, as well as eagerly awaited title additions to our most popular existing series. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Guardian (blog)) - Whaling in Japan is on the verge of collapse
In 2008, a colleague and I intercepted a box of whale meat intended as "souvenirs" for the Japanese whaling fleet's crew. Greenpeace investigations of... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:03 PM PST - (Los Angeles Times) - Dog and dolphin forge an unusual friendship in Ireland
How's this for evidence that we really can all get along? A Labrador retriever named Ben and a dolphin named Duggie inexplicably became the best of friends a few years back, despite the fact that one lives on land and... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:54 AM PST - (CNN) - Nearly killed in oil spill, dolphin now thriving
Five months after the Deepwater Horizon explosion unleashed a torrent of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a male dolphin washed up on Louisiana's Gulf Coast just barely alive. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:10 AM PST - (metacritic) - User Panel Options
Login to rate. Summary: Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above, except for a dolphin trainer. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:29 AM PST - (The Delta Optimist) - Dolphins begin 2011 in impressive style
The little swim club from Tsawwassen showed it has big resolutions for 2011 at the Canadian Dolphin Swim Club New Year's Invitational Meet. Winskill Dolphins swimmers started the new year strong by breaking nine meet records and taking numerous top finishes. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:10 AM PST - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - 'Oiled' dolphin finds permanent home in the Keys
Louie, an "oiled" young male bottlenose dolphin that stranded in Louisiana in September as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, has a new home at the Dolphin Research Center on Grassy Key. Louie, named for his Louisiana roots, was found on Sept. 2 on Fourchon Beach, La., and rescued by Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:19 AM PST - (MENAFN) - Qatar- Dolphin raises fund for Shafallah Center
Qatar- Dolphin raises fund for Shafallah Center (Source)
- Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (SW Iowa News) - Wednesday's Your Views: Stop Japanese whaling
Right now, the Japanese whaling fleet is in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary hunting whales. This the fourth time the Japanese whalers have hunted in the... (Source)
- Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Trial turns Japanese off whaling
Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato, known as the вTokyo twoг, intercepted a box of whale meat from Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru, after receiving a... (Source)
- Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:34 PM PST - (The Star) - 20. Fear the filmmaker
Errol Oh sees the award-winning documentary on dolphin slaugher in Japan as a wake-up call for the palm oil industry. (Source)
- Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:12 AM PST - (Everything In Budget) - Fun & Sun
Today's Deal: Only P3,250 for Private Twilight Cruise Package good for 2-15 persons. Cruise along Northern Cebu Coasts + Dolphin Watching + Snorkeling with an Island Appetizer Platter & On-Board Bar's Unlimited Drinks (valued at P7,000) Save P3,750! DetailsPurchase period is from February 9, 2011 ' February 15, 2011 only. Redemption period is from February 14, 2011 ' May 31, 2011. Twilight (Source)
- Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:19 PM PST - (South Miami News) - Unique Miami Seaquarium promotion offers sweethearts dinner, dolphins
By Michelle Palomino'¦. Are you wondering how to make this Valentine's Day truly memorable? Miami Seaquarium has a unique answer for couples with its 'Dine with the Dolphins' offering at the park's new Dolphin Harbor facility. On Monday, Feb. 14, from 8 to 10 p.m., couples will enjoy a delicious candlelight dinner under the stars [...] (Source)
- Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Shark fishing in Japan а a messy, blood-spattered business
But Japan's international scoresheet can't handle much more negative press." The people of Kesennuma, meanwhile, fear that media coverage of Japan's whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (Boston Globe) - In Pacific discovery, traces of Nantucket and 'Moby-Dick'
... through the low-lying atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, whaling along the way, and then onto whaling grounds off Japan and in the Arctic. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:10 PM PDT - (Malaysia Star) - Fear the filmmaker
It's an Oscar-winning documentary that skewers Japan's whaling industry primarily by highlighting the killing of dolphins and porpoises in a town called... (Source)
- Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:10 PM PDT - (National Geographic) - Pictures: 1823 Whaling Shipwreck Found in Hawaii
Two Brothers hit a shallow reef west of Hawaii on its way to whaling grounds near Japan, breaking apart quickly in the heavy surf. (Source)
- Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:27 PM PST - (Click The City) - Dolphin Crusader AG Sao is Newest WWF Hero
With each masterful brushstroke, 34-year old Filipino artist AG Sa'±o brings a dolphin back to life. His passion has rallied hundreds of volunteers to transform over 120 once-barren concrete walls into colourful murals bearing a singular message -- stop the slaughter and trade in dolphins! (Source)
- Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:10 PM PST - (The Hindu) - A record day at meet
Chennai: Several new meet records were set on the second and final day of the SDAT-Dolphin short-course age-group meet, here on Sunday. ORCA claimed the overall team championship in the Group I to IV categories, while SDAT Dolphin took home the honour in the Group V to VIII category. (Source)
- Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:00 AM PST - (AsiaOne) - Fisherman finds dead baby dolphin
MUAR - A fisherman in Parit Jawa was taken aback at finding a dead baby dolphin in his fishing net. Chia Sing Keng, 59, said the mammal could have been trapped inside the net at about 11 nautical miles off Parit Bulat here. He said he and his four crewmen never tried to hurt the friendly dolphins. (Source)
- Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (istockAnalyst.com (press release)) - Roundup: Visiting Japanese anti-whalers unite with Australians to protest ...
Japanese Greenpeace activists Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato, known as the "Tokyo two", intercepted a box of whale meat from Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin... (Source)
- Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST - (TMZ) - Charlie Sheen -- G-Rated Time with the Kids
Filed under: Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen is downright suburban these days ... spending his downtime with the twins. Charlie and the kids went out on a friend's yacht a few days back for some whale and dolphin watching off the L.A. coast ... and whaddya know? We got the pic.'¦ Read more (Source)
- Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:51 PM PST - (thewest.com.au) - A round of what's on in Queensland
A baby dolphin called Bubbles, a tour of "North Straddy" and the "best dinner in the world" are just a few of Queensland's tourist attractions. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:56 AM PST - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
A dolphin calf nicknamed 'Taz' continues to recover at Mote's Dolphin and Whale Hospital as of Friday, Feb. 11. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:28 AM PST - (NBC Miami) - Dolphin Great Kuechenberg Busted for DUI
63-year-old former lineman arrested by FHP Saturday. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:31 AM PST - (WBAL-TV Baltimore) - Man 'Pops Question' At Dolphin Show
Some men propose with flowers, or perhaps a fancy dinner. Over the weekend, one man did it with dolphins. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (TMCnet) - Researchers find whaling ship from 1823 wreck
By AP , HONOLULU (AP) б A fierce sperm whale sank the first whaling ship way to recently discovered whale grounds closer to Japan when it hit the reef. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:34 PM PST - (WICS Springfield) - Minnesota Zoo dolphin dies at age 44
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Zoo is mourning the loss of April, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. The zoo reports that the 44-year-old dolphin died Tuesday after suffering physical ailments for the past few months. A necropsy, or animal autopsy, will determine the cause of death. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:07 PM PST - (Pioneer Press) - Minnesota Zoo dolphin April dies at 44
Grandma April, the playful matriarch of the Minnesota Zoo's Atlantic bottlenose dolphin pod, died Tuesday at age 44. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:13 PM PST - (Minnesota Public Radio) - Minnesota Zoo dolphin dies at 44
The Minnesota Zoo reports that April, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, died Tuesday after being ill for the past several weeks. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:33 AM PST - (TVNZ) - Warning after dolphin killed in collision with boat
A marine biologist has called on boat owners and jet ski operators to be vigilant following the death of a dolphin. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST - (Pioneer Press) - Minnesota Zoo's 'Dolphin Grandma' dies
Grandma April, the playful matriarch of the Minnesota Zoo's Atlantic bottlenose dolphin pod, died today at age 44. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:09 AM PST - (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) - Former Dolphin arrested for DUI
Former Dolphin Bob Kuechenberg was arrested on charges of driving under the influence in South Florida. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whalers flee hunting area chased by activists
Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research refuses to comment on the movements of its ships. Now half-way through its season, the whaling fleet has been under... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST - (Rome News-Tribune) - Dolphin exhibit to open at Ga. Aquarium in April
ATLANTA (AP) ' The Georgia Aquarium is opening its new dolphin exhibit in April after delays in debuting its first major expansion. Aquarium officials announced Wednesday that the $110 milli... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:58 AM PST - (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) - Dolphin exhibit at Georgia Aquarium opening in April
Dolphin exhibit at Georgia Aquarium opening in April (Source)
- Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Japanese whaling fleet gives up the hunt
Photo: AP The International Fund for Animal Welfare said government sources had told it Japan had decided to cut short the season and bring the fleet back to port. ''Under pressure from all fronts, the Japanese whaling fleet is apparently withdrawing... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (USD Volante Online) - COLUMN: Don't judge others by American standards
By KEVEN LAHOOD-BURNS A documentary film harshly detailing the capture, sale and slaughter, of dolphins in remote Japanese whaling communities was released in 2009. It garnered a great deal of attention for the activists and notable awards б though... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:44 AM PST - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Back in angry, healthy Melbourne
Forget blocked meridians and your inner dolphin, Melbourne is definitely the place to be. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:00 AM PST - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Dolphin Imaging and Management Names Smiles Change Lives their Charity of Choice
Smiles Change Lives (SCL), a national nonprofit that connects caring orthodontists with children in need, has been named the 'charity of choice' for Dolphin, a practice management technology company for dental specialty professionals. Together, Dolphin and SCL are supporting the work of dedicated orthodontists who change the lives and smiles of children who desperately need, but whose families ... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST - (WALB Albany) - Ga. Aquarium to open dolphin exhibit in April
Associated Press - February 16, 2011 11:34 AM ET ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Aquarium is opening its new dolphin exhibit in April after delays in debuting its first major expansion. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:05 AM PST - (PRWeb) - Dolphin Imaging and Management Names Smiles Change Lives their Charity of Choice
Smiles Change Lives (SCL), a national nonprofit that connects caring orthodontists with children in need, has been named the 'charity of choice' for Dolphin, a practice management technology company for dental specialty professionals. Together, Dolphin and SCL are supporting the work of dedicated orthodontists who change the lives and smiles of children who desperately need, but whose families ... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:35 AM PST - (The Wahpeton Daily News) - Minnesota Zoo dolphin dies at age 44
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) ' The Minnesota Zoo is mourning the loss of April, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. The zoo reports that the 44-year-old dolphin died Tuesday after suffering physical ailments for the past few months. A necropsy, or animal autopsy, will determine the cause of death. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whale ship holds key to end killings
THE future of Japan's whaling industry hangs on the ship Nisshin Maru, as the federal government awaits proof the industry will quit the Antarctic. The world's last whaling factory ship was last night steaming due west pursued by Sea Shepherd activists... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Eater National) - Colbert: Cookie Monster Meat Is a 'Sometimes Food'
As an intro to a bit on Japan's canceled whaling season, Stephen Colbert referenced Cookie Monster's healthy eating advice: "Whale is a sometimes food. Much like Cookie Monster meat." He also offered an appetizing visual of what that meat might look... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Maui Weekly) - Maui's Whale Population Growing Steadily
Whaling hasn't disappeared, either. Last year, 1700 whales were killed. Whaling continues in countries such as Iceland and Norway, which continue to hunt whales in open defiance of the moratorium. Japan, which claims to engage in вscientificг whaling... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Viral Video Of The Day: Baby Gorilla's First Steps
Lynn: Given so few people in Japan want whale meat; especially Japanese parents who cannot understand why Japanese... herwin: well, that's nice, mr Anonymous, calling another anti whaling activist a looser. Jb Dean: dang, I hate typos. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Washington Post) - Digest
Japan suspends whale hunt: Japan has temproarily suspended its annual Antarctic whaling after weeks of harassment by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a government official said. Society ships have been chasing the Japanese whaling fleet off... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:44 PM PST - (The Delta Optimist) - Dolphins begin 2011 in impressive style
The little swim club from Tsawwassen showed it has big resolutions for 2011 at the Canadian Dolphin Swim Club New Year's Invitational Meet. Winskill Dolphins swimmers started the new year strong by breaking nine meet records and taking numerous top finishes. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:34 AM PST - (BigPond News) - Dolphin name comp to help Qld dugongs
A baby dolphin naming competition will raise money for a post-Qld floods dugong health research project. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:37 AM PST - (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor) - Sea World's "Name the Baby Dolphin" eBay Auction is Just Shy of $9,000
Name the Baby Dolphin E-Bay Auction with All Proceeds Going Towards a Research Trip By Renee Soutar Gold Coast, Australia - Sea World's 'Name the Baby Dolphin' eBay auction is going extremely well, with the current bid just shy of $9,000 and the new little baby is jumping for joy! On Friday 11 February Sea World launched a 'Name the Baby Dolphin' E-Bay auction with all proceeds going towards a ... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (New York Times) - With Whaling Ships Under Attack, Japan Will Recall Fleet
In a statement on its Web site, the group said three of its ships would remain in the Southern Ocean to вescortг the Japanese fleet northward. In recent years, Sea Shepherd has sent ships to the Antarctic to block Japan's whaling fleet... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (Telegraph.co.uk) - High principles turn a big profit
Japan, for its part, announced that it was considering suspending whaling for this year, in the face of harassment by militant protesters. But it is also increasingly looking for a way out in the face of hostile opinion overseas and growing discontent... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (The Age) - Japan brings home embattled whaling fleet
Australia -- which last year launched legal action against Japan's whaling programme at the International Court of Justice -- and New Zealand earlier on Friday said they hoped Japan had given up whaling for good. Sea Shepherd, which was still chasing... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (istockAnalyst.com (press release)) - Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Feb. 18
(Japan- Whaling-Season) BANGKOK -- Altogether ten companies of police will be deployed to maintain peace at the two main rally sites Saturday, said the police chief, as the anti-government movement "red-shirts" is staging a rally at Bangkok. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (NewsOK.com) - Lab missing cocaine, opium
The whale hunts, which Japan says are for scientific purposes, are allowed by the International Whaling Commission, but opponents say they are a cover for commercial whaling. Fairfield Inn Suites- Affordable Rates, Free WiFi, Breakfast More. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:48 PM PST - (The Hindu) - Dolphin population drops marginally at Chilika Lake
BHUBANESWAR: Population of Irrawady dolphin in Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in the country, has decreased marginally with Chilika Development Authority announcing result of annual census of 2011 of this endangered aquatic animal. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Edmonton Journal) - Japan's whaling fleet retreats
By Frank Zeller, Agence France-Presse February 19, 2011 The Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru No. 3 sprays water at Sea Shepherd activists in a dinghy during a confrontation earlier this month. Anti-whaling activists cheered Friday as Japan called... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (TODAYonline) - Japan whaling season ends early
Japan abandoned the rest of its whale hunting season in Antarctic waters on Friday after netting only a fifth of its targeted catch of 850 whales, citing harassment by activists. The fleet left Japan on Dec 2 and was scheduled to stay until early next... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (RTT News) - Japan Calls For International Action Against Anti-Whaling Group
In the past, conflicts have erupted between anti-whaling activists and crew on the board the Japanese whaling fleet. Though no injuries have been reported in the clashes, a Japanese whaling vessel had crashed into Sea Shepherd powerboat Ady Gil in the... (Source)
- Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:00 AM PST - (12 News Phoenix) - 'Middle of nowhere' hurt, helped by recession
Wittmann has a post office, general store and one stoplight. "Blink and you miss us," said Sue Dolphin, 61, a longtime resident. That's the way residents like it. They're proud of their middle-of-nowhere lifestyle in the unincorporated community just outside Surprise. (Source)
- Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Coff's Coast Advocate) - It's a whale of a win
LOCAL anti-whale harvesting activists are cheering at the withdrawal of Japanese whaling vessels a month ahead of their planned whale harvesting. вIt's really great news and it has actually come as a bit of a surprise,г said the head of the local Sea... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:28 PM PST - (Free Internet Press) - Infant Dolphin Deaths 10 Times Normal Rate After Gulf Oil Spill
Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:59 PM PST - (Seattle Times) - Infant dolphin deaths up along Gulf Coast
Baby dolphins are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:37 AM PST - (Del Mar Times) - Carmel Valley urologist helps save SeaWorld's beloved matriarch, Dottie the dolphin
A year ago last January, UCSD urologist Dr. Roger Sur received a phone call from SeaWorld. 'Are you kidding?' he said. 'You want me to operate on a dolphin?" They weren't kidding. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development) - Activists Bring an Early End to Japanese Whale Hunt
But Australia - who launched a lawsuit against Japan at the International Court of Justice on the legality of Japan's whaling (see Bridges Trade BioRes, 11 June 2010) - and New Zealand, have made their opinions clear that they hope this signals an end... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (SustainableBusiness.com) - Japan Ends Seasonal Whale Hunt Early
Japan's whaling fleet ended its seasonal hunt in the Antarctic early, due to clashes with anti-whaling activists. Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano made the announcement Friday, stating: "It has become difficult to secure the fleet's safety. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (The Diplomat) - Way Out for Japan's Whaling?
Why do American hunters kill five million 'beautiful, Bambi-eyed deer' annually, wondered Japan's top whaling diplomat Joji Morishita at a 2009 FCCJ press conference: 'I've no problem with that, as long as it's sustainable.' Fixing what's basically a... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (Japan Today) - 107 whales die after mass stranding on NZ coast
And it's not even about his pet topic - whaling. If an animal is in pain and has no hope of survival, civilised societies euthanise them. Your society is obviously a lot less civilised. BTW - how are you feeling after the Japanese government called off... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:26 PM PDT - (Vancouver Sun) - Briefings
The decision by Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean has been welcomed by New Zealand and Australia, which see themselves as guardians of the waters designated as a whale sanctuary. For years, Japan has used a loophole in the 1986 moratorium on... (Source)
- Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:33 AM PST - (PRWeb) - Students Find Careers and Happiness as Dolphin Trainers
ABC Dolphin Trainer Academy is the first in the world to provide hands-on career training workshops for would be dolphin trainers. (PRWeb February 22, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5084824.htm (Source)
- Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Greenpeace USA (blog)) - Japan cuts its whaling hunt short. Will it be the last?
It's another nail in the whaling program's coffin, and hopefully the precursor to a future government announcement that will end Japan's Antarctic whaling for once and for all. For the past decade, my colleagues at Greenpeace Japan and I have been one... (Source)
- Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:36 AM PST - (The Sudbury Star) - Baby dolphin deaths spike
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- Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:16 AM PST - (Business Wire) - AuthenTec and Dolphin Media Germany to Demonstrate New Platform for Safer Web Surfing and Social Networking for ...
MELBOURNE, Fla. & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AuthenTec and Dolphin Media Germany will demonstrate New Platform for Safer Web Surfing and Social Networking for Children at CeBIT 2011. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:11 AM PST - (Environmental News Network) - Baby dolphins dying along Gulf Coast
Marine scientists are examining the deaths of 20 baby dolphins whose carcasses have washed ashore in Mississippi and Alabama this year, the bulk of them since last week, researchers said on Tuesday. The unusually large number of young dolphin deaths are being looked at as possible casualties of oil that fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months after a BP PLC drilling platform exploded in April 2010 ... (Source)
- Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:10 AM PST - (The Clarion-Ledger) - Baby dolphin deaths puzzling
The industry's leading scientist on marine mammal strandings is concerned about the deaths of baby dolphins. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Discovery News) - Japanese Media Weighs-in on End of Whaling
Japan's whaling fleet is heading home from the Antarctic, days after officials in Tokyo first admitted that they would be "suspending" this year's hunt and then confirmed they were ending it early. According to officials from the Fisheries Agency of... (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:59 PM PST - (Boston Globe) - Rise in baby dolphin deaths examined
Scientists are trying to figure out what killed 53 bottlenose dolphins ' many of them babies ' this year in the Gulf of Mexico, as five more carcasses washed up yesterday in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:18 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - 3 more dolphin carcasses reported
GULFPORT -- Three more dolphin bodies were reported along Mississippi and Alabama beaches Thursday, but the number of dead infants did not officially change. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:27 PM PST - (NBC Miami) - Dolphin Great Kuechenberg Busted for DUI
63-year-old former lineman arrested by FHP Saturday. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:20 PM PST - (Ball State Daily News) - Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies research intern Rhiannon Blake prepares to measure a male baby dolphin discovered on the beach in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Monday, February 21, 2011. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST - (KPLC Lake Charles) - Federal agency joins dolphin death investigation
Associated Press - February 24, 2011 9:24 AM ET GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Scientists investigating the deaths of about two dozen baby dolphins along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts say it could... (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST - (KFDM Beaumont) - Dolphin deaths under investigation
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Scientists investigating the deaths of about two dozen baby dolphins along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts say it could be months before a cause is determined. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST - (ABC 7 Chicago) - Shedd dolphin pregnant, due in May
Tique, a Pacific white-sided dolphin, is pregnant after a two-year breeding visit to the Miami Seaquarium. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:01 AM PST - (Rockford Register Star) - Rare dolphin pregnant at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium
CHICAGO ' A rare dolphin at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is expecting a calf in May. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:34 AM PST - (Dominican Republic News) - Ocean World Adventure Park
Ocean World is the biggest marine park in the Caribbean! The world's largest dolphin lagoon, the only sea lion encounter of its kind, the world's first shark interaction pool, tigers, birds, shows and much more await your day long adventure at Ocean World. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:17 AM PST - (The Mississippi Press) - Dead dolphin calves found in Mississippi, Alabama
A worrisome number of dead baby dolphins have been discovered on Mississippi and Alabama beaches this month, said scientists who study the species. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:57 AM PST - (Office of the President - Philippines)
The Philippine Embassy in Moscow reported that the Philippines took center stage as the event's country partner for Southeast Asia at the Golden Dolphin Moscow International Festival held in Gostiny Dvor on February 17 to 20. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (SGGP) - Activist chases force halt to Japan whaling season
9, 2011 and released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, its activist aboard high-speed trimaran Gojira readies the slingshot towards Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru during their encounter in Southern Ocean, Antarctica Sea Shepherd founder... (Source)
- Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Royal Oak Daily Tribune) - Researchers find whaling ship from 1823 wreck
The Essex was far off the coast of South America when the sperm whale rammed into it. The Two Brothers was passing through poorly mapped waters northwest of the main Hawaiian islands on the way to recently discovered whale grounds closer to Japan when... (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:49 PM PST - (Georgia Public Broadcasting) - Gulf Spill Investigated As Cause Of Dolphin Deaths
Scientists are trying to determine whether there's a link between last year's oil spill and a spike in dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast. Sixty-seven bottlenose dolphins have washed up on Gulf beaches over the past few weeks. More than half 35 are babies. read more (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:34 PM PST - (WESH 2 Orlando) - Marine Biologists Investigate Dolphin Deaths
Marine biologists along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are looking into what is behind dozens of dead dolphins washing up on beach shores. Warning graphic images. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:40 PM PST - (FOX 35 Orlando) - Dead dolphin babies found along Gulf
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the number of dead dolphins found since Jan. 1 in the area affected by last year's oil spill is now 67, with 35 of them premature or newborn calves. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:12 PM PST - (WFLX FOX 29) - More dead dolphin babies found along Gulf Coast
Associated Press - February 25, 2011 4:54 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the number of dead dolphins found since Jan. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:00 AM PST - (The Mississippi Press) - Dolphin deaths in Mississippi, Alabama part of 'mortality event,' say scientists
The current spike in bottlenose dolphin deaths is part of an ongoing mortality event that started more than a year ago, but the difference now is the number of babies involved, federal and independent scientists said Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:09 AM PST - (Montgomery Advertiser) - Gulf dolphin deaths puzzle scientists
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists are trying to figure out what killed 53 bottlenose dolphins -- many of them babies -- so far this year in the Gulf of Mexico, as five more of their carcasses washed up Thursday in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:03 AM PST - (The Indianapolis Star) - Orphan dolphin to find new family at Indy's zoo
A month ago, Taz, a young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf, was stranded on a sandbar off the coast of southern Florida. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:32 AM PST - (Daily Mail) - BP oil spill: Scientists investigate link to bottlenose dolphins death surge
Since yesterday there have been 29 baby dolphin deaths in Mississippi and Alabama, compared with 89 in all of 2010. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:15 AM PST - (Northern Star) - Mass baby dolphin deaths in US
A SCIENTIST says the deaths of about two dozen baby bottlenose dolphins is unprecedented in 30 years of studying dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (GreenAnswers) - Activists End Japan's Annual Whale Hunt
American based activist group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society put an end to this years annual Japanese whale hunt. Friday February 18, Japanese Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano announced the decision to prematurely abort the whale hunt. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Japan Struggles to Keep Controversial Whaling Industry Alive
(Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) Despite relentless battles with conservation groups, Japan's whale hunt for research continues annually. Japan argues the research is to track whale populations in support of their bid to lift the ban on commercial... (Source)
- Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (CounterPunch) - How Green Became the Color of Money
... the Norwegian fleet flouted international law by killing nearly 300 whales, supposedly for вscientificг and вexperimentalг purposes, although a later investigation disclosed that Norwegian minke whale meat had ended up in the fish markets of Japan. (Source)
- Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:43 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Researchers carry a heavy load with dolphin deaths
MISSISSIPPI SOUND -- Megan Broadway sits on the bow of the Dolphin Rescue II on Tuesday, bundled in cold-weather gear and headed for Horn Island. (Source)
- Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:07 PM PST - (ContributorNetwork via Yahoo! News) - BP Oil Spill May Be Linked to Dolphin Deaths in Gulf
Large numbers of bottlenose dolphin carcasses are washing up on shore along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama leading scientists and researches scrambling to find out why. Since Jan. 1, an abnormally high number of stillborn and infant bottlenose dolphins have washed up on shore. That number could soon beat out the 89 total from all of last year. Additionally, adult dolphin carcasses have ... (Source)
- Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:11 AM PST - (CTV.ca) - Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths
Scientists are trying to figure out what killed 53 bottlenose dolphins -- many of them babies -- so far this year in the Gulf of Mexico, as five more of their carcasses washed up Thursday in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Source)
- Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:06 AM PST - (ABC News) - Year After 'Cove' Oscar, Activists Shift Tactics
A year after 'The Cove' Oscar, activists try to draw Japanese into dolphin hunt debate (Source)
- Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST - (Brandon Sun) - A year after 'The Cove' Oscar, activists try to draw Japanese into dolphin hunt debate
TAIJI, Japan - In the fervour of the Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday, last year's winners will be a distant memory. Half a world away in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji, few will ever forget the film that won in 2010 for Best Documentary Feature. (Source)
- Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (The Daily Yomiuri) - Tsukiji meeting to discuss history of whaling
Ginrin-kai, an incorporated nonprofit organization, organized the event in cooperation with the town government of Taijicho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan's main whaling port. The meeting, which will take place at Tsukiji Market, comes after the... (Source)
- Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:23 PM PST - (The St. Augustine Record) - Happy birthday, Nellie!
MARINELAND -- Neither 5-year-old Brody Woodard nor 58-year-old Nellie the dolphin thought much about history Sunday morning. Woodard had a single purpose -- swimming with Marineland's Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the indefatigable, 73-year-old theme park's 1.3 million gallons of seawater habitat. "They say 11:30," the blond-haired boy said of his scheduled swim as he clutched a padded railing ... (Source)
- Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:25 PM PST - (Muzi) - Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths
NEW ORLEANS - Scientists are trying to figure out what killed 53 bottlenose dolphins - many of them babies - so far this year in the Gulf of Mexico, as five more of their carcasses washed up Thursday in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:21 PM PST - (Brandon Sun) - 'The Cove' director gives free DVD to all residents of Japan dolphin-killing town
TOKYO - Copies of the 2010 Oscar-winning film that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji have been delivered free to its residents, compliments of the director. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (Calgary Herald) - Japan promotes whaling after hunt called off
A group of seafood wholesalers in Tsukiji Market in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, hosted a meeting Saturday to raise awareness among themselves and the public about Japan's whaling history and its whale-eating culture. Ginrin-kai, an incorporated non-profit... (Source)
- Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - KANSAI: Who What
"The International Symposium of the National Institutes for the Humanities: Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, Present and Future" will trace the history of whaling and discuss what the future holds for whaling cultures. Researchers from Japan and... (Source)
- Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Don't give up on Japan's kids
For his third presentation, Shota made a valiant effort to understand and objectively weigh the activities of Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling activities; but in the end he had to admit that he just could not fathom the anti-whalers and their aggressive... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:48 PM PST - (Los Angeles Times) - 'Cove' director gives copies of dolphin slaughter documentary to residents of Japanese village of Taiji
TOKYO ' Copies of the 2010 Oscar-winning film that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji have been delivered free to its residents, compliments of the director. Louie Psihoyos, director of "The Cove," said Monday... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:07 PM PST - (EARTHtimes.org) - The Cove DVDs mailed to Japanese whaling town
Tokyo - DVDs of a US documentary critical of controversial dolphin hunting in a Japanese town were mailed to a large number of its households, news reports said Tuesday. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:04 PM PST - (The Japan Times) - Activists to give Taiji residents free 'Cove' DVD
Supporters of a movement working to halt the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, will distribute DVDs of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" to all residents of the tiny port that grabbed global attention with its bloody cull, an activist group said Monday. The local anonymous group People Concerned for the Ocean, including Japanese members, will deliver the DVD of the ... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:28 AM PST - (OfficialWire) - Dolphin Turns 58 At Marineland
A Florida theme park said its Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Nellie, believed to be the oldest in human care, marked her 58th birthday with a fish and ice cake. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST - (WJXT Jacksonville) - Dolphin Celebrates 58th Birthday At Marineland
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- It's been 58 years since Nellie the bottlenose was born at Marineland, and she's still starring in some of the park's shows. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST - (Central Florida News 13) - Marineland's Nellie breaks all records
World's oldest dolphin in human care turns 58! (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:25 AM PST - (The Brunswick News) - Community comes together for annual schools fundraiser
A warm morning brought out hundreds of people who walked, jogged, ran and pushed strollers through the neighborhoods of St. Simons Island during the family friendly Super Dolphin Day event Saturday. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:52 AM PST - (WFTV 9 Orlando) - Dolphin Celebrates 58th Birthday At Marineland
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- It's been 58 years since Nellie the bottlenose was born at Marineland, and she's still starring in some of the park's shows. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:18 AM PST - (The Age) - Villagers get dolphin DVD
Copies of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji have been delivered free to all its residents. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:07 AM PST - (Business Wire) - AcousticEye Dolphin G3 Enables Advanced Tube Inspection for Heat Exchangers
LEUSDEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AcousticEye has unveiled the Dolphin G3 non-invasive tube inspection system, which enables testing of 100% of heat exchanger tubes at a fraction of the time and cost of existing solutions. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST - (The Florida Times-Union) - Marineland's Nellie the dolphin turns 58
Neither 5-year-old Brody Woodard nor 58-year-old Nellie the dolphin thought much about history Sunday morning. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:41 AM PST - (The Post-Standard) - Science Quiz: How cell phones affect our brains and an Ice Age child
Test your knowledge of science tidbits that have been in the news lately: dying dolphin babies; an Arctic child who lived 11,500 years ago; the shuttle program's final missions; cell phones' effect on our brains; and regenerating heart tissue. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (Arirang News) - Activists Put an End to Japanese Annual Whale Mission
Japan has announced that its whaling vessel will prematurely wrap up its annual whale hunt which was scheduled to continue into early next month. The announcement comes following weeks of harassment by the American based anti-whaling group... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:45 PM PST - (The Star-Ledger) - Bud Man available for charter in Panama
Capt. Chris DeStefano has returned from running the N.J.-based Bud Man in Panama, where they had some big-number days with Pacific sailfish plus shots at yellowfin tuna, though dolphin have been surprisingly scarce this winter. De Stefano trolled one of... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:15 PM PST - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Dolphin cared for at Mote adjusting to new home at Indianapolis Zoo
A bottlenose dolphin calf that was found stranded in January is adjusting to his new home at the Indianapolis Zoo. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:59 PM PST - (Tonic) - Dolphin's Splashing Saves Dog's Life
Turbo, a Doberman Pinscher, was stuck in the cold waters of a Florida canal for 15 hours. Thanks to some noisy dolphins, he lived to share his tale. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:58 PM PST - (FOX 8 New Orleans) - Baby dolphin deaths worst along Alabama, Mississippi coasts
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Whatever is killing baby bottlenose dolphins in the area hit by the BP oil spill seems to be worst along Mississippi and Alabama - one-sixth of the affected coastline. Of 20 dolphins found dead along coastal Alabama, 18 - or 90 percent - were stillborn, premature or newborn calves. Such babies made up 18 of 23 dolphins found in Mississippi, two of six found in the Florida ... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:32 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Two more dolphins reported today; one a calf
GULFPORT -- A dolphin calf washed ashore in Long Beach today and there is a dead dolphin reported on Cat Island, but the age of that one is unconfirmed. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:12 AM PST - (The Mississippi Press) - Dolphin deaths in Alabama, Mississippi may be caused by measles-related illness
With six new dolphin carcasses discovered in Mississippi and Alabama since Saturday, a review of the scientific literature associated with similar mass die offs of marine mammals around the world suggests a common culprit: a morbillivirus. In the same family as the viruses that cause measles in humans and canine distemper in dogs, there are well-documented outbreaks of fatal morbillivirus ... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Japanese Whaling Fleet's Inglorious Retreat Draws Criticism
By Raiatea Tahana-Reese Japanese research whaling ship the Nisshin Maru arrives in the port of Tokyo. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images) Japan's decision to bring its whaling fleet home from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary last month brought shouts of... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Monsters and Critics.com) - The Cove DVDs mailed to Japanese whaling town
Tokyo - DVDs of a US documentary critical of controversial dolphin hunting in a Japanese town were mailed to a large number of its households, news reports said Tuesday. Many residents in Taiji, western Japan, known for its dolphin killings... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PR Newswire (press release)) - Go Green Expo 'Springs' Back to the Los Angeles Scene With the Man Who Stopped ...
Captain Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and perhaps best known for his role on Animal Planet's Whale Wars, will be passionately addressing the Expo audience about his inspiring life and journey on the... (Source)
- Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Pete Thomas Outdoor) - Whalers criticized in Japan for quitting season early
Whale meat is delicious and healthy. It's part of our culture. This decision is pitiful." Kono's statement is not accurate. Whale meat contains high levels of mercury and fewer people in Japan are buying it, judging from growing stockpiles in freezers... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:55 PM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Rescued dolphin calf to stay in Clearwater Marine Aquarium
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Dolphin consultant Robin Friday swims with the rescued baby dolphin after a feeding session at the Clearwater aquarium on Wednesday. CLEARWATER ' She splashed. She flipped. She popped her bottlenose out of the clear blue water for a brief second. Then she darted back to the bottom of the tank. As the playful 4-month-old dolphin ... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:04 PM PST - (Los Angeles Times) - Animal friends: Annabelle the sheep and Boomer the dog play a rousing game of chase
We can't get enough of friendships between animals of different species, whether it's a dolphin and a dog, a deer and a cat or a puppy and a duckling. One of the sweetest examples of inter-species friendship we've seen yet... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:05 AM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Five things to put on your radar: A baby dolphin, Dr. Seuss is loose, Rays are close, take a Parisian coffee break and ...
Times staff Tuesday, March 1, 2011 The Clearwater Marine Aquarium has invited the media to come see its rescued baby dolphin, so expect a lot of cute images to come out of that. The dolphin was found last December near her dead mother and is now healthy. The aquarium is also having a contest to name the dolphin . Today is officially the birthday of one Dr. Seuss . So, watch out for zany behavior ... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:49 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - Baby dolphin deaths focused on Ala., Miss. coasts
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ' Whatever is killing baby bottlenose dolphins in the area affected by the BP oil spill seems to be worst along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:46 AM PST - (The Mississippi Press) - Firm agrees to pay to remove Gautier lights
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- The engineering firm that planned the lights on U.S. 90 that were deemed too dim by the state highway department will bear the cost of moving those lights to the city's Dolphin Drive streetscape project. (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:04 AM PST - (Montgomery Advertiser) - Baby dolphin deaths higher in Alabama, Miss.
NEW ORLEANS -- Whatever is killing baby bottlenose dolphins in the area hit by the BP oil spill seems to be worst along Mississippi and Alabama -- one-sixth of the affected coastline. (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - UK pitch: free trade, Eurofighter and Hague
While overall relations between Japan and the UK are strong, there are issues where their positions differ, including child custody and whaling. Western countries, including the United States, Canada, France and the UK, have been pressing Japan to sign... (Source)
- Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - Rare Pacific gray whale tracked on migration from Russia had previously been ...
A female western gray whale first identified off Sakhalin as a calf in summer 2006 was found dead in a set net off the Pacific coast of Japan in January 2007. That's more than 932 miles south of the Sakhalin feeding area. "With a sample size of one... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:50 PM PST - (WN Philippines) - Dolphin rescued, released in Tayabas Bay
LUCENA CITY A stranded dolphin was rescued by fishermen in Barangay (village) Talao-Talao facing Tayabas Bay here Thursday afternoon and was later... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:25 PM PST - (Key West Citizen) - Water Wonder
The Dolphin Research Center is again making waves, but this time the splash is being made by a new park rather than a new flippered friend. The DRC will debut its all new Srayground on Sunday from... read more (Source)
- Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:15 AM PST - (Mobile Press-Register) - Cold water flowing into Gulf may have killed baby dolphins, say scientists
Cold water may have killed the dolphins washing up in Mississippi and Alabama, scientists with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab said Wednesday. They point to an apparent correlation between large pulses of chilly water that flowed into Mobile Bay during January and February and the subsequent discovery of dozens of stillborn dolphin calves in area waters. Data on water temperature and river flows show ... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:05 AM PST - (Las Vegas Review-Journal) - Escape The Fate Of Nascar Frenzy
Escape the roar of race car engines and the frantic pace of the weekend's NASCAR crowds with a visit to the serene Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Visitors to the facility experience an exotic (Source)
- Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Pacific Daily News) - Voice of the People
Kudos to those fighting whale wars vs. Japan Congratulations to Sea Shepherd and (Recently) Japan's whaling agency announced that it is suspending their... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:09 AM PST - (Reuters) - Scientists debate cause of dolphin deaths
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Marine scientists are debating whether 80-plus bottlenose dolphins found dead along the U.S. Gulf Coast since January were more likely to have died from last year's... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:53 PM PST - (redOrbit) - Bottlenose Dolphin Deaths Debated
Marine scientists are debating whether the 80-plus dead bottlenose dolphins that have washed up along the U.S. Gulf Coast since January died from last year's oil spill or of a winter cold snap. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared "an unusual mortality event" last week when the death toll of the dolphins that washed up in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida ... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:35 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Infant dolphin deaths still on rise
The number of dolphins dead this year in Mississippi and Alabama has reached 48. Of those, 39 are infants or stillborn, according to a NOAA Fisheries report today. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:27 AM PST - (The Huffington Post) - Dolphin Deaths On Gulf Coast: Oil Spill Or Cold Water To Blame?
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters/Leigh Coleman) - Marine scientists are debating whether 80-plus bottlenose dolphins found dead along the U.S. Gulf Coast since January were more likely to have perished from last year's massive oil spill or a winter cold snap. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PST - (The Christian Science Monitor) - Baby dolphin die-off in Gulf: Cold water, not oil spill, the culprit?
Runoff from unusual snowfall in Alabama caused water temperatures in Mobile Bay to drop suddenly, possibly leading to stillbirths of baby dolphins, researchers say. Poisoning as a result last year's oil spill is another possible culprit. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:34 AM PST - (WHNT-TV Huntsville) - Scientists debate cause of dolphin deaths
By Leigh Coleman (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:22 AM PST - (Environmental News Network) - Dolphin deaths
Marine scientists are debating whether 80-plus bottlenose dolphins found dead along the U.S. Gulf Coast since January were more likely to have perished from last year's massive oil spill or a winter cold snap. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared "an unusual mortality event" last week when the number of dead dolphins washing up in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and ... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:09 PM PDT - (Tasmania Mercury) - Whaling activists expect cop raid
The anti-whaling ships Bob Barker and Steve Irwin are expected to dock about Japan wanted to kill 935 minke whales, 50 fin whales and 50 humpbacks. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:09 PM PDT - (Anime News Network) - Hey, Answerman! Taken to Task
Like many people who keep up with the news, I also heard about the recent disruption of Japanese whaling ships, which once again reminded me of some... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:41 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Dolphin mystery just one piece of oil-spill puzzle
GULFPORT -- The investigation into the many infant dolphin deaths along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama will be multi-faceted in the months to come and watched by dozens of agencies and hundreds of attorneys in litigation with BP. (Source)
- Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:35 PM PST - (USA Swimming) - Mike on Deck: Indy GP, Day 3 Finals
INDIANAPOLIS -- If Charlie Sheen has tiger blood, then Michael Phelps has dolphin blood. Phelps definitely was winning here at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, and as we wrap-up nd prepare for Ann Arbor next month, here are some final thoughts and tidbits from the last night of finals. (Source)
- Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:57 AM PST - (The Huffington Post) - Rocky Kistner: Death of a Dolphin Sparks Anger in the Gulf
Capt Lori DeAngelis runs a boating business called Dolphin Queen Cruises, which ferries tourists in Orange Beach, AL, to see pods of dolphins at play... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Care2.com) - Japanese Whaling Season Halted by Activists
(Source: Associated Press) Sea Shepherd said they followed the main Japanese whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru for 2000 miles. The Japanese government said the... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - The Terrible, Troubling Tribulations of Being Called an Eco-terrorist
Sea Shepherd hasn't rammed a single Japanese whaling ship in the seven years we've voyaged to the Southern Ocean, but the Steve Irwin has been rammed twice... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Altsounds.com) - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Popantipop Team Up for SXSW
Less than two weeks ago, Sea Shepherd made history when Japan announced that they ended their whaling season early due to the pressure applied by Sea... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:45 PM PST - (Manila Mail DC) - Dolphin rescued, released in Tayabas Bay
LUCENA CITY A stranded dolphin was rescued by fishermen in Barangay (village) Talao-Talao facing Tayabas Bay here Thursday afternoon and was later... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:25 PM PST - (Manila Bulletin) - Scientists debate cause of dolphin deaths
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) ' Marine scientists are debating whether 80-plus bottlenose dolphins found dead along the US Gulf Coast since January were more likely to have died from last year's oil spill or a winter cold snap. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared "an unusual mortality event" last week when the number of dead dolphins washing up in Louisiana, Mississippi ... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:30 PM PST - (CBS Miami) - Emaciated Dolphin Rescued In Keys
In the shallow waters just off of the upper Florida keys lay a sick and dying dolphin Sunday. (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:01 PM PST - (Planet Ark) - Planet Ark
A bottlenose dolphin breaks the surface near Kennedy Space Center in this 2009 photo released by the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife March 3, 2011. (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Police should search Japan whaling fleet: Brown
"Oughtn't we through Interpol be making sure the Japanese police are going to be aboard the Japanese whaling ships to get all their logs, their video of the destruction in the Antarctic waters? It's logical. "Let's have the Japanese Police also getting... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Japan Today) - 50 melon-headed whales stranded on Ibaraki shore; 22 rescued
I doubt that while you're commenting, though, that Japan will change it's stance on whaling (or 'research' as they call it), which still makes this situation humorous. This is valuable scientific research that has been buried. Since Japan called of the... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Japanese families' nutritional values pay dearly for 'progress'
This is a national emergency graver than the ones potentially posed by North Korean missiles, Chinese submarines or Australian anti-whaling ships! "The amount of vegetables served (in the Japanese home) has been dwindling at an alarming rate," writes... (Source)
- Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:25 PM PST - (Manila Bulletin) - Scientists debate cause of dolphin deaths
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Marine scientists are debating whether 80-plus bottlenose dolphins found dead along the US Gulf Coast since January were more likely to have died from last year's oil spill or a winter cold snap. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared "an unusual mortality event" last week when the number of dead dolphins washing up in Louisiana, Mississippi ... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:59 PM PST - (CBS Miami) - Jo-Jo The Dolphin Dies Following Health Problems
Jo-Jo the Risso's dolphin rescued off of Rodriguez Key over the weekend died suddenly Monday. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:35 PM PST - (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Japanese whalers eye off home waters
A Japanese whaling expert is concerned Japan may compensate for a lower-than-usual haul of whales in the Southern Ocean by increasing whale and dolphin hunting off its coast. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:15 AM PST - (Guardian Unlimited) - The White Giraffe series by Lauren St John ' review
'These books made me want to go all the way to Africa and stand right in Martine's shoes' I have been reading the White Giraffe series and I highly recommend every book. White Giraffe [the first in the series] is a marvellous book which enticed me to read it right away. Dolphin Song is so creative and I love the story idea. The Last Leopard made me want to go all the way to Africa and stand ... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:02 AM PST - (7 News Miami) - Emaciated dolphin found off the Florida Keys
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- An emaciated dolphin has been rescued off the upper Florida Keys, and members of a marine conservation group have taken the mammal to a facility for treatment. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:18 AM PST - (ABC Radio Australia) - Japan 'may expand' coastal whale, dolphin hunt
A Japanese whaling expert is concerned that Japan may compensate for a lower than usual haul of whales in the Southern Ocean by increasing whale hunting off its own coast, and also by killing more dolphins. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:51 AM PST - (The Florida Times-Union) - Florida Morning: Legislature convenes, Mike Haridopolos' book draws more fire
By Abel Harding (@abelharding, abel.harding@jacksonville.com ) STAND BY YOUR MAN - "Haridopolos helped steer about $3.1 million in government spending to Brevard Community College for two projects: renovations in 2009 and a 2006 project that sought to help build a facility, connected to the college, to help turtle-nesting, manatee and whale and dolphin research." Marc ... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (Radio Australia News) - Japan may expand coastal whale, dolphin hunt: expert
Jun Morikawa from Rakuno Gakuen University says Japan may expand whale hunting off its coast. [AFP] A Japanese whaling expert says he is concerned that Japan may compensate for a lower-than-usual haul of whales in the Southern Ocean by increasing whale... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (^ЄхЄЄАъЖlГј) - Activists hopeful of end to annual Japanese whale hunts
But the two ships were immediately searched by police as they arrived to a cheering crowd in Tasmania, after an Antarctic campaign that saw the Japanese whaling fleet withdraw early, citing harassment from the group. The Australian Federal Police... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (KITV Honolulu) - Humpback Whales Moving West
ЁЇThere's talk about resuming whaling particularly by some of the traditional whaling nations like Japan. They would like to increase the number of whales they would like to take,ЁЈ said Lammers. Lammers said there is also discussion about taking the... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PST - (The Polar Conservation Organisation) - Japan seeking coastal whaling to compensate ?
From a "Radio Australia" article: According to a Japanese whaling expert Japan may compensate for a lower-than-usual haul of whales in the Southern Ocean by increasing whale and dolphin hunting off its coast. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:00 PM PST - (WKRG News 5 Mobile) - Could Cold Temps Be To Blame For Dolphin Deaths?
GULFPORT, Mississippi - Some researchers suggest that cold temperatures have been to blame for the dead dolphins found along the Gulf Coast. However, not all are on board with this theory. Researchers are now suggesting that the cold weather we experienced in January and February may be to blame for the high number of dolphin deaths we've seen on our coast. However, others are not sure the ... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PST - (Dana Point News) - Free kids carnival joins whale festival
Free educational games and prizes will be at the center of Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Safari's Kids Carnival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Dolphin Deck office at 24440 Dana Point Harbor Drive. The event is part of Dana Point's... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:06 AM PST - (Cruise Addicts) - 3/8/11
This is a discussion on 3/8/11 - Happy Cruises Expands to Three Ships: Happy Dolphin Joins Fleet in May within the Current Cruise & Travel News forums, part of the category; Cruise Industry News Has Just Posted the Following: Happy Cruises is chartering a third ship. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:06 AM PST - (Calcutta News) - Plan to increase river dolphin population: Jairam
Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said the government had started a programme to boost population of river dolphin, the national aquatic animal of India. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:28 AM PST - (New Kerala) - Gangetic Dolphin is India's National Aquatic Animal
New Delhi, Mar 8 : The government has declared the Gangetic dolphin as the 'National Aquatic Animal of India' and is in the process of putting together a Gangetic dolphin plan to save the endangered aquatic animal, Rajya Sabha was informed today. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:07 AM PST - (The Mississippi Press) - Cold water influx in Gulf may have delivered fatal blow to dead dolphins
A combination of factors probably led to this year's rash of dolphin deaths, although plumes of cold water that entered Mobile Bay in January and February may have delivered the killing blow, according to one of the Gulf's foremost dolphin scientists. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japanese whalers eye off home waters
By Liam Cochrane for Radio Australia A Japanese whaling expert is concerned Japan may compensate for a lower-than-usual haul of whales in the Southern Ocean by increasing whale and dolphin hunting off its coast. Japanese whalers called off their annual... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Guardian Weekly Letters, 11 March, 2011
The Japanese public, which recent surveys suggest does not support whaling or other unsustainable practices, does not need to be castigated for a crime that it is not even committing. Move on from the Japan bashing and the Japanese will feel better... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:10 PM PST - (Dawn) - Another dolphin dies in Indus
SUKKUR, March 9: Another rare blind dolphin was found dead in the Indus on Wednesday, raising the death toll of the rare species from Guddu to Sukkur to seven in a month. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Australia Network News) - Sea Shepherd considers new anti-whaling campaign in northwest Pacific
[Sea Shepherd] The activist group Sea Shepherd says it's considering a new campaign to harass Japanese whaling operations in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Japan's annual hunt in the Southern Ocean was called off a month early this year and the Fisheries... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (IcelandReview) - Whales Are Not Fish (KH)
In 2006 Iceland resumed commercial whaling and is thereby along with Norway the only country in the world that hunts, slaughters and exports whales for commercial purposes. No reason to be proud here. At least Japan claims to hunt cetaceans for... (Source)
- Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:32 PM PST - (Irish Examiner) - Mystery surrounds dolphin deaths
MYSTERY surrounds why a record number of common dolphins have washed up dead on the southern shores of the country. (Source)
- Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:56 AM PST - (Cambridge Evening News) - Youths deny assault on students
The two youths on trial for assaulting PhD students on Cambridge's Christ's Pieces deny they had any part in the incident. The trial of Joseph McGannon, 19, of Dolphin Close, Linton, and a 17-year-old youth who cannot be named for legal reasons, continued yesterday at Cambridge Crown Court. (Source)
- Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (Greenpeace USA (blog)) - Act locally, make change globally: Help end the sale of illegal whale meat in ...
Every year, the Japanese whaling fleet makes its annual journey to the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary with the intent of slaughtering over a thousand whales in the name of вresearch.г The vast majority of this whale meat ends up in a number of Japanese... (Source)
- Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (Centre Daily Times) - Iceland Whale Slaughter Condemned by 11 Countries
Iceland has only a limited domestic market for minke whale meat and traditionally Icelanders have not eaten fin whales, so these are killed in the hope of finding a market in Japan which has largely failed to materialize. Whale watching, by contrast... (Source)
- Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:07 PM PST - (DimeWars) - DimeWars: Non-Stop Hip Hop News & Entertainment Videos
Heroe's actress Hayden Panettiere, received an icy welcome during her visit to the Japanese fishing village of Taiji. Panettiere, who arrived with her world-champion boxer boyfriend, Wladimir Klitschko, and a small group of activists, called for an end to the town's annual dolphin hunt. (Source)
- Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:12 AM PST - (Weston Mercury) - Cash boost for scouts
STAFF from Bakers Dolphin in Weston swapped their coaches for a dragon boat to raise money for 1st Nailsea Scout Group. The 16 rowers and one drummer sped through Bristol's harbour in the dragon boat raise raising £4,000 for the scouts. (Source)
- Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (Mainichi Daily News) - Taiji fishermen keep tradition going in Japan's oldest whaling town
In the coastal town with a population of about 3500, thought to be the oldest whaling town in Japan, local fishermen have kept up their traditions amid recent public scrutiny and criticism from animal protectionists. Since shortly after the release of... (Source)
- Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PDT - (IcelandReview) - Cruel Whaling and Beef of the Sea (ESA)
Besides, I'm not convinced that there actually is a market for fin whale meat. The meat from the slaughtered animals is stored in freezers for months or years in Iceland before it is exported to Japan where it sits in customs for lengthy periods of... (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:16 PM PST - (Stuff) - Auckland police rescue toy dolphin
Auckland police have earned themselves a fan with the recovery of a stuffed dolphin from the city's southern motorway yesterday. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:25 PM PST - (Otago Daily Times) - Police in dolphin rescue
Auckland police have earned themselves a fan with the recovery of a stuffed dolphin from the city's southern motorway yesterday. read more (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:49 AM PST - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Dolphin netters sweep Palmer
The Marathon High School tennis team swept district rival Palmer Trinity School Tuesday in a home match at the Marathon Community Park. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:25 AM PST - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Higher fuel prices mean costlier charters
As fuel prices skyrocket, Florida Keys fishing captains find themselves almost dreading the arrival of dolphin season. "There's a big difference in fuel costs between fishing at the reef and going offshore for dolphin," said Capt. Morris Lewis of the Main Attraction charter fleet in Key Colony Beach. "We get about half-mile per gallon," Lewis said of his three 42-foot boats. "So every extra mile ... (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (SouthCoastToday.com) - For Acushnet man, city, disaster hits close to home
"They did some more whaling in the Pacific and ultimately, two years later, they finally arrived back in the port of New Bedford." Before eventually returning to Japan, Manjiro "was the first Japanese to live in the United States," Rooney said. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (News-Herald.com) - Area residents share the scene in Hawaii
Tom reported that the wave washed over the seawall on Front Street in Lahaina, the historic whaling town where Waite Hill Mayor Art Baldwin's relatives settled in the early 1800s as missionaries from New England. The popular waterfront restaurant... (Source)
- Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)) - Iceland's Whaling Draws International Rebuke
Instead, Iceland has increased its whaling hoping to find a profitable market in Japan а whose warehouses are already glutted with thousands of tons of excess whale meat from its own вscientific whalingг program. Given Iceland's escalation of... (Source)
- Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Glossy News (satire)) - Japan Quake Silver Lining: Whaling Fleet Decimated
While the quake off the northeast coast of Japan has already racked up a death toll in the thousands, there may still be some good news. Sources have suggested that the Japanese whaling fleet may have suffered serious, permanent damage from the... (Source)
- Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Eagle Tribune) - Bay State has deep Japanese ties
The Japan Society of Boston is the country's oldest Japan Society, started in 1904. But Japan's ties with the Bay State date back to Nakahama "John" Manjiro, who was shipwrecked at age 14 and rescued by the whaling ship the John Howland in 1841. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:04 PM PDT - (BigPond News) - Dolphin jumps onto woman on boat
A full-size dolphin jumped on to the deck of a boat in Florida, injuring a woman passenger. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:28 PM PDT - (Daily Telegraph) - Dolphin jumps into boat, lands on woman
DOLPHIN watchers got more than they bargained for when one of the friendly mammals jumped into their boat and landed on a woman. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:53 PM PDT - (Perth Now) - Dolphin jumps into boat, injures woman
DOLPHIN watchers in Florida got more than they bargained for when one of the friendly mammals jumped into their boat and landed on a woman. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:48 PM PDT - (Daily Mail) - 'Monster' dolphin leaps out of the sea landing on woman watching from boat deck
A 600-pound 'monster' mistimed his jump and landed on the deck of the 24ft charter boat injuring a woman in Florida. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:15 AM PDT - (ABC News 4 Charleston) - Scientists investigate dolphin deaths on SC coast
Associated Press - March 14, 2011 9:05 AM ET CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Scientists are investigating after eight bottlenose dolphins have washed up on the South Carolina coast during the past nine... (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:38 AM PDT - (News 12 Augusta) - Dolphin jumps onto deck of boat, injures woman
A charter boat captain called 911 Sunday afternoon after the dolphin jumped on the boat and landed on one of his passengers. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:37 AM PDT - (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley) - Dolphin Jumps Onto Boat Deck, Injures Woman
A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:35 AM PDT - (NBC Miami) - Dolphin Jumps on Ship, Injures Woman
Massive dolphin leaps onto deck of charter boat near Marco Island. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PDT - (ABC News 4 Charleston) - Scientists investigate dolphin deaths along Lowcountry beaches
Scientists are investigating after eight bottlenose dolphins have washed up on the South Carolina coast during the past nine days. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:57 AM PDT - (Sun-Sentinel) - 600 to 700-pound dolphin jumps into boat, injures woman
A boat ride on the Marco River turned into a rare adventure after Isles of Capri fire officials said a 600- to 700-pound dolphin jumped into the deck of the boat and landed on a woman, injuring her yesterday, reports the Naples Daily News. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PDT - (CBS Miami) - Dolphin Jumps In Boat, Lands On Woman
A South Florida woman was injured Sunday afternoon when a dolphin jumped onto the deck of a charter boat cruising the Marco River on the state's west coast. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:40 AM PDT - (Guelph Mercury) - Woman injured when dolphin jumps onto boat in South Florida
A dolphin weighing around 300 kilograms jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:10 PM PDT - (WTOV Steubenville) - Vindication For Toyota Man Who Built Sales
The organization, which sponsors annual "home-stay" programs, is based on a friendship 170 years ago between John Manjiro, a Japanese fisherman, and William Whitfield, a captain of an American whaling boat, who rescued the 14-year-old Manjiro when he... (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:10 PM PDT - (Pocono Record) - Dolphin jumps into Florida tourist boat, lands on woman
Dolphin watchers in Florida got more than they bargained for when one of the friendly mammals jumped into their boat and landed on a woman, myFOXtampabay.com reported Monday. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:19 PM PDT - (The St. Augustine Record) - Marineland gets new name
Marineland has a new name: Marineland Dolphin Adventure. Georgia Aquarium, which purchased the historic attraction in January for a reported $9.1 million, announced the name change and new logo Tuesday. A spokeswoman said nothing else is changing now, but that more announcements will come later. The two attractions opened Georgia Aquarium's Dolphin Conservation Field Station at Marineland ... (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:34 PM PDT - (WKRG News 5 Mobile) - Another Dead Baby Dolphin in Baldwin County
LILLIAN, Alabama - Add Lillian to the growing list of locations where a dead dolphin has washed ashore. It happened again Tuesday afternoon. An afternoon walk along the shoreline of Perdido Bay and a grim discovery. "Me and my son we go walking around here every afternoon and we come walking up and found the dolphin here," says Wendy Green. The infant appeared to still have it's umbilical cord ... (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:28 PM PDT - (Guelph Mercury) - Marine activist knows Japan tragedy has a personal face
' Leah Lemieux was in Japan for the month of January filming the behind-the-scenes world of the dolphin capture and cull industry, as much as she could at any rate. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT - (PRWeb) - Dolphin Showcases ILM and BPM Expertise at SAPinsider BI and IT Conference
Dolphin expert to speak on 'Building a Sound, Risk-Proof Data Retention Policy'; Dolphin booth highlights its unique platform for Information Lifecycle Management and Business Process Management for customers using SAP solutions. (PRWeb March 15, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/03/prweb5164774.htm (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT - (Belfast Telegraph) - Giant lobster saved from the pot
A giant lobster which is believed to be more than 50 years old has been saved from the pot after a fisherman took pity on it after catching it off the UK coast. Related Stories Woman hurt as dolphin lands in boat Police now allowed to have goatees (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:55 AM PDT - (Fox News) - Dolphin Jumps Onto Deck of Boat, Injures Woman
A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:22 AM PDT - (Belfast Telegraph) - Police now allowed to have goatees
Full beards are still banned, but police in the Colorado mountain town of Durango are now allowed to have goatees, though the department will not say why the change was made. Related Stories Woman hurt as dolphin lands in boat Giant lobster saved from the pot (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:21 AM PDT - (Belfast Telegraph) - Woman hurt as dolphin lands in boat
A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700lb has jumped on to the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in Florida. Related Stories Police now allowed to have goatees (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The News-Press) - 'Whale Wars' star to make appearance in Bonita Springs
For those who follow Animal Planet's вWhale Wars,г Monteiro is one of a handful of people dedicated to ending Japan's whaling industry. вHe's going to talk about his experiences on the Sea Shepherd and the whaling industry,г said Corey Hyde... (Source)
- Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (GreenAnswers (blog)) - The Great Whaling Debate: Were the Sea Shepherds' Actions Necessary?
You may recall that I wrote an article earlier this year explaining the debate about Japan's scientific whaling program. However, an intriguing development has occurred. As of February 17, 2011, the Japanese whaling fleet has been officially recalled... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PDT - (Chicagoist) - Wild Oats: An Interview With The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman
Matthew Inman, the creator of the Web comic The Oatmeal , has cultivated a massive following based on his unique ability to visually taser just about everyone from crappy Facebook users to horrible spellers ('If you put an 'A' in 'definitely,' then you're definitely an A-hole'). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth , released earlier this month, features 25 new comics as well as ... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:29 PM PDT - (The New Zealand Herald) - Kaipara tide turbine plan gets Govt green light
A $600 million proposal to create New Zealand's first tide-driven power station in the Kaipara Harbour has been approved by Government despite concerns it could kill off fish stocks and threaten critically endangered Maui dolphin.Conservation... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:28 PM PDT - (Business Wire) - BackOffice Associates® Announces Premier Sponsorship at SAP Insider's Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2011 ...
SOUTH HARWICH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BackOffice Associates Premier Sponsorship of SAP Insider's Logistics & Supply Chain Management 2011 Conference at the Swan & Dolphin in Orlando, FL. Tom Kennedy to present on data governance. (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:42 AM PDT - (The Oakland Press) - Dolphin jumps into boat, injures woman
Curiosity got the best of a 600 pound dolphin when it ended up in a boat off Isles of Capri Sunday. (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:32 AM PDT - (US News Las Vegas - Philippines)
A baby dolphin that appeared dying was recovered last Sunday along the shorelines in Barangay Aring, Badoc, Ilocos Norte, a fishery officer reported here (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (msnbc.com) - Mystery of where humpback whales go to breed solved?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How did Japan's post-tsunami nuclear crisis happen, and how could it end? To some extent, the experts' answers depend on how they feel about nuclear power. The increase in whale populations is something one... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (Trinidad Tobago Express) - Shift to more sustainable living
Japan is one of the world's oldest civilisations and, also, the third most developed nation. Though it has favoured whaling and dumps a million cars annually, the Japanese have one of the most advanced nuclear power programmes in the world... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:21 PM PDT - (Bradenton Herald) - Home sweet home: Haitian jail nightmare over for Bradenton man
MANATEE -- Cheers rang out the moment Daniel Pye's plane door opened shortly before 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Dolphin Aviation. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:10 PM PDT - (Scoop.co.nz) - Dolphin management measures announced
The Ministry of Fisheries today announced decisions flowing from a review of the closure of two areas to set net fishing. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (TheDay.com) - Class with Japanese visitors reflects uncertainties
The East Lyme students, who are preparing to participate in a Model United Nations where they will represent Japan, also peppered their counterparts from Nagano with questions about Japanese foreign policy, trade agreements with China and whaling. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - Is Rush Limbaugh mocking refugees in Japan or Diane Sawyer ... or both?
Japans whaling practices have killed countless members of Limbaughs family tree. As Senator al Franken once wrote, "Rush Limbaugh is a big, fat idiot." And I might add, a pillhead. What can you say about this person. All he is, is a overweight... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (The Economist) - Nature strikes back
Rikuzentakata, a former whaling town, once held 23000 people. Several hundred are confirmed dead, but at mid-week perhaps thousands more were still missing. All tried to flee, as they were trained to do, when the tsunami warnings sounded in... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Freepress Online) - We the Six Billion: The News from Japan
It shows us posing for a photo with an elderly couple in front of their shop in Ayukawa, a small town famous for its whaling history. We had arrived there by passenger ferry from Onagawa over a beautiful blue sea, with stops at two scenic islands. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (The Spoof (satire)) - Hundreds of Whales Applaud Japanese Disaster
I only wish all the generations of whales laid open at the hands of the Japanese whaling industry, or what they now call "scientific research," could see this. But I guess we better get outta here before that leaking radiation turns the calf waiting... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:13 PM PDT - (Scoop.co.nz) - Dump Day Decision Dumps on Dolphins
The Government has placed the endangered Hector's dolphin at further risk of extinction by lifting restrictions on commercial fishers in the South Island, said the Green Party today. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:06 PM PDT - (Reading Eagle) - Hamburg grad fights for dolphins
It was a movie that changed it all for Tim Quick. Quick, a 2000 graduate of Hamburg High School, watched "The Cove," an award-winning documentary highlighting Japan's legal dolphin harvest. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:12 PM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Another baby dolphin washes ashore in Biloxi
BILOXI -- Coast dolphin experts collected samples from another baby dolphin found washed ashore Friday morning. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:48 PM PDT - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - Dolphin tissue testing yet to begin
Despite receiving countless samples, the federal government has yet to test any samples from dead dolphins from the coast. NOAA sent a letter to agencies gathering the samples stating there is an ongoing criminal investigation. The dead dolphins are considered potential evidence in a lawsuit the federal government could file against BP. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:58 PM PDT - (Scoop.co.nz) - John Key government turns blind eye to endangered dolphins
The Ministry of Fisheries' decision to lift a butterfish netting ban off the South Island's east coast is bad news for the endangered Hector's dolphin, Labour's conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:13 AM PDT - (Bleacher Report) - 2011 NFL Draft: Will the Dolphins Listen and Draft Mark Ingram?
Who Will the Dolphins Select in the First Round? It appears that just about everyone who does a mock draft thinks Mark Ingram will be a Dolphin, but that's because it makes perfect sense. Ingram would be an excellent fit for Miami. His size and speed make him dangerous, as well as his immaculate vision. Ingram has the ability to see the field like no other, making quick cuts to elude defenders ... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:20 AM PDT - (3news) - Fears for dolphins after netting restricions lifted
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has loaded the dice against survival of the endangered Hector's dolphin by lifting netting restrictions on commercial fishers in the South Island, environmentalists say. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:36 AM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Another dead dolphin found in Biloxi
BILOXI -- A team from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is headed to Biloxi Beach this morning to pick up a dead dolphin which washed ashore overnight. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - More dead dolphins have scientists looking for answers
Another dead dolphin has been found on Mississippi coast shores. The dead mammal was found Friday morning in Biloxi. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:08 AM PDT - (Mobile Press-Register) - 9 dead dolphins found since Saturday in Alabama and Mississippi
Nine more dolphin carcasses have been recovered in Alabama and Mississippi since Saturday, bringing the total for the two states to 62 since Jan. 1. Federal officials also said Wednesday that they have not sent any tissue samples for laboratory testing to determine what is killing the dolphins, blaming complications related to oil spill litigation. (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Miyagi coastal whaling port pulverized, little more than memory
The two existing vessels, which have been used to catch beaked whales in coastal waters, were scheduled to participate in Japan's research whaling from April. However, Chikao Kimura, secretary general of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association, said... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Evening Transcript) - Expert Dispels Nuclear Power Fears, Encourages Following Japan in Reactor ...
In addition to continuing development on nuclear plants, Kotex also said the United States would do well to emulate the Japanese whaling industry. вI know that PETA fanatics have their small opinions and limited world view,г Kotex opined, вbut whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (HNN Huntingtonnews.net) - Japan's tragedy: Caribbean consequences
Allegations have been made that Japan pays for the participation of these countries, and provides fisheries refrigeration facilities, in return for their support of Japanese whaling. For some countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)... (Source)
- Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Mania) - Hetalia: World Series Episodes #47 Anime Review
The early adventures of America meeting Japan and working with him to deal with whaling requests is pretty amusing, especially as America is so enthused about the world and wants to show much of it to Japan. He's just as outgoing as he is in the... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT - (The Garden Island) - Young Brothers helps Dolphin swim
NAWILIWILI ' Kapa'a Elementary School's many Dolphin Clubs, administered by the school's PTSA, got a boost from Young Brothers Community Advisory Board, which awarded a grant to help the clubs' operations. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:02 AM PDT - (The Daily News of Newburyport) - Bad prognosis for dolphin in harbor
GLOUCESTER ' The attention residents have been giving to a dolphin swimming near Gloucester's Jodrey State Fish Pier this week may do it more harm than good, two area marine science experts say. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (CNN International) - 'Whale Wars' activist survives quake
In the Animal Planet series "Whale Wars," Sea Shepherd volunteers impede Japanese whale fishing off the coast of Antarctica. Their tactics include placing their boats in front of whaling ships, attempting to carry out citizen's arrests of the Japanese... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (New York Times) - Food Contamination Fears Could Harm Japanese Brands
Among the victims was Ojika, a 100-year-old whaling port that had just two boats left from its once mighty fleet. A sushi chef at a restaurant near the fish market said the tsunami and its plundering of Tohoku had also been disastrous for his business. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Local broadcasters remain calm during the quake crisis
Because Japan's nuclear energy program is national policy, like lethal research whaling, the mainstream media feels it has to accept it. Only circumstances, like the response to an actual reactor accident, require hard-hitting questions, not the policy... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (OregonLive.com) - Portland animal rights activist fleeing devastation after earthquake, tsunami ...
"To watch them go through that was absolutely horrible," he said. "I made it clear to them that I'm there to be peaceful, respectful, simply there to survive. "But I'm not going to honor someone's position on whaling and animal slaughter. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (my.hsj.org) - The Flash: Why aren't we donating to help Japan recover?
Not many people are advocates of whaling, but that does not make it a legitimate reason to not help the Japanese. A majority of the Japanese people do not participate in whaling. Many are not even supportive of the practice. Japan is also not the only... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Wall Street Journal) - In Tsunami Zone, A Tunnel Between Life and Chaos
Over the years, Ishinomaki has been know for its oysters, whaling harpoons and a giant replica of a 17th-century galleon. Today it is trying to revive local enthusiasm about the city with a museum dedicated to a local comic artist known as "The Emperor... (Source)
- Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:42 AM PDT - (Media Malaya) - Dolphin, tsunami dan Jepun
Video selama dua minit ini menyelami nasib beribu penguin yang dibunuh secara seksaan. Video seperti ini membuatkan kami terfikir dua kali mengenai Tsunami di Jepun. (Source)
- Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:15 PM PDT - (7 News Boston) - Officials: Gloucester residents should avoid dolphin
GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- Gloucester residents are being told to avoid a dolphin that has been spotted swimming along the Jodrey State Pier: experts say it may be ill. (Source)
- Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:04 PM PDT - (The Delta Optimist) - Dolphins begin 2011 in impressive style
The little swim club from Tsawwassen showed it has big resolutions for 2011 at the Canadian Dolphin Swim Club New Year's Invitational Meet. Winskill Dolphins swimmers started the new year strong by breaking nine meet records and taking numerous top finishes. (Source)
- Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:19 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - Coast Guard rescues family stranded on boat off Santa Barbara
U.S. Coast Guard and harbor patrol officials brought a family of four, including a 6-month-old, and their dog to shore early Sunday after their sailboat broke free from its Santa Barbara mooring, officials said. An MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter from... (Source)
- Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Huffington Post (blog)) - Sea Shepherd: Mission Accomplished in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
None of our ships have been charged or detained, we have not been reprimanded, and we have not been charged with a crime, not even by Japan. Sea Shepherd ships have access to Australian and New Zealand ports, Japanese whaling ships do not. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:16 PM PDT - (The Post and Courier) - Researchers: We can't say what killed whale
MORRIS ISLAND -- A pygmy sperm whale that washed up by the Morris Island lighthouse Friday was too decomposed to say what killed it, researchers concluded. The whale incident follows a string of 13 bottlenose dolphin carcasses since late February. A marine mammal stranding crew was in Cha... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:22 AM PDT - (Itar-Tass) - Putin to help save saiga, seal, BS dolphin, Przewalski's horse
MOSCOW, March 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin intends to participate in the projects to conserve and explore saiga antelopes, seals, Black Sea dolphins and Przewalski's horses. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - 'Blood Dolphins' Star Praises Sea Shepherd, Predicts End Of Commercial Whaling
Then we asked Lincoln about the early end to this year's whaling season, and what he made of that. вIt's great that it ended early, you know, it's all part of that exterior pressure on Japan. Also, the dolphin hunt in Taiji ended a month early as well... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:02 PM PDT - (DVD Talk) - The Cove (Blu-ray)
Tangents dealing with Japan's deceptive arguments to reopen the whaling business are also covered, along with the undercurrent of greed and environmental damage that shadows the fate of the dolphin. Japan is made out to be the villain here... (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:00 PM PDT - (WAFB Baton Rouge) - Letter cites dolphin deaths as part of a "criminal investigation"
The number of dead dolphins washing up along the Gulf Coast continues to climb. As of Tuesday, 70 dolphins, including 52 calves, have died in Mississippi and Alabama waters. The cause of their deaths remains a mystery, and samples taken from dead animals still have not been tested. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:54 PM PDT - (KABC-TV Los Angeles) - Whale watchers spot rare albino dolphin off Dana Point
Folks on a whale watching trip off Dana Point got more than they bargained for when they stumbled upon a rare sighting. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:50 AM PDT - (Access Atlanta) - Georgia Aquarium tweaks Marineland
Georgia Aquarium has rebranded its Florida affiliate. The historic Marineland attraction and dolphin conservation center near St. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PDT - (WFTV 9 Orlando) - SeaWorld: Employee Did Not Fall In Dolphin Pool
SeaWorld officials said Tuesday that an employee did not fall into the dolphin nursery pool when he slipped and fell while doing paint work. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:34 AM PDT - (Central Florida News 13) - Painter slips, falls at SeaWorld Orlando
A worker at SeaWorld slipped and fell while painting at the dolphin nursery. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:10 AM PDT - (WFLX FOX 29) - Man rescued from SeaWorld dolphin nursery pool
Associated Press - March 22, 2011 10:04 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Crews rescued a man who fell into the dolphin nursery pool at SeaWorld in Orlando. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:58 AM PDT - (Local 6 Orlando) - SeaWorld Worker Hospitalized After Fall
A SeaWorld employee was taken to a hospital after slipping and falling at a dolphin nursery, the park says. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:32 AM PDT - (RTE News) - Basking shark sighted off Kerry coastline
The first confirmed basking shark sighting of the year has been reported to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:19 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Seabreacher X which boasts 'the agility of a dolphin' tested in U.S.
It's got a 260 horsepower engine, a top speed of 50mph and even an onboard iPod dock - one Californian company has produced this amazing new watercraft. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:05 AM PDT - (Saugus Advertiser) - Saugus Police log March 19
At 3:52 p.m. firefighters assisted the Environmental Police in cutting the chain on the gate across from the ITAM to help a beached dolphin behind Testa. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:12 AM PDT - (Orange County Register) - Albino dolphin, 2,200-pound sunfish seen off Dana Point
Two rare marine animals were seen off Dana Point recently: an albino dolphin and a (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:47 AM PDT - (Phnom Penh Post) - River event highlights dam fears | Lifestyle | The Phnom Penh Post
A FLOTILLA of inner tubes is preparing to journey 20 kilometres down the Mekong on Thursday from the dolphin pool in Kampi to the riverside of Kratie town. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Seeking Alpha) - A Popular Economic Theory Aside, Japan's Growth Will Accelerate
And, of course, Japan is poorer for having lost power plants, infrastructure, homes, factories and much of their whaling and dolphin-catching fleet. But most of the instant experts are not talking about the nation's balance sheet. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Thought Leader) - Powering madness
I'm not talking about some weird conspiracy theory, like the one linking the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami to Japan's whaling activities. What I've been trying to understand is what got us here. How did we get to the point where two... (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Australia sends water cannon to Japan
MARK COLVIN: Well everyone knows how important seafood is to Japanese cuisine. MARK SIMKIN: Exactly. This is a culture that is not just dependent on food, seafood for food but it's an important cultural way of life, witness the whole whaling debate for... (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - Observations and provocations
He talked about the devastation in Japan, and something he had observed about the aftermath. "Japan has a terrible animal welfare record," he said, noting its commercial whaling interests and disregard for dolphins. But the individual survivors are... (Source)
- Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:01 PM PDT - (Inquirer.net) - Disaster and 'karma'
Was he talking about Japan's role as an aggressor in World War II? No, it turns out. Instead, the speaker referred to the continuing whaling activities being carried out by Japanese trawlers, and the killings of dolphins by Japanese fishermen. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:59 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Dolphin saved after dumped in rice field by tsunami
A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by the giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:30 PM PDT - (The Christian Science Monitor) - Tsunami dolphin rescued from rice paddy 1 mile inland
Tsunami dolphin: A baby dolphin was rescued from a rice paddy 1 mile from the sea after being swept inland in the tsunami. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:18 PM PDT - (Gather) - Japan Tsunami Dolphin Rescued 12 Days After Disaster
A tsunami dolphin was rescued in a flooded rice field 12 days after the Japan twin disasters. The giant wave that was spawned by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake actually deposited the baby dolphin in the . . . (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:28 AM PDT - (Crestview News Bulletin) - Man rescued from SeaWorld dolphin nursery pool
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ' Crews rescued a man who fell into the dolphin nursery pool at SeaWorld in Orlando. Orange County Fire Rescue officials say they used a crane lifting device to pull the man from the pool Tuesday morning. They say the man was... (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:27 AM PDT - (Toronto Sun) - Baby dolphin saved after tsunami dumped it in rice field
TOKYO - A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by a giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:05 AM PDT - (The Malaysian Insider) - Baby dolphin saved after dumped in rice field by tsunami
TOKYO, March 23 ' A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by a giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11. The dolphin was spotted in the flooded field, about 2km from the coast, said Ryo Taira, a pet-shop owner who has been rescuing animals abandoned after the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami left 23,000 ... (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japanese ask how did we get here? Where are we going?
There was another shock at the beginning of that year when US Commodore Perry returned to Tokyo Bay with his black ships to see if the shogun had agreed to open Japan's ports to the US Navy, traders and American whaling ships. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stoney Creek News) - Tsunami survivor tells grim tale of devastation
Later this year, she plans to go on the next Sea Shepherd mission to Antarctica to confront Japan's whaling fleet. Her parents Chuck Millen and Deborah Sheehan and stepmother Denise Kitchen are worried about her safety, but after surviving the massive... (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:00 PM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Dolphin samples leaving Coast
GULFPORT -- Federal representatives were working Thursday to take possession of samples from the 71 dolphins dead on the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this year, 53 of them stillborn or immature babies. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:06 PM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Dolphin eating turns to watching for local
Across Asia, local communities are taking advantage of the region's small but growing "ecotourism" industry. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:03 AM PDT - (ThirdAge) - Tsunami Dolphin Rescued from Rice Field in Japan
The "Tsunami Dolphin" is quickly becoming an international story of hope. A dolphin was rescued by a group of people from a rice field after the animal was swept into the area by the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan. Ryo Taira, together with his friends, has been rescuing animals that were abandoned due to the 9.0 magnitude Japan quake. They found the 1.2-meter dolphin in an area about ... (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PDT - (Fishupdate.com) - More fishing pressure on Iceland
ICELAND could find itself coming under pressure from more than just the European Union over its current fishing policies. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Group is urging Britons to question the source of its fish when walking into fried fish shops or buying seafood from the supermarkets. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Northwest Asian Weekly) - You Talkin' To Me?: Racism sells: The anti-whaling movement and Japan
By Mark Lee Japanese whaling and dolphin hunting has attracted international media attention. The Shepherd Society, headed by founder Paul Watson, has been one of the leaders in the campaign against Japanese whaling. Last month, the Japanese whaling... (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (NIKKEI.com) - Whaling Ship To Transport Relief Supplies For Quake Victims
TOKYO (Kyodo)--The mother ship of Japan's four-vessel whaling fleet will set sail Friday from Tokyo port to deliver relief supplies to areas stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northeastern Japan, the captain said Thursday. (Source)
- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CNN (blog)) - Japan live blog: 43 die in hospitals since quake, NHK reports
[9:40 am ET Thursday, 10:40 pm Thursday in Tokyo] The mother ship of Japan's whaling fleet will be delivering relief supplies to earthquake victims this weekend, Kyodo News reports. The Nisshin Maru will leave from Tokyo Friday to deliver supplies... (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:34 PM PDT - (San Diego Union-Tribune) - Navy training linked to dolphin deaths
Navy training off the Silver Strand has been linked to the deaths of at least three dolphins in the area and may be responsible for two more, the National Marine Fisheries Service said on Friday. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:49 PM PDT - (St. Petersburg Times) - Dolphin dies at Clearwater Marine Aquarium
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Friday, March 25, 2011 Clearwater Marine Aquarium officials estimate that Indy was about 9 years old before his death on Thursday. He is shown here with Sue Cimmino, a 13-year volunteer at the aquarium. He had been in good health, aquarium officials said. CLEARWATER ' Indy, a rescued bottlenose dolphin who lived at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium for nearly six ... (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:46 PM PDT - (WTSP-TV Tampa) - Dolphin dies unexpectedly at Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Indy, one of CMA's rescued and non-releasable resident dolphins, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:14 PM PDT - (The Malibu Times) - 2010 Dolphins celebrated
A packed room of former Dolphin honorees celebrates the newest Citizens of the Year. Dick Van Dyke tells of his first experience in Malibu. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:02 PM PDT - (Pravda) - Dolphin found in Japanese rice field
Stories of a trapped grandmother walking out of her house unscathed, a dolphin found alive in an inland rice field, a dog which stood over his injured friend until he was rescued are the only lights in a story of total darkness as the courage and fibre of the Japanese people astonishes the world. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:48 PM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Gagging order for scientists probing dolphin deaths
Wildlife biologists contracted by the National Marine Fisheries Service to investigate a huge rise in dolphin mortality this year must keep their findings confidential. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:34 PM PDT - (Easy Reader) - BREAKING NEWS: Great White Shark suspected in Redondo Breakwater attack
A six-foot juvenile dolphin with its rib cage exposed and its entrails missing washed up on the beach at the Redondo Breakwall on Thursday. The dead dolphin was spotted by Breakwall surfer Chris Wells about 3 p.m. and photographed about an hour later by surf photographer Brad Jacobson. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:33 PM PDT - (Easy Reader) - BREAKING NEWS: Shark attack suspected in Redondo Beach [PHOTOS]
Dolphin with its mid section missing, on the beach at the Redondo Breakwall. Poto by Brad Jacobson BEACH NEWS IN YOUR INBOX EVERY WEEK Enter email address for chance to win free stuff! (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:15 AM PDT - (OfficialWire) - Study: Ocean Dolphin Groups Don't Mix
Conservationists say groups of dolphins in the Indian Ocean do not mix freely with one another, apparently kept apart by currents and other invisible factors. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:36 AM PDT - (Yahoo! Green) - Government tightens lid on dolphin death probe
Reuters - The U.S. government is keeping a tight lid on its probe into scores of unexplained dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast, possibly connected to last year's BP oil spill, causing tension with some independent marine scientists. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:24 AM PDT - (This is West Country) - Coach tour champs celebrate 50 years of wedded bliss
COACH tour champs Jean and John Tucker celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in style with a surprise family reunion aboard a Bakers Dolphin trip to the Manchester Ship Canal. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:49 AM PDT - (BigPond News) - Baby dolphin rescued in rice field
A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by Japan's recent tsunami. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New York Times) - Japanese Town Mulls Future Without Whaling Industry
He said the year would be a sad one because the town would miss the April hunting season, during which coastal whalers like Ayukawa Whaling are allowed to take 50 minke whales under Japan's controversial whaling program, which is ostensibly for... (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (msnbc.com (blog)) - New images show immediate aftermath of tsunami striking Fukushima nuclear plant
People will realize the dangers of nuclear energy and maybe the Japanese whaling fleet was put out of commission for awhile. It sure is great that Americans are so much smarter than the Japanese and have designed all our buildings and nukes to... (Source)
- Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Denver Post) - Japan struck by major earthquake, tsunami а Day 13
Shops and restaurants in sushi-mad Hong Kong, one of Japan's key food export markets, have been hit badly by the radiation scare with shoppers and diners deserting Japanese produce en masse. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images The devastated whaling port... (Source)
- Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:21 PM PDT - (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) - Dolphin dies in Pangasinan
PANGASINAN, Philippines ' A rescued dolphin discovered off the coast of Dasol Bay in Pangasinan died Sunday when a rescue team tried to push it back out to sea. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PDT - (redOrbit) - Currents Keep Dolphins Apart
Study by Wildlife Conservation Society, AMNH, on dolphins finds invisible oceanographic factors that keep populations separate Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have discovered that groups of dolphins in the western Indian Ocean do not mix freely with one another. In fact, dolphin ... (Source)
- Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:21 AM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - San Diego Dolphin Deaths Linked To Navy Training
SAN DIEGO -- A Naval training exercise that included an underwater blast off San Diego's coast has been linked to at least three dolphin deaths earlier this month, prompting a probe into whether the military violated the federal law that protects marine mammals. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (AFP) - Tsunami harpoons Japanese whaling town
AYUKAWA, Japan б The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever. One of only four communities in Japan... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:59 AM PDT - (The Lookout via Yahoo! News) - Feds forbid scientists probing Gulf dolphin deaths from speaking to media
Last month dolphin corpses began washing up on the Gulf Coast in alarming numbers. Well, more dead dolphins continue to be found, bringing the total this year up to 114--100 more than the average number of dead dolphins that washed ashore during the first three months of any year between 2002 and 2007. So, naturally, there [... ] (Source)
- Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:49 AM PDT - (West Moreland Gazette) - Cock and Dolphin show house to be unveiled
MONTHS of curiosity will come to an end this weekend as the first house in one of Kendal's most historic pub sites is unveiled. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (International Business Times AU) - Australian appointed to the International Court of Justice for Australia's ...
Australia has initiated legal proceedings in the International Court of Justice against Japan challenging its whaling program in the Southern Ocean. Under the Statute of the Court, a party to a proceeding is permitted to appoint a Judge ad hoc if it... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TakePart - Inspiration to Action)
Ayukawa lives off whaling. It is one of just four Japan communities that are home to small fleets that twice a year hunt whales in waters close to Japan, differentiating them from the fleet that heads to the Southern Ocean each November. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Arizona Daily Star) - EarthWeek: A diary of the planet
Japan's whaling fleet returned home in failure after recording an all-time low for the country's whale slaughter. Due to obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the four-vessel whaling fleet killed only 170 minke whales against a... (Source)
- Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:35 AM PDT - (Channel 8 San Diego) - Navy training linked to dolphin deaths
The Navy is under investigation for training exercises that have been linked to the deaths of at least three dolphins near the Silver Strand. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:54 AM PDT - (FOX 59 Indianapolis) - New dolphin at Indianapolis Zoo adapting well
Taz, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who was rescued off the coast of Florida, is reportedly doing very well and enjoys being with the trainers who monitor his progress. The Indianapolis Zoo says its newest member is adapting well. Taz, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who was rescued off the coast of Florida, is in the process of converting from a formula diet to a fish diet. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:34 AM PDT - (BBC News) - Dolphin watchers want volunteers
Marine conservationists want to launch volunteer groups along the south Wales coast to help track the winter habits of dolphins. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:09 AM PDT - (Punto Central Luzon) - Nakuhang Fraser dolphin nasa Ocean Adventure na
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ' Isa sa dalawang Fraser dolphins na na-stranded sa Dasol, Pangasinan ang namatay, samantalang ang kasamahan nito ay nasa pangangalaga na ng Ocean Adventure dito. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Care2.com) - Whaling in Japan Dealt Another Blow
Also free whale meat stew was given away, but it mainly drew interest from about 100 seniors. One of the Japanese whaling defenders said, вWe will pass down the history of our ancestors to the next generation, preserve it. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New York Times) - As Food Is Rationed, Resolve Is Plentiful
Ms. Taira said she remembered the waves that came on March 11 as black walls of water that quickly consumed this town of 1400, one of Japan's traditional whaling centers. Stranded at first at the town office, she finally reached her home a day later by... (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:19 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Gulf of Mexico oil spill toll was huge, says study
Toronto, March 30 : The whale and dolphin deaths due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have been gravely underestimated. The ecological damage may be 50 times higher than believed, says a study. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:27 AM PDT - (CommonDreams.org) - BP Gulf Disaster Impact Could Be Much Worse Than Expected
VANCOUVER ' The death toll from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill goes far beyond the animal corpses washing ashore, says a report that warns that whale and dolphin deaths may be 50 times higher than believed. The report, by an international team of marine mammal specialists, estimates that for every corpse that washes ashore another 50 may never be found. read more (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PDT - (Brisbane Times) - New Zealand dolphin makes animal hero list
WELLINGTON: Moko the New Zealand bottlenose dolphin has been named on Time magazine's website as one of history's most heroic animals. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PDT - (Ottawa Citizen) - BP spill's impact could be much worse than expected
The death toll from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill goes far beyond the animal corpses washing ashore, says a report that warns that whale and dolphin deaths may be 50 times higher than believed. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:05 AM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Dolphin death information listed on NOAA website
GULFPORT ' NOAA Fisheries has responded to the cry for information in this year's string of dolphin deaths in the northern Gulf that includes 59 stillborn or infant calves. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:25 AM PDT - (PhysOrg) - Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater disaster may have been greatly underestimated
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conservation Letters reveals that the true impact of the disaster on wildlife may be gravely underestimated. The study argues that fatality figures based on the number of recovered animal carcasses will not give a true death toll, which may be 50 times higher ... (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:21 AM PDT - (BigPond News) - Dolphin toll rises from BP oil spill
A study suggests more than 100 dead dolphins on Gulf of Mexico shores were killed by the BP oil spill. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Change.org (blog)) - Demand Fish and Chips Without the Side of Whale
Sanctioning exported whale products would be a blow to the industry, which relies on sales to Japan because whaling efforts produce significantly more than can be marketed in Iceland. Sales to Japan have been weak, forcing whalers to stockpile meat and... (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:02 PM PDT - (Chattanooga Times Free Press) - Georgia aquarium to open dolphin exhibit after delay
The massive new addition to the world's largest aquarium isn't simply a tank with dolphins leaping to and fro. (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:49 PM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - No easy answers in dolphin deaths
GULFPORT -- Tissue taken from stillborn and infant dolphins that washed ashore this year is evidence for a lawsuit the federal government plans to file against BP, and on Thursday federal officials explained what that means. (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:37 AM PDT - (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Ga. aquarium to open dolphin exhibit after delay
The massive new addition to the world's largest aquarium isn't simply a tank with dolphins leaping to and fro. It's a Broadway-style show, complete with an ancient sailor named StarSpinner and a battle with a sea creature that can only be settled by dolphins leaping, twisting and spinning the audience out of captivity. (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - AirTran Airways and Georgia Aquarium Unveil Dolphin 1
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , and Georgia Aquarium today unveiled a custom designed aircraft celebrating their long partnership. The Boeing 737-700 aircraft, named Dolphin 1, is uniquely adorned with dolphins and an aquatic theme to celebrate the airline's partnership with the world's largest aquarium while highlighting the facility's newest attraction, the AT&T ... (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:31 AM PDT - (ABC News) - Ga. Aquarium to Open Dolphin Exhibit After Delay
Georgia Aquarium to open new dolphin show in downtown Atlanta after a 6-month delay (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PDT - (WXIA-TV Atlanta) - AirTran to debut dolphin plane in Atlanta
AirTran will unveil a flying dolphin in Atlanta on Thursday to mark its partnership with Georgia Aquarium. (Source)
- Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:19 AM PDT - (Naked Capitalism) - Links 3/31/11
New Zealand dolphin makes animal hero list Sydney Morning Herald (hat tip reader Crocodile Chuck). Moko was a favorite NC antidote, but hero? He didn't put himself at risk'¦.Has altruism become so rare that we are unable to distinguish it from heroism? (Source)
- Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:45 PM PDT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - IQAir Reminds Americans to Focus on the Real Dangers in the Air We Breathe
There are many good reasons to own a high-performance air purification system. Protection in North America against radioactive fallout from the nuclear accident in Japan is not one of them, says Glory Dolphin, CEO of IQAir North America. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:21 PM PDT - (Cruise Addicts) - Catch a Broadway-Style Dolphin Show in Georgia
This is a discussion on Catch a Broadway-Style Dolphin Show in Georgia within the Current Cruise Travel News forums, part of the category; Aol Travel. Has Just Posted the Following: Filed under: News AP It's almost show time at the Georgia Aquarium in ... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT - (Fort Myers Beach Bulletin & Observer) - Fort Myers Princess comes to aid of "struggling" man off Bowditch Point
The captain and crew members of the Fort Myers Princess displayed some heroism on the way to a regularly schedule dolphin tour last Wednesday (March 30). (Source)
- Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:55 PM PDT - (PRWeb) - IQAir Reminds Americans to Focus on the Real Dangers in the Air We Breathe
There are many good reasons to own a high-performance air purification system. Protection in North America against radioactive fallout from the nuclear accident in Japan is not one of them, says Glory Dolphin, CEO of IQAir North America. (PRWeb April 01, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8265144.htm (Source)
- Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Northwest Asian Weekly) - Letter: Disappointed with column painting Sea Shepherd as racist
Sure, the Japanese used the laughable вresearch purposesг excuse, but at least they tried to make it somewhat diplomatic; Iceland simply told the world вshove off, we're going whaling.г If Japan's whaling season normally runs from around November to... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:15 AM PDT - (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta) - New Dolphin Exhibit Opens At Georgia Aquarium
The world's largest aquarium is getting even bigger Saturday. The Georgia Aquarium is debuting its newest exhibit to the public. (Source)
- Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:32 PM PDT - (CBS 46 News Atlanta) - Dolphin Exhibit Splashes Onto Scene At Georgia Aquarium
Hundreds of people packed the aquarium to see the dolphins. (Source)
- Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT - (WXIA-TV Atlanta) - New dolphin exhibit draws fans & protesters
The Georgia Aquarium's new dolphins are expected to be a big draw, but a small group of protestors also turned out Saturday. (Source)
- Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:03 AM PDT - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Dolphin netters swat the Hurricanes
Marathon High School won both sides of a Keys tennis rivalry match against Coral Shores Tuesday. The Dolphin boys beat the Hurricanes, 5-2, while the girls pulled out a 4-3 victory at the Marathon Community Park. The top three Dolphin girls won their singles matches, including No. 1 Marisa Brossard's 34th consecutive regular-season victory, 8-0 over Mallory Lenoir. (Source)
- Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:03 AM PDT - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Dolphins, Conchs go down to the wire
It's just after 9 on Tuesday night and, under the white lights, seventh-inning tension is in the air at Key West High School's Back Yard softball park. The Conchs are ahead, 4-3, but Marathon has the tying run on third with two outs. The Dolphin fans are whooping it up. Cleanup batter Kelley Struyf is at the plate. Pitcher Rachel Quad winds up and lets fly. Struyf swings. (Source)
- Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Every day ought to be Earth Day
It's really also thanks to Earth Day that I not only made peace, but friends, with Greenpeace over the whaling issue that had rent us asunder. I'm very grateful for that. Earth Day Tokyo can be a noisy, boisterous gathering, but so far we've had no... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:08 AM PDT - (Stuff) - Bronze dolphins disappear overnight
A Wellington couple are offering a $10,000 reward for the return of their beloved dolphin sculpture. (Source)
- Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:41 PM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Montara whale, dolphin death warning
A leading cetacean researcher has warned the whale and dolphin death toll from the Montara oil spill disaster may have been grossly underestimated. (Source)
- Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:38 AM PDT - (Asbury Park Press) - Georgia Aquarium opens dolphin 'Broadway' show today
ATLANTA ' The massive new addition to the world's largest aquarium isn't simply a tank with dolphins leaping to and fro. (Source)
- Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:43 PM PDT - (St. Petersburg Times) - Do you have the world's ugliest engagement ring?
I have this recurring dream in which I am presented with a hideous engagement ring and don't know what to say. In one dream, the ring had dolphin-shaped cutouts. In another, it was a man's pinky ring with a black stone. In yet another, it was fiber-optic, like those wands they sell at Epcot. I don't have the time or money to see a psychologist about this. All I know is, I usually wake up in cold ... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:58 AM PDT - (Santa Barbara Independent) - Give a Little
Nonprofit dolphin activist group hosts on-board fundraiser; Community Environmental Council seeks volunteers for annual Earth Day fest. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:15 PM PDT - (Fort Myers Beach Bulletin & Observer) - Tour boat rescues man off Bowditch Point
The captain and crew members of the Fort Myers Princess displayed some heroism on the way to a regularly schedule dolphin tour last Wednesday (March 30). (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:15 PM PDT - (WJXT Jacksonville) - Dolphin That Jumped On Boat In SW Fla. Identified
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. -- Experts in southwest Florida say they have identified the dolphin that jumped in a boat and injured a woman last month. Naturalists said Monday the bottlenose dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds was identified by pictures of its dorsal fin. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:32 AM PDT - (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Experts identify dolphin that jumped onto boat in SW Fla. and injured a passenger last month
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. - Experts in southwest Florida say they have identified the dolphin that jumped in a boat and injured a woman last month. Naturalists said Monday the bottlenose dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds was identified by pictures of its dorsal fin. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT - (Seattle Times) - Dolphin that jumped on boat in SW Fla. identified
Experts in southwest Florida say they have identified the dolphin that jumped in a boat and injured a woman last month. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:03 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - There's something fishy about this dolphin...
Grouping together for safety out of instinct, they have adopted the shape of what might pass for a dolphin 80 feet below the surface in Cebu in the Philippines. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:14 AM PDT - (Crestview News Bulletin) - Dolphin that jumped on boat is identified
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (AP) ' Experts in southwest Florida say they have identified the dolphin that jumped in a boat and injured a woman last month. Naturalists said Monday the bottlenose dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds was identified... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PS News) - Senior Appointments
... of Justice has accepted Australia's choice of Professor Hilary Charlesworth as a Judge ad hoc in the Whaling Case taken by Australia against Japan. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:46 PM PDT - (Washington Examiner) - Taiwan mulls overseas site for petrochem complex
The Associated Press The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan Taiwan may scrap a contentious plan to build a major petrochemical complex on reclaimed land on its western coast amid claims it could cause the extinction of an endangered species of dolphin, officials said. The plan to build the $20 billion complex to refine crude oil and produce ethylene has been stalled for five years, after failing to ... (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:48 PM PDT - (The Kansas City Star) - 'Not Here No There,' at Dolphin gallery, tinkers with tradition
The five artists in 'Not Here No There' ' Matthew Kluber, Anne Lindberg, Colin C. Smith, James Woodfill and Matt Wycoff ' are savvy, serious pros whose work stretches the possibilities of such die-hard modernist tropes as geometric abstraction and process-based art. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:22 AM PDT - (Business Solutions) - Honeywell And Hart Systems Collaborate On Comprehensive Inventory Management Solution For Retail
Honeywell recently announced that Hart Systems, a leading provider of technology-driven physical inventory management solutions, has selected the Dolphin 6100 mobile computer to be integrated into Hart's comprehensive offering. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT - (Outdoor News) - USFWS Announces Two Caribou Species May Warrant Protection under ESA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced two subspecies of caribou, the Peary caribou and the Dolphin and Union caribou, will undergo an in-depth status review following receipt of (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:26 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
ASKER, Norway -- TGS has signed a Letter of Intent with Dolphin Geophysical to charter the M/V Polar Duke for 3D multi-client seismic acquisition projects offshore Europe this summer season. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:17 AM PDT - (Marketwire) - TGS Signs Second Letter of Intent for 3D Vessel
ASKER, NORWAY--(Marketwire - April 6, 2011) - TGS announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Dolphin Geophysical AS to charter the M/V Polar Duke for 3D multi-client projects in Europe during the 2011 summer season. The charter will begin in May 2011 and will last for a minimum of 3 months. The agreement also provides an option for TGS to extend the charter in two increments (2 + 6 ... (Source)
- Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:09 AM PDT - (GMA News) - Napadpad na dolphin sa Agno river, namatay
BALITANG AMIANAN ' Isang dolphin na natagpuang sugatan ng mga mangingisda sa bahagi ng Agno river sa Lingayen, Pangasinan nitong Miyerkules ng umaga ang nasawi. (Source)
- Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:49 PM PDT - (Bradenton Herald) - Easter Seals' Design & Wine on Friday in Bradenton
MANATEE -- Easter Seals Southwest Florida is holding its first Design & Wine, a party celebrating the winner of DesignMatters2 International Design Competition. The event takes place 7-11 p.m. today at Dolphin Aviation's main hangar. (Source)
- Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:30 AM PDT - (seattlepi.com) - Taiwan may scrap plan for petrochemical complex
share: digg facebook twitter TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ' Taiwan may scrap a contentious plan to build a major petrochemical complex on reclaimed land on its western coast amid claims it could cause the extinction of an endangered species of dolphin, officials said. The plan to build the $20 billion complex to refine crude oil and produce ethylene has been stalled for five years, after failing to pass ... (Source)
- Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:55 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
BERGEN, Norway ' Dolphin Geophysical has signed a contract with ION's GX Technology for a three-month 2D seismic acquisition program offshore West Africa. (Source)
- Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:27 AM PDT - (Macleans.ca) - When the sea goes silent
New research suggests a possible cause of dolphin and whale strandings: severe to profound hearing loss (Source)
- Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:07 AM PDT - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
He's been 'begging' for at least 30 years, and that's exactly how he got his name. Flashing a smile, a dolphin nicknamed 'Beggar' has become an icon in the Intracoastal Waterway, between Nokomis and Venice. Sweet as pie, he'll swim up to any boat begging for handouts. (Source)
- Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:57 PM PDT - (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) - First glimpse of Winter in theaters
Winter the dolphin is officially a movie star. Her visitors and fans at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, young and old, can't wait to see her on the big screen (Source)
- Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:46 PM PDT - (WTSP-TV Tampa) - Winter the Dolphin's movie trailer is out!
If you were to ask anyone at Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) a little more than five years ago if they ever thought one of their own would inspire a big screen movie, they might have laughed. (Source)
- Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:45 AM PDT - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Watch: New scenes from movie on Winter the dolphin
You can now watch the movie trailer for the new film on Winter the dolphin. The movie was shot at Bay News 9 and in Clearwater. (Source)
- Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:09 AM PDT - (INO News) - 8 months after spill, oil found on dead dolphin
(AP:NEW ORLEANS) Eight months after BP PLC capped the well that spewed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, dolphins are washing ashore in east Louisiana with oil from that spill on their bodies _ most recently two weeks ago, a federal stranding coordinator said Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:17 AM PDT - (Thailandnews.net) - Sick dolphin dies in Phuket
rescued off Phuket on Saturday died earlier today.Patcharaporn Kaewmong of the Marine Endangered Species Unit at the Phuket Marine Biological Center confirmed that the two-meter-long cetacean took ... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:01 AM PDT - (Daily Telegraph) - Auckland and Dunedin, New Zealand: the best readers' tips
From dolphin and penguin-spotting to unusual public toilets, we select the best of our readers' suggestions for travel from Auckland and Dunedin, New Zealand. (Source)
- Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:52 PM PDT - (Daytona Beach News-Journal) - Georgia aquarium opens dolphin exhibit after delay
The massive new addition to the world's largest aquarium isn't simply a tank with dolphins leaping to and fro. (Source)
- Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:05 PM PDT - (NFL.com) - Dolphin chatter: Marshall claims he talks 'a lot' with Henne
Dolphins star receiver Brandon Marshall ended last season disappointed with his performance and hinting that Miami's offense and its quarterback Chad Henne needed work. Marshall told The Miami Herald that he and Henne, both taking part in a charity event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. over the weekend, have talked "a lot" since the end of the team's 7-9 season. (Source)
- Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:33 PM PDT - (The Telegraph) - Dead dolphin reveals chinks in safety net
Patna, April 9: India is the only country in the world which has accorded an aquatic animal ' the Gangetic dolphin ' the status of national animal. But the status appears to have little impact on the threat the mammals face from the poachers in the state. (Source)
- Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:32 AM PDT - (OfficialWire) - Dolphin Deaths In Gulf Puzzle Scientists
U.S. scientists say they still don't know why dead baby bottlenose dolphins are washing up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in record numbers. Since February 2010, 406 dolphins were either found stranded or sighted dead offshore, CNN reported Friday. (Source)
- Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:18 PM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Some-fin special: A cat and a dolphin become best new buddies
Everyone knows that cats like fish, but usually only at meal times. This tabby, on the other hand, seems to be smitten with a particular dolphin. (Source)
- Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:07 PM PDT - (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) - Bottlenose dolphins make journey from harpoon target to darling of the sea
Did you know about the sport of dolphin harpooning in Port Aransas during the late 19th century and early 20th century? (Source)
- Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:36 PM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Georgia aquarium opens dolphin exhibit
Georgia's massive new addition to the world's largest aquarium is a Broadway-style show, complete with a battle with a sea creature. (Source)
- Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:49 PM PDT - (CBS 42 Birmingham) - Ga. aquarium to open dolphin exhibit after delay
ATLANTA (AP) ' The massive new addition to the world's largest aquarium isn't simply a tank with dolphins leaping to and fro. It's a Broadway-style show, complete with an ancient sailor named StarSpinner and a battle with a sea creature that can only be settled by dolphins leaping, twisting and spinning the audience out of captivity. The 1.8 million gallon exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium opens ... (Source)
- Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:23 AM PDT - (redOrbit) - Dolphin Deaths Designated An 'Unusual Mortality Event'
Scientists are baffled by the continuing numbers of dead baby bottlenose dolphins washing up on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. 406 dolphins were found either stranded or dead between February 2010 and April 2011, prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to designate the deaths as an 'unusual mortality event' (UME). The agency defines such events as a stranding ... (Source)
- Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:21 AM PDT - (Hip-Hop Wired) - Search Results
All stories containing the tag Taco and Jasper the Dolphin. Rosa Acosta Shakes It For Daddy...Again!!! [Video] (Source)
- Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:06 AM PDT - (SouthFlorida.com) - Cat plays with dolphin
Watch out dogs, cats have a new ally. Check out this unlikely cat, dolphin duo. (Source)
- Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New Haven Independent) - First Few Blossoms Feted
... members of the St. Luke's Steel Drum Band began whaling with a pulsating Although its distant relatives hailed from the Emperor's palace in Japan... (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:45 PM PDT - (3news) - Cat, dolphin forge unlikely friendship
A video capturing the unlikely friendship between a cat and a dolphin has gone viral on the internet. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:10 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Adelaide scuttled after dolphin delay
HMAS Adelaide has been scuttled off the NSW central coast this morning - but not before the controversial sinking was delayed by a pod of dolphins. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:57 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - HMAS Adelaide sunk after dolphin delay
CONTROLLED explosions have been detonated on decommissioned frigate HMAS Adelaide, sending it to the bottom of the ocean. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:11 PM PDT - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Navy frigate scuttled after dolphin delay
Former warship ex-HMAS Adelaide is settling into its final resting place after being scuttled off the NSW central coast. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:29 PM PDT - (The Irish Times) - Haughey's 'Celtic Mist' offered to sea research organisation
CELTIC MIST, the yacht sailed by the late Charles J Haughey, has been offered as a gift to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for its research in Irish waters. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:04 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Having a whale of a time: Amazing images capture ocean's gentle giants in full flight as they feed off Alaska
Leaping out of the water in majestic fashion, these acrobatic female humpback whales seem to fly with the nimble grace of a dolphin a fraction of their size. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New Zealand Herald) - Recession helps cool NZ feelings on Asia
... to rate their feelings towards people from Japan, India and China from zero, and the trial of Kiwi anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune in Japan. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (People's Daily Online) - Media coverage slants New Zealander attitudes to Asians
Media coverage of the Pete Bethune trial in Japan and the blocked Chinese bid to of the Crafar farms bid, Japanese whaling and the Pete Bethune trail... (Source)
- Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Scoop.co.nz) - Asia still important to New Zealanders
"Expert analysis shows that the perceptions may have been slanted by the media coverage of the Crafar farms by Chinese investors, Japanese whaling and the... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:35 PM PDT - (ReadWriteWeb) - The First Wave of IT Consumerization: 1978
I recently purchased a copy of an issue of the defunct popular science magazine OMNI from 1978 - three years before I was born. In addition to a lengthy interview with Alvin Toffler , a cover by H.R. Giger and an article on human-dolphin communication by John C. Lily it contains an article by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson titled "Computer Lib." I've read Nelson's book of the same title , but I ... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:33 AM PDT - (Tonic) - Watch! Dolphin and Kitty Playtime (Enough Said)
Happy hump day! Anyone need something cute to get them through the day. Who's here for ya? This very special video filmed in 1997 at the Theater of the Sea in Florida was posted to YouTube last month and has been viral every since with over 2 million hits. The clip (below) captures two dolphins, Thunder and [...] (Source)
- Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:37 AM PDT - (News 24 South Africa) - Dolphin video scores on YouTube
A YouTube video of a cat and dolphin playing together has drawn over one million views on the Google-owned video sharing site. (Source)
- Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:07 AM PDT - (The New Zealand Herald) - Frigate scuttled off NSW coast after dolphin delay
The planned scuttling of a former Royal Australian navy ship off a New South Wales beach has already faced a multitude of delays - and today, there was another last-minute hitch.A crowd of 50,000 people turned out off Avoca Beach... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Dominion Post) - More people think Asian newcomers are taking Kiwi jobs
However, the average feeling of warmth toward people from Japan, slanted by coverage of the Crafar farms bid, Japanese whaling and Pete Bethune's trial... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TheTyee.ca) - Japan, Oil and the Fragility of Globalization
After the quake, Japan's big energy dilemma remains the same: how can a nation One week it might explain why the whaling industry died in the 19th... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:08 PM PDT - (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - Friday afternoon funnies: the poignant edition
Katrina kids, Louis Armstrong and a dolphin-loving cat (Source)
- Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT - (KSLA-TV Shreveport) - NOAA: Just one Mississippi dolphin had oil
Of the 406 dolphins that have washed ashore in the last 14 months, NOAA scientists say just 15 of those marine mammals had oil on them. And only one of those dolphins was found in Mississippi. Thirteen were found in Louisiana, and one in Florida. That information was just released by NOAA marine mammal experts. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:53 AM PDT - (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News) - Factbox: Impact on wildlife from the BP oil spill
(Reuters) - BP Plc's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected bird populations, sea turtles, fish, shellfish and some dolphin. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:29 AM PDT - (Digital Spy) - 'Britain's Got Talent' video: The human dolphin
Financial analyst Blair takes on the Britain's Got Talent buzzers with his human dolphin act. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:13 AM PDT - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
Here's a party you don't want to pass up. Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium will hold its Party on the Pass at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Mote Aquarium courtyard, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. The party will raise money to support Mote's dolphin, whale and sea turtle hospitals. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:52 PM PDT - (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Green shoots grow in oiled marsh a year after BP spill
LAFITTE, April 17, 2011 (AFP) - Though oil-coated dolphin carcasses and sticky tar balls are washing up on the US Gulf Coast a year after the BP oil spill, the environmental impact appears to be surprisingly limited for now. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT - (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta) - WATCH: Georgia Aquariums Dolphin Project
Channel 2 Action News anchors Jovita Moore and Justin Farmer take viewers inside Georgia Aquariums newest exhibit. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:46 AM PDT - (Reuters) - Federal practices hamper study of Gulf dolphin deaths
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - A federal agency's practice of returning weakened dolphins to deeper Gulf of Mexico waters is thwarting efforts to probe dolphin deaths after last year's BP oil spill, scientists said on Saturday. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:12 AM PDT - (The News-Press) - LeeCorp sells Dolphin model in Estero
LeeCorp Homes announces the 2011 Dolphin model has been sold. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:04 PM PDT - (Orange County Register) - Beached dolphin dies in Newport
A dolphin beached itself before it died at Newport Beach on Sunday afternoon, said Mike Teague, animal control officer for the city of Newport Beach.At about 2:30 p.m. officials received a call about a live dolphin near 15th Street, he said.A crowd tried to push it back into the water but the... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:42 PM PDT - (Bradenton Herald) - Local dolphin expert helping with oil spill studies
SARASOTA -- A prominent researcher who has studied dolphins locally for 40 years is applying his expertise to help determine if there are long-term adverse effects from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:41 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Daily News) - Al Martinez: Dolphin burgers better anyway
I met up with my friend the Weeping Liberal at Starbucks the other day, and before we even had the first sip of our frappuccinos he wanted to know what I was doing for Earth Day this year. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:16 PM PDT - (Planet Ark) - Planet Ark
A federal agency's practice of returning weakened dolphins to deeper Gulf of Mexico waters is thwarting efforts to probe dolphin deaths after last year's BP oil spill, scientists said on Saturday. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:18 PM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Fisher sympathetic to public's interest in dolphin deaths
GULFPORT -- The head of the state DEQ told the Sun Herald on Monday that she's sympathetic with the public wanting to know what caused the deaths of dozens of stillborn dolphins this year in the wake of the BP oil spill. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:33 AM PDT - (AFP Relax via Yahoo! Philippines News) - Green shoots grow in oiled marsh a year after BP spill
Though oil-coated dolphin carcasses and sticky tar balls are washing up on the US Gulf Coast a year after the BP oil spill, the environmental impact appears to be surprisingly limited for now. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:17 AM PDT - (Reuters) - Federal practices hamper study of Gulf dolphin deaths
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - A federal agency's practice of returning weakened dolphins to deeper Gulf of Mexico waters is thwarting efforts to probe dolphin deaths after last year's BP oil spill, scientists said on Saturday. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:08 AM PDT - (redOrbit) - Study Of Gulf Dolphin Mortality Being Hampered
Scientists at the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi claim that a federal agency's practice of returning rescued dolphins far offshore is hampering attempts to investigate dolphin deaths following the BP oil spill last year, Moby Solangi, director of the institute, tells Reuters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is confirming that two dolphins found in ... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:56 PM PDT - (Dawn) - Blind Indus dolphins' population increasing
KARACHI, April 19: A Sindh wildlife official claimed on Tuesday that the population of blind Indus dolphin had shown a slight increase during the past few years in the Dolphin Reserve stretches between the Guddu and Sukkur barrages. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:46 PM PDT - (Planet Ark) - Planet Ark
A federal agency's practice of returning weakened dolphins to deeper Gulf of Mexico waters is thwarting efforts to probe dolphin deaths after last year's BP oil spill, scientists said on Saturday. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:06 AM PDT - (Socialist Worker) - Bradford swim-in to save pool
Protesters have held a 'swim-in' to save Rhodesway Pool in Allerton, Bradford. The Bradford Dolphin Swimming Club protested on Wednesday of last week. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:06 AM PDT - (Itar-Tass) - Dolphin therapy at the Moscow Dolphinarium
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- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:25 AM PDT - (Dawn) - Rare blind Indus dolphin survey kicks off in Sindh
KARACHI: The Sindh Wildlife Department in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature ' Pakistan (WWF'P) has launched a six-day blind Indus dolphin survey. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:10 PM PDT - (BigPond News) - Gillard aims to see tsunami destruction
While Ms Gillard may broach other topics such as trade and whaling, the focus of her talks will be firmly on Japan's recovery effort. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:10 PM PDT - (PS News) - Senior Appointments
Bruce Miller has been appointed Australia's new Ambassador to Japan. as a Judge ad hoc in the Whaling Case taken by Australia against Japan. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:58 PM PDT - (PitchEngine) - Bend Fiddler Roland White Repeats as 2011 Oregon Senior Oldtime Fiddling Champion
1888PressRelease The 2011 Oregon State Old Time Fiddling Championships were held on March 18, 19 at Chemekata Community College in Salem, Oregon, Reports Dolphin Graphics Bend, Oregon.Roland White Fiddler from Central Oregon won the 2011 Senior Old Time Fiddling Division for the second year in a row. The Oregon Old Time Fiddling Championships are held each year at Chemekata Community College,... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:03 PM PDT - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - Dolphin expert still not ready to blame oil for deaths
Dr. Moby Solangi with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is cautiously optimistic on the future of dolphins, turtles and birds along the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:41 AM PDT - (Daily Telegraph) - Ten reasons to travel in May
From dolphin-spotting in Madeira to the Monaco Grand Prix, Nick Trend suggests ten short breaks for May. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:18 AM PDT - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Dolphin Brossard's stellar prep career comes to a close
The stellar prep tennis career of Marathon High School's Marisa Brossard ended Monday with a loss in the Class-1A state championship semifinals in Sanford. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:22 AM PDT - (CBS News) - Algae eyed in Calif. dolphin, sea lion deaths
Experts suspect sea mammals washing up along Southern California coast victims of naturally occurring neurotoxin (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (The Age) - Whaling report dismissed as hoax
The report, tracked back to a US fake news website, coincided with Prime Minister Julia Gillard's trip to Tokyo - her first since the Japanese whaling fleet... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (This Dish Is Veg) - Japanese government announces an end to whale hunts
вEffective immediately, Japan will no longer conduct scientific research on whale populations which require capture and dissection,г said Makoto Inoue at a... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (Brisbane Times) - PM Gillard touches down in Tokyo
"As a good friend of Japan, I think it is important for me to be here She did not confirm whether she would also raise the touchy topic of whaling. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:39 PM PDT - (FOX 59 Indianapolis) - Indianapolis Zoo welcomes new dolphin
Six-month-old Taz is a calf who was rescued in Florida. Taz was discovered on a sandbar in January. His mother was nowhere in sight. The Indianapolis Zoo is now the new home of a dolphin separated from its mother. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:55 PM PDT - (Orange County Register) - Bird, dolphin, sea lion deaths on the rise
What may be an escalating outbreak of ocean toxin is sending sick and dying birds and sea lions to rescue centers on the Southern California coast, with more dead dolphins washing up onshore, wildlife... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:32 PM PDT - (WISH-TV Indianapolis) - Dolphin calf acclimating to zoo
A rescued dolphin calf has two basic skills to learn before it's unveiled to the general public, but Indianapolis Zoo officials gave a sneak peak on Thursday. Read more at www.WISHTV.com (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:22 AM PDT - (Calcutta News) - Bihar to set up dolphin conservation task force
Bihar has decided to set up a task force for conservation of the endangered Gangetic river dolphins, an official said Thursday. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:16 AM PDT - (The Malibu Times) - News Briefs
Dolphin winner named California Youth of the Year (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Japan PM not concerned about whaling case
JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan has insisted he is not concerned about Australia's decision to challenge his nation's annual Southern Ocean whale hunt in the International Court of Justice. Speaking after meeting Julia Gillard in Tokyo tonight... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Ecologist) - Sea Shepherd: how we sank the Japanese whaling fleet
Deborah Bassett: You and your crew recently returned from your 7th anti-whaling campaign to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary - Operation No Compromise. This year you successfully drove the Japanese whaling fleet to abandon their hunting season over a... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Check before you tweet
As my mistake was becoming painfully clear I tweeted that the Japan whaling story could not be confirmed and may not be true, and quickly followed with another tweet "Japan whaling story FAKE news". By then other tweeters had also cottoned on and... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Gather.com) - Japan Update 4/21: Death Toll Rises Slowly
Many of the younger residents had moved away for education and better job prospects during the past generation, leaving their parents and grandparents in the lower cost of living coastal fishing and whaling towns. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:46 AM PDT - (The Indianapolis Star) - Orphan dolphin Taz making a comeback at zoo
An orphan dolphin is gaining weight at the Indianapolis Zoo, playing with trainers and expressing curiosity about the dolphins in other tanks. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:44 AM PDT - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Clearwater Marine Aquarium announces baby dolphin's name
A new baby dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium has been named Hope. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:37 PM PDT - (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - Dolphin In Distress Draws Crowd In Long Beach
A dolphin in distress is drawing a big crowd in Long Beach. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:50 PM PDT - (St. Petersburg Times) - Rescued dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium has a new name: Hope
By Douglas R. Clifford, Times Staff Writer Friday, April 22, 2011 A 6-month-old dolphin living at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium jumps out of the water Friday after getting her new name: Hope . That's the winning name that emerged from thousands of suggestions submitted to the aquarium from all over the country. Hope was introduced to aquarium visitors by chief executive officer David Yates, who ... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:10 AM PDT - (Dawn) - Blind Indus dolphin survey concludes in Sindh
KARACHI: The six -day blind Indus dolphin survey in Sindh concluded on Friday. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:10 AM PDT - (The Indianapolis Star) - Orphan dolphin Taz making a comeback at zoo
An orphan dolphin is gaining weight at the Indianapolis Zoo, playing with trainers and expressing curiosity about the dolphins in other tanks. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:07 AM PDT - (Game Informer) - The Cove Movie Watch Now
Download "The Cove" Movie In HD, DivX, DVD, Ipod Movie Title :The Cove Using stateoftheart equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric OBarry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. Year : 2009 Genres : Drama Rating [imdb] : 8.50 Shallow Water. Deep Secret. Click on the link below to ... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT - (CBC.ca) - Stranded dolphin freed in Riverview canoe rescue
A dolphin stranded in mud in New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River has been rescued. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT - (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) - Stranded dolphin freed in canoe rescue
A dolphin stranded in mud in New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River has been rescued. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:13 AM PDT - (San Mateo Daily Journal) - Police reports
Two to three people on bikes threw rocks at a car near Redwood Shores Parkway and Twin Dolphin Drive in Redwood City before 9:49 p.m. Sunday, April 17. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Gillard stands firm on whaling
While Australia had a strong relationship with Japan, she said, it could not condone whaling. Australia launched its court action, which is pending, last year, objecting to the annual Japanese whaling hunt which takes place under the pretext of... (Source)
- Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:32 PM PDT - (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - Distressed Dolphin In Long Beach Found Dead
A dolphin was found dead in Long Beach after reports of the distressed mammal swimming in circles Saturday morning. (Source)
- Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:40 AM PDT - (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - My Sinchew/ Photo story
A dolphin named Louie swims in a pen as he acclimates to his new surroundings at the Dolphin Research Centre in Marathon, Florida. Louie was found washed up on the beach of Port Fourchon in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill last September. (Source)
- Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Australia still antiwhaling but hits activists
On the conduct of the antiwhaling group, whose ships dock in Australian ports and have been obstructing operations by Japan's whaling fleet, she said, "We have consistently said that everyone needs to abide by the rules of the sea... (Source)
- Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Pacific Sun) - Going Green: That touch of minke
A couple of large whaling ships were beached in the tsunami and one of the processing plants was ruined. Who knows what will happen with the radiation levels off Japan? Since the minke is the most abundant whale, are the Japanese whaling efforts... (Source)
- Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Building hospital ships for disaster response
He has been a marine mammal technician for the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, sailed aboard the research vessel Calanus in the Canadian Arctic, and sailed to the Antarctic as an observer with the Japanese whaling fleet. He lectures at the Maritime... (Source)
- Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00 AM PDT - (OfficialWire) - Stranded Dolphin Rescued With Canoe
A dolphin stuck in river mud in eastern Canada was rescued by a fisheries officer using a borrowed canoe. The incident occurred Thursday in the Petitcodiac River in New Brunswick, the Canadian Broadcasting Service reported. (Source)
- Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Brisbane Times) - Julia Gillard in the giants' playground
... overshadowed by the emotion of the whaling issue. Now Japan is a nation shaken by the impact of the catastrophic tsunami and the struggle to contain radioactive material from the destroyed nuclear reactors at Fukushima. Australia, with many other... (Source)
- Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:07 PM PDT - (KPBS San Diego) - Navy Finishes Review Of San Diego Dolphin Deaths
The Navy has concluded that it would have been dangerous to stop an underwater training blast believed to have killed three or four dolphins last month off San Diego Bay. (Source)
- Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:04 PM PDT - (Hunterdon County Democrat) - Hunterdon County YMCA Dolphin Special Olympians host meet
More than 45 Special Olympians from Hunterdon County participated in the swim meet. (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:26 PM PDT - (Savannah Morning News) - Youngster uses her birthday to raise funds for good cause
Lillian Long celebrated her seventh birthday on April 9, and her party had a dolphin theme: dolphin water slide, dolphin cookie cake, dolphin crafts, dolphin goodie bags. Lillian also requested that in lieu of gifts, that her guests make donations to the Dolphin Project, a nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the protection of wild bottlenose dolphins in the surrounding ... (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:17 PM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Rocky Kistner: More Than a Year Later, Gulf Dolphins and Turtles Keep Dying
Federal officials say they do not know what is causing the unusual dolphin and turtle die-offs along the Gulf coast. They continue to investigate many potential causes, including the oil spill. No one knows when they may come up with an answer, if ever. (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:19 PM PDT - (WFLX FOX 29) - Former Dolphin Jim Mandich dies
fter a long battle with cancer, South Florida broadcaster Jim Mandich has died. Mandich had been batteling bile duct cancer since 2010. (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:32 AM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - San Diego Dolphin Deaths: Navy Defends Actions That Killed Animals
SAN DIEGO -- The Navy has concluded that it would have been dangerous to stop an underwater training blast believed to have killed three or four dolphins last month off San Diego Bay. (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) - Oregon State Professor Scott Baker Awarded 2011 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation
Project to Map Genetic Relatedness of Dolphin Populations in the South Pacific (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:22 AM PDT - (Guardian Unlimited) - Sea change: 10 quirky cruises
If a super-luxe liner isn't your thing, there are plenty of other fish in the sea ' try pink dolphin-spotting on the Amazon or a trip round Vietnam's Ha Long Bay in a wooden junk The small ship Among tour operator Noble Caledonian's fleet of vessels is the Island Sky , a small, elegant ship that was refurbished last year. Noble Caledonian says: "We promise there will be no organised ... (Source)
- Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (RedOrbit) - Devastated Japanese Whaling Community Prepares To Join Hunt
Two Japanese whaling vessels from Kushiro launched their annual coastal whale hunt from the tsunami-devastated areas on the east coast of the northern island of Hokkaido, a fisheries agency official told AFP. Joining the fleet will be 5 crewman from... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:15 PM PDT - (FOX10 Mobile) - New attractions for Pensacola boardwalk
An empty area on Portofino Boardwalk could be filled by a few new attractions. A rock climbing wall and a couple of bungee jumps may be installed, followed by new dolphin tours. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Variety) - 'Whale Wars' preems June 3
The show tracks the progress of the Shepherds as they attempt to stop illegal whaling operations run out of Japan. New bells and whistles this time around include a new ship for the team, as well as a new helicopter. Series has seen hostilities... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (^ЄхЄЄАъЖlГј) - Tsunami-hit whalers in Japan set sail for hunt
The massive tsunami that last month slammed into Japan's northeast coast destroyed Ayukawa Whaling's storage facility and carried its fleet of three whaling ships hundreds of meters inland, where they remain. Ayukawa Whaling chairman Minoru Ito has... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Corvallis Gazette Times) - 'The Cove' researcher from OSU honored by Pew
Baker helped document the under-reporting by Japan of fin whale populations and the threat to Minke whales of commercial ЁЇbycatchЁЈ whaling ЁX intentional ЁЇaccidentalЁЈ entanglement with fishing nets. Japan and South Korea are the only countries that... (Source)
- Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:09 PM PDT - (Savannah Morning News) - VIDEO: Savannah, Tybee Island Coast Guard crews rescue boaters
The Coast Guard rescued four boaters Wednesday in distress near Wassaw Sound. Operational watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a report from four boaters in distress after their 24-foot vessel, Second Chance, had lost power and broke free from anchor in Wassaw Sound Wednesday about 6:17 p.m. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah launched an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew at ... (Source)
- Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:31 PM PDT - (CBS Miami) - Memorial Service Set For 'Mad Dog' Mandich
As South Florida and Dolphins fans continue to mourn the loss of former Dolphin player and broadcaster Jim Mandich, his former team and his family are giving fans the chance to be a part of honoring his memory. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:28 PM PDT - (US News Las Vegas - Philippines)
Local fishery authorities on Thursday said they are hell-bent in pursuing criminal charges against several persons from a coastal village here tagged as behind the mass slaughter of dolphins caught near the coastline of this fishing town over the week. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:10 PM PDT - (Leader Community Newspapers) - Montrose jet skier fined for harassing dolphins
A MONTROSE man has to donate $500 to dolphin research after pleading guilty to harassing dolphins while riding his jet ski in Port Phillip Bay. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:13 AM PDT - (PitchEngine) - Columbia Gorge Fiddle Contest Friday Night Concert Sponsored by Kennedy Violins
1888PressRelease "Kennedy Violins Sponsors the Friday Night Concert for the 4th Annual Columbia Gorge Fiddle Contest starting on May 6th in Hood River, Oregon", reports Dolphin Graphics.The Fourth Annual Columbia Gorge Fiddle Contest is in the final planning stages with the addition of Kennedy Violins as the sponsor for the Friday Night Concert featuring the popular NW Bluegrass Band The ... (Source)
- Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CisionWire (press release)) - Iceland's whale hunters start seasonal slaughter to put whale meat on tourist ...
Meanwhile, half the world away, three boats left the port of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Tuesday for Japan's spring research whaling season. The spring hunt, which usually departs from Ayukawa port in the Miyagi prefecture, has been switched to Kushiro... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:07 PM PDT - (KFVE Honolulu) - Outtakes: Steph and Shawn at Sea Life Park
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Here are some outtakes from Stephanie Lum and Shawn Ching as they attempt to help with the dolphin training and feeding at Sea Life Park for our "Do My Job" series. (Source)
- Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Northwest Asian Weekly) - Commentary: In the whaling debate, consider empirical justification over ...
Japan was not introduced to commercial whaling until Commodore Perry forced the country to open up its ports to foreigners. On those Japanese whaling ships that voyaged out to sea, only the companies were Japanese, whereas the ship building depended on... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)) - Japan Has Resumed Whaling а Is This Wise, Considering the Possible Radioactive ...
Usually, the spring hunt is conducted off Ayukawa port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, but it has been switched to Kushiro, the base for autumn whaling, as Ayukawa port was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The crew, including around 30... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TakePart - Inspiration to Action)
The new season will see our friends at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society go toe-to-toe with Japan's whaling fleet once again. We've already spoiled the ending here at TakePart, since we've written about the Japanese fleet's forced retreat from the... (Source)
- Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:15 PM PDT - (Lifehacker) - This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
Miren Browses the Web In Hyper Speed on Android (Android) There's a bevy of great browsers out there for Android, and it can be hard to see past the big names like Firefox, Opera and Dolphin. Miren stands out from the crowd with its serious speed and minimalistic interface. More » (Source)
- Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:28 PM PDT - (Miami Herald) - Loop Current might be reason for late dolphin run
Catches of dolphin, or mahi-mahi, along the Keys and mainland South Florida have been spotty this spring. Hordes of small schoolies will appear one day and be gone the next. Anglers chasing diving man-o'-war birds are sometimes disappointed to find there's no big bull when they get there. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:07 PM PDT - (Austin Daily Herald) - Austin's source for local news
The Austin Education Association Retirement Celebration will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the Hormel Nature Center at the Ruby Rupner Building. Linda Vilt, Sylvia Stier, Scott Reese, Scott Kaplan, Marilyn Flack, Nancy Dolphin and Cathy Richardson will be honored. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:56 AM PDT - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - After building program, Green heading out
Friday's grand opening of the Dolphin Bistro was no doubt difficult for Marathon High School's Chef Anthony Green. The classroom-turned-high-end-restaurant at the school has been Green's dream since he took the helm of Marathon's Culinary Arts program in 2007. He's been working hard with the students to make it a reality since then. (Source)
- Mon, 02 May 2011 23:41 PM PDT - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Stranded dolphin rescued by father and son
Authorities have praised the efforts of a father and son who they say saved the life of a bottlenose dolphin washed up on a beach near Leeman, north of Perth. (Source)
- Mon, 02 May 2011 20:26 PM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Dad, son rescue dolphin
A teenage boy and his father holidaying in Leeman have rescued a young bottlenose dolphin trapped in shallow water. (Source)
- Mon, 02 May 2011 20:08 PM PDT - (News.com.au) - Man, teen son save stranded dolphin
A FATHER and son have been praised for saving a juvenile dolphin which was in danger of stranding itself on a remote beach near Leeman, 300km north of Perth. (Source)
- Mon, 02 May 2011 20:08 PM PDT - (News.com.au) - Dad and son save stranded dolphin
A FATHER and son have been praised for saving a juvenile dolphin which stranded itself on a remote beach near Leeman, 300km north of Perth. (Source)
- Mon, 02 May 2011 07:37 AM PDT - (Island Packet) - Flipping for dolphins
A 7-year-old dolphin lover is making waves among her peers to help protect her favorite marine mamma (Source)
- Tue, 03 May 2011 10:28 AM PDT - (PitchEngine) - Laser Dolphin Released for iPhone and iPad
Vancouver based Dingo Games today introduces Laser Dolphin 1.0, their aquatic hero has arrived for iOS devices. In a unique action-adventure game you must battle and swim your way through a variety of cute and dangerous enemies in your quest to save the Prime Minister from alien abduction. Laser Dolphin features 50 levels spanning four worlds to explore. Each level is packed with interesting and ... (Source)
- Tue, 03 May 2011 08:55 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Perdido Key Visitors Center Launches Florida Vacation Sweepstakes for 7-Days on Florida Beaches
The Perdido Key Visitors Center today launched a seven-day Florida beaches vacation sweepstakes, 'Get Lost on the Lost Key,' that will award a free Florida vacation including seven days and nights at the Palacio resort, $500 in American Express gift cards; family sightseeing dolphin tour; passes to the IMAX theater inside the National Museum of Aviation; $200 dining voucher and more. (Source)
- Tue, 03 May 2011 14:33 PM PDT - (CBS Miami) - Former Dolphin Ronnie Brown Takes Anti-Violence Message To The Kids
Every week we seem to hear about incidents where teens acted violently toward other teens, sometimes with tragic consequences. (Source)
- Tue, 03 May 2011 08:09 AM PDT - (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab) - Lost, then found in Cambridge: one metal dolphin
A large metal dolphin sculpture was first lost and then recovered by a Waltham artist recently on the MIT campus. Chris Taylor was displaying a four-foot long dolphin made out of stainless steel, posed as a fountain with water spurting out of its mouth, at the I-Fair in MIT on Friday, April 22. (Source)
- Tue, 03 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Mainichi Daily News) - No coastal whaling off Taiji planned this year
Critics argue Japan's research whaling is a cover for commercial whaling, which has been banned globally since the mid-1980s. (Source)
- Wed, 04 May 2011 16:30 PM PDT - (IGN Xbox 360) - Halo, Call of Duty & the Male Brain
Video games can simulate anything. Play house, go farming, memorize playing cards, struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, be a god, be a magic goddamn dolphin if you want to be. The world is your oyster... (Source)
- Wed, 04 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Japan Is Not Alone, the Whaling Nations of Europe and Iceland Are ...
It really did start simply enough а the idea was that by finding a past situation similar to Japan's present nuclear crisis I might be able to get a better... (Source)
- Wed, 04 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Inside Japan Tours) - Taiji coastal whaling season cancelled
A controversial coastal whale hunting season in Wakayama Prefecture has been cancelled, much to the delight of Japanese animal rights protestors. (Source)
- Thu, 05 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Caribbean360.com) - Dominica: The world's leading eco-tourism destination?
... Roosevelt Skerrit, moved his government away from supporting Japan's continuing determination to overturn rules at the International Whaling Commission... (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 18:36 PM PDT - (Eastday.com) - Eastday-Panda, pineapple point the way
WHERE are you? Panda, dolphin, banana or pineapple? Tourists unsure exactly where they are at People's Square can now use fruit and animals to pinpoint their location if they have to call police. (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 09:59 AM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Dolphin hunt in Taiji extended though May
Fishermen in the traditional whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, have been allowed to extend their annual dolphin hunt by a month through the end of May and to catch about 200 long-finned pilot whales, according to local fishermen. With the permission of the Wakayama Prefectural Government, local fisherman caught about 60 long-finned pilot whales, a member of the dolphin family, on ... (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 02:28 AM PDT - (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Japan's dolphin hunters extend season
Fishermen in Japan's dolphin-hunting town of Taiji have extended their catch season by one month and this week caught some 60 long-finned pilot whales, according to a local official. (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 01:54 AM PDT - (EARTHtimes.org) - Increase in whale strandings causes concern
Whale and dolphin strandings and deaths may be on the rise due to sonar. In the past few years, whale strandings have risen, says a spokesperson for the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) in a May 4 article on ABC News. The DEC isn't sure why whales are stranding more frequently, he says, but it plans to investigate the causes. (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 07:02 AM PDT - (Middle East Newsline) - Israel OKs Another Dolphin Buy
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has approved the purchase of another advanced diesel submarine from Germany. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved. (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 04:15 AM PDT - (appolicious) - Fresh iPhone Games for May 6: Laser Dolphin, Spider Jack, Mooniz
Get ready for the weekend with three fresh casual games for your iPhone -- specifically, one that includes a dolphin wearing a laser. Laser Dolphin leads the pack on today's Fresh Games list, followed by Spider Jack, which is a puzzle game similar to Cut The Rope , and the fast-paced match-three title Mooniz. (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT - (Fishupdate.com) - Massive export of Icelandic whale products
Iceland's defiance of international trade agreements seems to have reached new heights following the discovery by WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - that in March 2011, the country exported 289,134 kilos of 'other frozen whale products' to Japan, almost double the previous largest single shipment of this kind since Iceland resumed international shipments of whale products in 2008 ... (Source)
- Fri, 06 May 2011 01:37 AM PDT - (BBC News) - Dolphin autopsy reveals deformity
An autopsy carried out on a young male dolphin washed up on a Scottish beach finds it had a spine deformity that may have prevented it from feeding. (Source)
- Sat, 07 May 2011 19:15 PM PDT - (CBS Miami) - Aquatic Adventures Children with Cancer Meet Echo the Dolphin
In this week's Aquatic Adventures we introduce you to two local children undergoing aggressive treatment for cancer. They take a break from their difficult daily routine to meet a dolphin named Echo at MiamiSeaquarium. Both [...] (Source)
- Sat, 07 May 2011 11:33 AM PDT - (Just Jared Jr.) - Keana Texeira
Keana wears a gorgeous gown in this new image for Peta2. 'I've been an animal lover and advocate from the beginning,' Keana dished. 'One film that has definitely influenced my views is The Cove, especially because the dolphin slaughter ongoing in Japan is happening in a country that has launched my career.' As for how you can [...] (Source)
- Sat, 07 May 2011 07:56 AM PDT - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Former Navy dolphin Theresa dead at 56
Nobody -- dolphin or human -- outranked Theresa in longevity at the Dolphin Research Center. Theresa, matriarch of the dolphin pod at the Grassy Key facility for more than four decades, died Wednesday at an estimated age of 56. (Source)
- Sat, 07 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Gulf Times) - Pilot whale hunt extended in town
The hunt was poor this year partly because a major ocean current, the Kuroshio, did not approach as close to Japan as usual, keeping the pilot whales away, the official said. The extension was also granted because a small whaling vessel from Wakayama... (Source)
- Sun, 08 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Age) - Japan action to go ahead
THE Gillard government will push on with its legal case against Japanese whaling in the absence of confirmation from Tokyo that its Antarctic hunt is over. The full case will be presented to the International Court of Justice in The Hague today... (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 20:32 PM PDT - (Gizmodo) - Talk To a Dolphin and It Might One Day Talk Back [Dolphins]
# dolphins Google Translate has nothing on the Wild Dolphin Project which is developing a two-way communication system for dolphins. Crazy as it seems, the Florida-based group hopes to create a new language derived from the sounds of the animalsn in the wild. More » (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 15:31 PM PDT - (Techland) - Underwater Translator May Finally Let Us Talk to Dolphins
It may not be a shiny gold inverted-V that clips to your shirt (or if you're Ferengi, inside one of your capacious earlobes) but a new underwater translator could soon allow divers to make sense of dolphin sounds, and here's the shocker: even speak back in crude dolphin-ese. Science fiction often obsesses over how we'd [...] (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48 PM PDT - (WTVY Dothan) - Rescued Dolphin Dies at Gulf World Marine Park
Panama City Beach, Florida ' Gulf World Marine Park is saddened by the death of a female Rough-toothed dolphin over the weekend. (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 14:08 PM PDT - (WJHG Panama City) - Beloved dolphin dies at Gulf World due to illness
Panama City Beach, Florida -- Employees at Gulf World Marine Park say they're saddened by the death of one of their female dolphins over the weekend. (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 12:33 PM PDT - (WTVY Dothan) - Gulf World Marine Park Dolphins
Panama City Beach, Florida ' Gulf World Marine Park is saddened by the death of a female Rough-toothed dolphin over the weekend. (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 08:40 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
OSLO, Norway ' The Dolphin Group ASA has agreed to charter two seismic survey vessels from Artemis Shipping AS. The M/V Artemis Arctic will be on time charter for an initial five years with two, two-year options. (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT - (New Scientist) - Talk with a dolphin via underwater translation machine
A computer system that divers can wear may bridge the language barrier between us and dolphins (Source)
- Mon, 09 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (NASDAQ) - Australia Takes Case To Stop Japan Whaling To International Court
SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Australia's government Monday will lodge a written submission at the International Court of Justice calling for an end to Japan's whaling program in the Antarctic ocean and setting the Pacific allies up for a prolonged legal spat. (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 11:29 AM PDT - (The Wilmington Star-News) - MyReporter finds out if the dolphin mural at the Coast Line Inn will get a touchup
In 1993, Wyland painted dolphins and a turtle on a smaller wall at the Coast Line Inn, on the north edge of downtown. (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 10:48 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Scientists develop computer that will allow humans to communicate with dolphins
Florida scientists are developing a computer that attempts to recognise dolphin sounds and then respond in real time. (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 18:06 PM PDT - (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) - Dolphin knotted in crab trap near Rockport could die, conservation group says
The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network seeks the public's help in finding the dolphin (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 13:00 PM PDT - (WindowsForDevices) - Add This Article To:
Honeywell says it is now offering the Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 operating system on two of its handheld computers. The Dolphin 6500 and 6100 have 3.5- and 2.8-inch touchscreens, respectively, plus 624MHz processors and 1D/2D barcode scanners, the company says. (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 11:52 AM PDT - (Gawker) - How to Talk to a Dolphin with an Underwater Translation Machine [Science]
# science A group of scientists from several institutions are collaborating to "co-create" a language with dolphins that humans can interpret with the help of an underwater "translation" machine. More » (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT - (PitchEngine) - Playing with Dolphins released for iOS
California based Enjoyable Apps today released Playing with Dolphins for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. This is a new application that uses cutting edge technology to give users a unique, realistic experience whereby they can get close and interactively enjoy dolphins in their natural habitat. Users are able to watch a pair of real dolphins swim, hear them talk, and influence their behavior ... (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 03:13 AM PDT - (ANI via Yahoo! India News) - Soon, talk to a dolphin via underwater translator!
London, May 10 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new underwater translation software that could soon allow humans and dolphins to talk to each other. (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 02:51 AM PDT - (SlashGear) - Scientists testing underwater translation machine to talk to dolphins
One of the shows that I liked years ago was Seaquest DSV where they went around in that giant submarine. I really liked the dolphin that was able to talk to people and thought that would be pretty cool if we really could talk to dolphins. Scientists think that perhaps one day we may really be able to talk to dolphins and they are testing a new computer translation system to see if it can ... (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (AFP) - Japan disaster may delay Iceland fin whaling season
REYKJAVIK б Iceland's fin whaling season may be delayed by the giant earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, the main export market for Icelandic fin whale meat, the country's only fin whaler told AFP Tuesday. "We may be delaying the time at which our... (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The FINANCIAL) - Australia files its memorial in the whaling case against Japan
The filing of the Memorial is the next step in the case to stop Japan's Southern Ocean whaling program for good. The Australian Government believes Japan's whaling activities are contrary to its international obligations, in particular... (Source)
- Tue, 10 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio Netherlands) - Australia takes Japan to court to end whaling program
Australia claims that the Japan's whaling program violates the international ban on commercial whaling and has submitted a case against Japan at the international Court of Justice (ICJ). Australia will submit evidence to the court on Monday to back its... (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 11:41 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Underwater programme may help humans talk to dolphins
London, May 11: Humans are a step closer to communicating directly with animals, thanks to a group of scientists developing an underwater computer to recognise dolphin sounds and then respond in real time. (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 19:35 PM PDT - (seattlepi.com) - Will technology let us talk to dolphins? (New Scientist)
Researchers with the Wild Dolphin Project in Jupiter, Florida are working on a plan to talk with Flipper's kind. Using a small, underwater computer as an intermediary, a diver could analyze dolphin sounds and respond in real time -- potentially the first-ever back and forth humans have had with the marine mammals. (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 17:17 PM PDT - (Naples Daily News) - Naples dream home that got special city treatment in 2006 is sold
The Royal Harbor home that received Naples City Council approval for a controversial variance in 2006 due to a roughly 14-foot design mistake is now sold. After 14 months in their 'dream home,' Jason and Jennifer Stephens decided to sell the five-bedroom, four-bath house at 1680 Dolphin Court, asking $3.395 million. The 4,652-square-foot Mediterranean-style canal-front home on 0.28 acres has ... (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 13:17 PM PDT - (Slashdot) - Translator Puts Us Closer To Dolphin Communication
LordStormes sent in a link to an article about a new device that may allow dolphins to finally thank us for all the fish. Denise Herzing, founder of the Wild Dolphin Project and Thad Starner, an artificial intelligence researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, have been working on a project called Cetacean Hearing and Telemetry or CHAT. The pair hope that CHAT will allow them ... (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 13:08 PM PDT - (PC World) - Scientists Plan To Create Dolphin Translator, Hope Dolphins Like the Fish
Dolphinese may soon become the next study for linguistics experts and divers. (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 05:13 AM PDT - (IANS India Private Limited via Yahoo! India News) - Underwater programme may help humans talk to dolphins
London, May 11 (IANS) Humans are a step closer to communicating directly with animals, thanks to a group of scientists developing an underwater computer to recognise dolphin sounds and then respond in real time. (Source)
- Wed, 11 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (IcelandReview) - Japan Crisis Disrupts Iceland's Fin Whaling
Fin whaling will not commence as planned this summer because of the condition of the Japanese marketбthe main market for Icelandic fin whale meatбafter the country was hit by massive earthquakes and a tsunami in March. A slain fin whale. (Source)
- Thu, 12 May 2011 11:15 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Top-Quality Math and Science Teachers for Michigan Schools
A former dolphin trainer. A neuroscience specialist. Several with international teaching experiences. An All-American water polo player who plans to swim the English Channel. (Source)
- Thu, 12 May 2011 23:22 PM PDT - (New Kerala) - Dolphin carcass washed ashore
Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, May 12: A carcass of Bottle Nose Dolphin washed ashore at Pamban Coast in the Island Town of Rameswaram, today. (Source)
- Thu, 12 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (World Fishing) - Iceland's fin whaler declares truce
Meanwhile, minke whaling in Iceland continues. Last year 60 minke whales were killed. IFAW opposes whaling because it is inherently cruel а there is no humane way to kill a whale. Trade with Japan has been difficult over the past five years and Mr... (Source)
- Fri, 13 May 2011 23:38 PM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Fri, 13 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT - (WJHG Panama City) - Playful dolphin leaves reporter all wet
Panama City Beach -- NewsChannel 7's Paris Janos had his hands full conducting an interview Friday morning, when a friendly dolphin at Gulf World Marine Park got in on the act. (Source)
- Fri, 13 May 2011 02:28 AM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Fri, 13 May 2011 01:31 AM PDT - (Wandsworth Guardian) - Pubspy: The Dolphin, Sutton
When I think of dolphins my mind immediately conjures up images of crystal blue waters in which those playful creatures dance through the waves created by the bow of my yacht which I bought after striking it rich on the EuroMillions. (Source)
- Fri, 13 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet)
Australia lodged a written complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging Japan's ongoing whaling activities are a breach of that country's international obligations. вDespite Australia repeatedly calling on Japan to cease its... (Source)
- Fri, 13 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TIME (blog)) - Why Fukushima Is Good for Whales (in Iceland)
In 2006, Iceland broke a global moratorium on commercial whaling and starting hunting fin whales in addition to the minke whales it had been catching under the International Whaling Commission's loophole of scientific research. (Japan hunts whale under... (Source)
- Sat, 14 May 2011 23:53 PM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Sat, 14 May 2011 21:27 PM PDT - (St. Lucie News Tribune) - Fish Tank first at Frenzy
When Matt Key saw a free-jumping bull dolphin Saturday morning, he wished it would take a swipe at one of his team's trolled baits. Almost on cue, one of the reels began screaming. (Source)
- Sun, 15 May 2011 23:09 PM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Sun, 15 May 2011 17:19 PM PDT - (CBS Detroit) - EMU Names 13 Fellows For State's Neediest Schools
He is a former dolphin trainer and sailing instructor who's worked as a mechanical engineer for 15 years. Now Chris Hiltz plans to teach in Michigan's most needy schools and prepare students for work in the new economy. (Source)
- Mon, 16 May 2011 18:00 PM PDT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Major Companies Choose Dolphin's Process Tracking System to Optimize Accounts Payable Processes in Support of SAP® ...
Several major organizations have recently chosen to implement Dolphin's Process Tracking System for Accounts Payable, Dolphin PTS-AP, to optimize accounts payable business processes in support of SAP® solutions. (Source)
- Tue, 17 May 2011 23:24 PM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Tue, 17 May 2011 13:57 PM PDT - (WINK TV Southwest Florida) - Life's a beach for lost gator
Things you would expect to find in the Gulf of Mexico: fish, dolphin...but a gator? About 50 Marco Island beach goers got the shock of their life as an alligator is pulled to shore. (Source)
- Tue, 17 May 2011 00:10 AM PDT - (Manila Bulletin) - Beloved dolphin warrior
MANILA, Philippines -- If he would be reincarnated, this man will probably choose to come back as one of the most intelligent yet peaceful animals on earth ' the dolphin. But first, Amado Guerrero Sa'±o, whose name literally means 'beloved warrior'' has chosen to fight for the protection of the said marine animals that are now in danger of extinction. To show how much he loves dolphins, this ... (Source)
- Tue, 17 May 2011 00:04 AM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Tue, 17 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Examiner.com) - Japan pressures Republic of Palau to break conservation deal with Sea Shepherd
Relations between the Japanese government and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been strained for many years over questionable whaling practices carried out by Japanese ships and the mass slaughter each year of dolphins in Japanese harbors... (Source)
- Wed, 18 May 2011 23:23 PM PDT - (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide) - Hatboro woman leaves large donation to dolphin exhibit in Baltimore aquarium
Even though she lived in Hatboro, Marian Smith's heart was in Baltimore. (Source)
- Wed, 18 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Jakarta Globe) - Indonesia Denies NGO Allegations Of Dolphin, Whale Hunting
During the Cites meeting in Doha, Indonesia supported big importing countries such as Japan, China and Singapore in voting down proposals to add four species of shark with great commercial value б the scalloped hammerhead, oceanic whitetip... (Source)
- Wed, 18 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Fraser Coast Chronicle) - Nicole heads to UK to save whales
She entered the competition after she spent several months in Japan on a tour to fight against whaling and overfishing. вIt really opened my eyes to the extent of the problems we do face in the world,г she said. She has urged locals to get out and... (Source)
- Thu, 19 May 2011 15:03 PM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Spinning with dolphins: How diver Simone Arrigoni and 2 water mammals set record
Simone Arrigoni completed 13 circuits under dolphin power - and broke his own record - using the dynamic apnea technique, which involves holding your breath. (Source)
- Thu, 19 May 2011 16:15 PM PDT - (Zamboanga Times) - Feature: Zambo city folks becoming environmentally responsible
ZAMBOANGA CITY ' It used to be, that when a whale or a dolphin washes ashore, local folks would be in a frenzy mood. It would mean "fiesta" in the community with lots of meat to spare for everyone. For them, it's a "blessing." (Source)
- Thu, 19 May 2011 03:25 AM PDT - (Manila Bulletin) - Dolphin rescued
PAGBILAO, Quezon, Philippines ' A female dolphin caught in a fishing net was rescued and released back to sea off Barangay Bantigue, here last Wednesday, Lawyer Sheila de Leon, head of Tanggol Kalikasan-Southern Tagalog (TK-ST) reported yesterday. De Leon said that the dolphin measured about one-and-a-half meters long and sustained no serious injuries after being caught in the net of ... (Source)
- Thu, 19 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Change.org (blog)) - Iceland Delays Whale Hunt, Time to End It For Good
Hvalur, the top whaling company in Iceland, has postponed their hunt as a result of the earthquakes and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year. Iceland exploits a loophole in the International Whaling Commission's commercial whaling moratorium by... (Source)
- Thu, 19 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (SouthCoastToday.com) - Your View: One impressive whaling ship
Its destination was Japan, and its purpose was being used as a coal hulk to fuel steamers. Some have said it is ironic that utilization as a coal hulk aided in sinking the final nail in the coffin of the whaling era in which the vessel so proudly... (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 19:10 PM PDT - (ABC 15 Phoenix) - Surprise boy survives near drowning
Andrew Leader grinned as he told us he can swim like a dolphin, but his attempt nearly cost him his life. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 22:11 PM PDT - (Key West Citizen) - Today in Keys History
20 YEARS AGO A tropical wave moved across the Keys, dumping almost 2 inches of rain on Key West and causing some minor flooding. A Marathon family earned a blue ribbon in the Dolphin Scramble... read more (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 21:01 PM PDT - (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - Feral cat deaths, injuries reported in Hempfield
In a news release, Trooper Richard Doran said several cats and kittens were killed or injured at the Silver Dolphin Mobile Home Park, Possum Hollow Road. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 20:27 PM PDT - (The Daily Reflector) - Dolphin spotted in Tar River
When East Carolina University student Ben McDonald went fishing on Wednesday, he was hoping for catfish ' he was not expecting to see the telltale fin of a dolphin break the surface. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 11:04 AM PDT - (Orange County Register) - Dolphin soars; wipeouts galore at the wild Wedge
It was another wild day at the Wedge, with more surfers and bodyboarders in the water getting worked on Friday morning, as waves in the 15-foot range and bigger slammed the shore.More spectators lined the shoreline today, with news crews out and the echos of "ohhhhh" ringing loud when... (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 09:31 AM PDT - (FOX News Chicago) - Brookfield Zoo Dolphin is Pregnant
A big baby announcement at the Brookfield Zoo: Tapeko the dolphin is pregnant. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 05:14 AM PDT - (Discovery News) - Dolphin, Whale Blubber Harbors Chemicals
Since we tend to eat the same fish as these marine predators, this is bad news for humans, too. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 03:52 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Indonesia denies allegations of dolphin, whale hunting
JAKARTA, INDONESIA : Indonesia on Wednesday denied accusations that whales and dolphins were being hunted down in Indonesian waters, the Jakarta Globe reported. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 02:39 AM PDT - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Winter the Dolphin's Family Beach Fest inspires amputees
Winter's Family Beach Fest is being held to fundraise for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and the Challenged Athletes Foundation of Florida. (Source)
- Fri, 20 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Just the excuse the Japanese needed
Unbeknownst to the humpbacks heading for the tropical warmth, a massive Earthquake off Japan on 11th March may be their unlikely saviour. The Japanese whaling industry has been in trouble for some time. Although eating whale meat is seen by some as a... (Source)
- Sat, 21 May 2011 22:39 PM PDT - (The Fargo Forum) - Forging art partnerships
At a time when some businesses have cut back on their contributions to the arts, recent projects show local support for area artists is still strong In a long hallway of a hospital, a dolphin swims in tropical waters, hot air balloons float above grassy plains, and an eagle soars over patients' heads. On the back wall of a beauty salon, glamorous faces emerge from a riot of color to watch over ... (Source)
- Sat, 21 May 2011 04:40 AM PDT - (GMA News) - AG Sa'±o's dolphin art moves from urban landscapes to gallery walls
Sidewalk walls, concrete barriers, and interiors of some buildings have been the canvas for dolphin-themed murals by A.G. Sa'±o and fellow marine life crusaders. Now, their very public art adorn the walls of an established gallery, Indios Bravos, along Mabini Street in Manila until end of May. (Source)
- Sun, 22 May 2011 22:16 PM PDT - (Great News Network) - Scientists working on human-dolphin communication device
Thad Starner, who studies artificial intelligence at the Georgia Institute of Technology - and some of his students are now developing a smartphone-sized computer, that will be worn across a diver's chest in a waterproof case. (Source)
- Sun, 22 May 2011 02:51 AM PDT - (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Stranded dolphin rescued, freed off Calapan City
CITY OF CALAPAN, Philippines'A Risso's dolphin, almost 3 meters long, beached in the coastal village of Wawa in this city Friday morning and was released to the deeper sea after over an hour, said an official at the Provincial Agriculture Office-Fisheries and Coastal Resource Management Division (Pago-FCRMD). Rhodora Ramiento, agricultural technologist at Pago-FCRMD, who went [...] (Source)
- Sun, 22 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand International) - Sea Shepherd looks to help other Pacific Islands with marine surveillance
This comes after Palau ended its agreement with the group for providing marine surveillance in its waters after receiving a counter offer from Japan. Sea Shepherd is well known for trailing Japanese whaling ships in the southern oceans in an effort to... (Source)
- Mon, 23 May 2011 05:01 AM PDT - (Kansas City InfoZine) - EarthTalk: Dolphins in Trouble
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Mon, 23 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Greenpeace International (blog)) - Tokyo Two to appeal sentence in Sendai High Court
More than eight months after being handed a one-year jail sentence (suspended) for exposing embezzlement within Japan's whaling industry, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki's appeal will be finally be heard in the Sendai High Court on Tuesday. (Source)
- Tue, 24 May 2011 19:26 PM PDT - (Eastday.com) - Eastday-Yangtze River dolphins under drought threat
WUHAN - The survival of finless porpoises, a highly-endangered freshwater dolphin in China's Yangtze River, is under threat from lingering drought as the river's water level keeps dropping, experts warned Tuesday. (Source)
- Tue, 24 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Examiner.com) - Whale meat importer busted after Sea Shepherd sting
Japan and South Korea are the only countries that allow the commercial sale of products killed as вincidental bycatch.г The Sea Shepherd ship often puts itself between Japanese whaling ships and targeted whales. Now the activists have stopped at least... (Source)
- Tue, 24 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CNNGo.com) - Look, don't eat: Did you say 'whaling season' or 'whale watching season'?
Australia has filed a complaint in the world court against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, and the Hague's decision is expected in 2013. A humpback whale surfaces off Sydney's coast. Is the vessel too close? During the southerly migration... (Source)
- Wed, 25 May 2011 17:17 PM PDT - (Japan Update) - Dolphin Park is perfect place for family outing
Americans and locals alike are discovering Dolphin Park in central Okinawa, a part of the Nishihara Marine Town project. The idyllic 2.8 hectares (6.92 acres) park adjacent to Kirakira Beach a relaxing place to take families and friends for an afternoon or evening outing. (Source)
- Wed, 25 May 2011 15:42 PM PDT - (GamePro) - iOS Game of the Day: Laser Dolphin
This sea-based shoot-'em-up charms with its outlandish concept and frantic gameplay, but a lack of variety and repetitive action means it gets too old too soon. (Source)
- Wed, 25 May 2011 01:21 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 25 May 2011 05:46 AM PDT - (BBC Hampshire) - Whale and dolphin spotters wanted
A whale and dolphin conservation charity is asking ferry passengers to become volunteer spotters. (Source)
- Wed, 25 May 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Opposing Views) - Animal Rights: Can Sea Shepherd Win with Hostililty?
By Bryan Farrell After its seeming victory over Japan's whaling industry this year (as evidenced by the forced cancellation of this season's whale hunt in the Southern Ocean), the controversial anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has set its sights on... (Source)
- Wed, 25 May 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Media Newswire (press release)) - Japanese High Court rejects additional evidence in Tokyo Two appeal
Greenpeace Japan executive director and anti-whaling activist Junichi Sato today called on the Sendai High Court to dismiss last year's conviction of himself and colleague Toru Suzuki, after they exposed embezzlement within Japan's whaling industry. (Source)
- Thu, 26 May 2011 08:33 AM PDT - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - Oil spill may have indirect role in dolphin deaths
A marine researcher says the BP oil spill may be playing an indirect role in the unusually high number of young dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico recently. (Source)
- Thu, 26 May 2011 08:12 AM PDT - (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Ailing dolphin sighted in bay off NY's Jones Beach
Associated Press - May 26, 2011 11:05 AM ET WANTAGH, N.Y. (AP) - Scientists are monitoring a sick dolphin found in the Great South Bay off New York's Jones Beach. (Source)
- Thu, 26 May 2011 07:56 AM PDT - (First Coast News) - Link Between Oil Spill in Florida Dolphin Deaths
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A marine researcher says the BP oil spill may be playing an indirect role in the unusually high number of young dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico recently. (Source)
- Thu, 26 May 2011 07:51 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 13:27 PM PDT - (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Scientists: Ailing dolphin near NY beach has died
Associated Press - May 27, 2011 4:15 PM ET WANTAGH, N.Y. (AP) - Scientists say boaters have found a dead dolphin in the Great South Bay off New York's Jones Beach. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 11:52 AM PDT - (Best Week Ever) - New York Mets Sold To Ace Ventura Villain
Just when you thought the Mets' ownership situation couldn't get any bleaker, today, this headline appeared on ESPN.com: Mets to sell $200M stake in team to Einhorn I don't even have to click on that link to know what's happened here ' the Mets just sold a huge minority share in their franchise to the cross-dressing, convicted dolphin kidnapper from Ace Ventura, Lois Einhorn. Although, after a ... (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 18:46 PM PDT - (Irish Examiner) - Vodafone lays off 139 workers
VODAFONE IRELAND is to dispense with the services of 139 members of Rigney Dolphin, the company it has contracted to provide call centre services. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 16:29 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17 PM PDT - (FOX 5 New York) - Jones Beach Dolphin Has Died
Boaters have found a dead dolphin in the Great South Bay off Jones Beach on Long Island, scientists said. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 05:19 AM PDT - (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have indirect role in dolphin deaths, researcher says
Oil and dispersants may have altered food web, expert says (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 05:16 AM PDT - (AsiaOne) - Singapore theme park urged to free dolphins
RWS bought the mammals for an "interactive dolphin spa programme" at its Marine Life Park attraction. -AFP (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 08:02 AM PDT - (Scientific American) - Flipped Off: Pollution and Overfishing Spell Trouble for Dolphins Worldwide
Dear EarthTalk : How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta Dolphins are probably the most iconic and best loved species of the marine world. Their playful nature and ... (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 06:00 AM PDT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Top Spots on Tenerife for Whale and Dolphin Spotting
Holiday firm has plenty of excellent summer deals to Tenerife, ideal to make the most of some whale and dolphin watching (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 05:52 AM PDT - (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) - Oil spill may have indirect role in dolphin deaths
The massive BP oil spill might indirectly have contributed to the unusually high number of young dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico recently, a University of Central Florida marine researcher said Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 05:41 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Drought threatens rare dolphin breed in China
Beijing, May 27 : A drought in central China, lasting for about 200 days, has lowered the water level in a nature reserve, so much so that the survival of a highly-endangered freshwater dolphin is under threat, experts have warned. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 05:38 AM PDT - (Business Insider) - Not All The Sharks Are In The Water
When shark researchers talk about a food fight, the disputed prey is usually a sea lion or a dolphin. But when Mike Neumann, a shark diver based in Fiji, used the phrase in a recent email to LiveScience, he was talking about researchers and grant dollars instead of fish and marine mammals. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 02:55 AM PDT - (Press Trust of India) - Drought in China threatens endangered dolphins
Beijing, May 27 (PTI) A highly-endangered freshwater dolphin in China is under threat from lingering drought as the water level in the Yangtze river keeps dropping. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 02:13 AM PDT - (PhysOrg) - BP oil spill partly blamed for Gulf dolphin deaths
The deaths of over 150 dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico so far this year is due in part to the devastating 2010 BP oil spill and the chemical dispersants used to contain it, a report said Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TIME) - On Japan's Coast, Tensions With Activists Still Run High After Tsunami
Activists from the group Sea Shepherd, the organization best known for chasing Japanese anti-whaling boats around the southern seas each year (and featured... (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - The Boy on the Bike
Reporter Mark Willacy had travelled to Rikuzentakata as part of our investigation into Japan's whaling Industry. This was a proud fishing village with a... (Source)
- Fri, 27 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Province) - What's screening at the Projecting Change film festival
... from the illegal poaching industry headquartered in Japan. Because the anti-whaling movement essentially gave birth to modern environmentalism... (Source)
- Sat, 28 May 2011 20:54 PM PDT - (WTSP-TV Tampa) - Survivor celebrates birthday with Winter
The survivor of a brutal rape outside the Bloomingdale Library turned to Winter the Dolphin for some inspiration for her 21st birthday. (Source)
- Sat, 28 May 2011 14:26 PM PDT - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Rape victim celebrates 21st birthday with Winter the dolphin
A young rape victim is getting some inspiration from one of the Bay area's most well-loved dolphins, Winter. (Source)
- Sat, 28 May 2011 12:59 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sat, 28 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Malaysia Star) - Untapped potential
... a piece of land jutting out into the Sea of Japan. The port of Jangsaengpo served as the outpost for whaling in Korea until whaling was banned in... (Source)
- Sun, 29 May 2011 22:29 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sun, 29 May 2011 20:27 PM PDT - (Time Magazine) - Post-Fukushima, Activists Once Again Criticize Japanese Dolphin Hunting
Post-Fukushima, Activists Once Again Criticize Japanese Dolphin Hunting (Source)
- Mon, 30 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Carmi Times) - Illinois man helps save whales
His passion and devotion to a recent battle with a Japanese whaling fleet off the western coast of Antarctica has garnered him a role as a featured... (Source)
- Mon, 30 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (This Dish Is Veg) - Sea Shepherd renames the fast interceptor Gojira to Brigitte Bardot
The Gojira played a major role sending the Japanese whaling fleet back to Japan Headlines in the Japanese media screamed that the whaling fleet was... (Source)
- Mon, 30 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Gadling) - Habits and a new path towards sustainable fishing
But the Japanese are hardly alone: Inuit groups across Canada continue to hunt and harvest whale meat, which the government admits it allows more out of... (Source)
- Mon, 30 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Anchorage Daily News) - Mystery surrounds sub lost in Aleutians during WWII
... a Confederate steam cruiser that devastated Yankee whaling in the Bering Sea, Japan invaded Alaska and occupied two islands in the spring of 1942. (Source)
- Tue, 31 May 2011 18:42 PM PDT - (14 WFIE Evansville) - Oil spill may be to blame for dolphin deaths
Marine researchers say the BP oil spill may have played an indirect role in the unusual number of dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast. (Source)
- Tue, 31 May 2011 00:59 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT - (Tucson Weekly) - Ultrasound for Pregnant Dolphin, Dentist and Patient Tussle Over Dentures and More: Rynski Radio at Party934
Ultrasounds are the norm for many pregnant females ' even if the female happens to be a dolphin. That story and more are up this week on Rynski's Shattered Reality radio show on Party934.com and FM 94.9 in Hudson Valley, N.Y. Next show is Wednesday, June 1 (today!), and every Wednesday online at Party934.com.'¦ [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:11 AM PDT - (Sun-Sentinel) - Boaters urged to steer clear of aging bottlenose dolphin near Jupiter Inlet
Wildlife authorities are keeping close watch on an aging bottlenose dolphin that has been lingering in the Jupiter Inlet area since the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend. (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:01 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:29 AM PDT - (SiliconIndia) - Ukraine to launch air taxis
Kiev: Ukraine would soon launch small three-seater aircraft as taxis to ferry people from city to city, the Ukrinform news agency reported. Odesviaremservice - the state-owned aircraft repair company - has developed an improved model of the Dolphin aircraft to be used as air taxis. (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:27 AM PDT - (News.com.au) - Dolphin found dead at outer harbor
A PORT River dolphin known as Spunky has washed up dead at Outer Harbor. (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader) - Whale of a cause
After watching the show вWhale Warsг and learning about the whaling in Japan, Jack wanted to do something to help. His friend Peyton, 9, got involved after... (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (American Enterprise Institute) - The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Large Asian economies with important national interests--Korea, Japan, and Indonesia--may.. marine pollution, wetlands, whaling, and Antarctic marine. (Source)
- Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Wauchope Gazette) - Wauchope High School students attend MUNA
... their country's views on everything from whaling to indigenous rights. team from Woolgoolga High was voted best country team and the Japan team from... (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:49 PM PDT - (Adelaide Now) - Rare Aussie dolphins facing extinction
AUSTRALIA'S only native dolphin is at risk of being put on the endangered list - just six years after it was discovered. (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:33 AM PDT - (Pincher Creek Echo) - Dolphins swim meet in Brooks
Eleven members of the Pincher Creek Dolphin Swim Club attended the first swim meet of the season in Brooks this past weekend. Congratulations goes out to Jarret & Ryan Plante, Kullen Molaro, Liam Nazarek, Solomon, Ben & Calvin Cooley and Hannah, Thomas, Chris & Matthew Alexander. (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:58 AM PDT - (New Scientist) - Californian dolphin gang caught killing porpoises
The first observed cases of "porpicide" in the Pacific also hint at a possible reason for the behaviour (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:12 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Canada.com) - A Whale of a time: Whale Wars returns to its ocean battleground
Watson, speaking by phone Wednesday from dry land- location undisclosed - was guardedly optimistic that Japan's "whaling for research purposes" has been suspended for good. Even so, the Toronto-born Watson - an early and influential member of... (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Economist) - The great wave
So Dokdo, occupied by South Korea, is claimed by Japan, which calls it Takeshima. (Koreans denigrate the claim, pointing out that the island has no take, or bamboo, at all.) Island disputes with China and Russia also fester. And then comes whaling and... (Source)
- Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Japanese PM Naoto Kan set to quit
Depending on the extent of the reshuffle, Australia could be dealing with new ministers over such delicate issues as whaling, trade liberalisation and defence co-operation amid rising militarisation in East Asia. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:57 PM PDT - (Peoria Journal Star) - Chicago's Shedd Aquarium announces dolphin birth
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has a new resident: A newborn dolphin. The aquarium says its Pacific white-sided dolphin named Tique (TEE-kay) gave birth to the calf on Friday morning. The aquarium reports that the calf quickly swam to the surface and began to swim around the Secluded Bay habitat with Tique. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:12 PM PDT - (KY3 Springfield) - Shedd has high hopes after rare dolphin birth
Aquarium hopes fourth dolphin calf born there in 20 years will be first to survive A Pacific white-sided dolphin gave birth to an apparently healthy calf Friday at the Shedd Aquarium after coming home pregnant last year from a trip to Miami's Seaquarium. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:49 PM PDT - (NBC Miami) - Shedd Dolphin Gives Birth to Calf
Tique was temporarily relocated to Florida to mate with Lii at the Miami Sequarium. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:11 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
ASKER, Norway ' TGS has exercised a two-month option for the M/V Polar Duke with Dolphin Geophysical. This will prolong the total charter time to TGS through early October. TGS has a further option to extend the contract by an additional six months. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:16 AM PDT - (Marketwire) - TGS Extends 3D Seismic Contract for the M/V Polar Duke
ASKER, NORWAY--(Marketwire - Jun 3, 2011) - TGS is pleased to announce it has exercised the first option for the M/V Polar Duke with Dolphin Geophysical AS. This extension is for two months which will take the total charter time to TGS through early October 2011. TGS still has a second option to extend the contract by an additional six months. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:29 AM PDT - (The Standard) - Plan spurs dolphin, air fears
Environmentalists say a third runway at Chep Lap Kok will not only endanger the existence of the Chinese white dolphin but also worsen air quality in Tuen Mun and Tung Chung. (Source)
- Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - Ginichi Ohira Pleads Guilty To Selling Whale Meat To Restaurants
The 50-year old seafood dealer came under the scrutiny of government investigators last year when filmmakers from "The Cove" (a documentary about dolphin killing in Japan), visited The Hump, a Santa Monica restaurant known for its omakase (chef's... (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:27 PM PDT - (22 WSBT South Bend) - Dolphin gives birth to 'good, healthy calf' at Shedd Aquarium
A Pacific white-sided dolphin gave birth to an apparently healthy calf today at the Shedd Aquarium after coming home pregnant last year from a trip to Miami's Seaquarium. (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:41 PM PDT - (Straits Times) - RWS: Marine parks contribute to conservation
IN RESPONSE to a Sunday Times article last week (May 29), Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) sent in a reply to The Straits Times Forum 'expressing its commitment to animal welfare.' The article in question was an appeal from animal activist Ric O'Barry, better known for his documentary The Cove which exposed the dolphin trade in Japan. Mr O'Barry had asked that the dolphins be released into the wild ... (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:39 AM PDT - (Guernsey Press and Star) - Shop's cash and stock are stolen
A BREAK-IN at Dolphin Stores has left owner Ahahsan Kabir shocked and shaken. (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:07 AM PDT - (ABC News) - Photos: Chicago's New Baby Dolphin
Baby animals: a dolphin calf is welcomed at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Its mother, Tique, had to be shipped to the Miami Seaquarium to mate with Lii, a male dolphin there. (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT - (Straits Times) - RWS: Marine parks contribute to conservation
IN RESPONSE to a Sunday Times article last week (May 29), Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) sent in a reply to The Straits Times Forum 'expressing its commitment to animal welfare.' The article in question was an appeal from animal activist Ric O'Barry, better known for his documentary The Cove which exposed the dolphin trade in Japan. Mr O'Barry had asked that the dolphins be released into the wild ... (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:10 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:12 AM PDT - (The Spokesman-Review) - High school track legend retires
Hall of Fame Spokane Valley high school track and field coach Howard Dolphin is officially calling it quits. To commemorate the nearly 60 years of devotion and success, his family is hosting an open house for friends and former student athletes next weekend at his home at Sandy Beach on Liberty Lake. (Source)
- Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New York Times (blog)) - 'Whale Wars' Leader: 'Arrest Me or Shut Up'
His only goal, he said, is to prevent the killing of whales, and he was thrilled to see Japan's retreat this year. For its part, the Institute of Cetacean Research, the mouthpiece of Japan's whaling operation, has posted video from the whalers' vantage... (Source)
- Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:22 PM PDT - (Ars Technica) - Hands-on: Dolphin HD browser for Android learns new tricks in 5.0 update
Mobotap has released Dolphin HD 5.0, a major new version of its Web browser for the Android mobile platform. The update brings a number of noteworthy performance and usability improvements in addition to a smooth new user interface. When we first wrote about Dolphin HD earlier this year, we identified it as our favorite third-party Android browser. Although there are a number of good ... (Source)
- Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:02 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Chicago aquarium has a new resident: a bouncing baby dolphin
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has a new resident: a newborn dolphin. A Pacific white-sided dolphin named Tique gave birth to the calf on Friday morning. (Source)
- Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:12 AM PDT - (Moldova.org) - World's tallest man saves dolphin
The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in Fushun, north-east China. Attempts to use instruments failed as the dolphins contracted their stomachs. Guinness World Records list Mr Bao ... (Source)
- Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:26 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:02 AM PDT - (Japan Today) - National 'º Dolphin dies after jumping out of pool into gallery at aquarium
A dolphin died when she jumped out of the pool into the gallery at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, it said Sunday. The 2.11-meter,'¦ (Source)
- Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Treehugger) - You Don't Stand By Watching Whales Getting Killed Just Hang Banners, Take ...
The Institute of Cetacean Research, the mouthpiece of Japan's whaling operation, has posted video from the whalers' vantage point showing some activities that seem to me to cross the line from harassment to assault. Firing flares onto the deck of a... (Source)
- Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:24 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:37 PM PDT - (PlantAutomation.com) - Busch's New Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps, The Dolphin LX B Series
Busch has begun production of their new Dolphin LX B series liquid ring vacuum pumps offering improved pumping speeds at deeper vacuum levels. (Source)
- Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:01 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Injuries claim jumping dolphin
A dolphin died after jumping out of a pool during a practice session, the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium said Sunday. The 2.11-meter, 106-kg dolphin, estimated to be 17 years old, was popular with visitors for her jumping and tail-walking ability. (Source)
- Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:03 AM PDT - (AsiaOne) - Dolphin dies after leaping from pool
A female dolphin died during rehearsals for an aquarium show after jumping out of a pool, the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium said.-Yomiuri Shimbun/ANN (Source)
- Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:11 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PlanetSave.com) - Whale Wars' Paul Watson VIDEO б вArrest Me or Shut Upг ( Greenpeace ...
With growing support for Watson's and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's efforts and dwindling support and income for Japanese whalers, Watson and his crew were able to cut Japan's Antarctic whaling season short earlier this year. (Source)
- Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:05 PM PDT - (FOX 59 Indianapolis) - Indianapolis Zoo welcomes new bottlenose dolphin
The Indianapolis Zoo announced that an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was born Friday, June 3. The calf is doing well and is believed to be a male. He is estimated to weigh 40 pounds. The Indianapolis Zoo announced that an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was born Friday, June 3. The calf is doing well and is believed to be a male. He is estimated to weigh 40 pounds. (Source)
- Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:41 PM PDT - (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News) - Sea Paradise
A baby bottle nose dolphin, born last month, swims close to his mother at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo. (Source)
- Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:39 AM PDT - (Press Trust of India) - 'Contaminated' water kills aquatic fauna in Ramsar site
Garhmukteshwar (UP), June 7 (PTI) One river dolphin and four crocodiles were found dead in Ramsar site set up in Ganges in 165 km stretch from Bijnore to Narora, wildlife officials said. (Source)
- Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:52 AM PDT - (Kathimerini) - Alonissos: Stunning safe haven
Dolphin sightings in the Greek seas today are few and far between; to be welcomed by them is an even rarer event, unless you happen to be arriving at the port of Alonissos, in the verdant Sporades group of islands off the coast of central Greece, where reports of such sightings are fairly frequent. (Source)
- Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT - (PlasticsToday.com) - Plastics compounding: SO.F.TER. acquires PGroup
With its acquisition, long in the works, Italy's SO.F.TER grows in size, expands its offerings for the automotive industry, particularly in Germany, and also gains a better position for the supply of fiber reinforced compounds. Tagging Options Domain: All Sites Keywords: SOF.T.ER, SOFTER, PGroup, M&A, plastics,plastic compounding, plastic compounds, resin compounds Dolphin project, Engel ... (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:16 PM PDT - (redOrbit) - Maxthon Mobile Tops All Major Android Browsers in Comprehensive Memory Test: Greater Speed and Efficiency
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Maxthon ( www.maxthon.com ), a global software and web services company, announced today that in a series of controlled tests Maxthon Mobile for Android uses far less memory than Opera Mobile, Dolphin, Boat, Skyfire, UC and the Android 2.1. In three tests measuring memory usage Maxthon Mobile bested the competition by ... (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:00 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:19 PM PDT - (Rockford Register Star) - Loves Park's Dolphin Swim Club to help set record
LOVES PARK ' Dolphin Swim Club will play a role next week in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the world's largest simultaneous swim lesson. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:31 PM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Juliet Linley: David and the Dolphins
Dolphin Human Therapy integrates the skills of an array of therapists, family participation, dolphins, warm water and a peaceful location to create a therapeutic environment aimed at maximizing each child's potential. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:19 PM PDT - (Pincher Creek Echo) - Dolphins Swim Club hosts meet
Way to go Dolphins! The 50th Anniversary Pincher Creek Dolphin Swim Meet was a huge success. 205 swimmers in total participated this year, a record for the event. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT - (BBC News) - Stranded dolphin helped by RNLI
A dolphin stranded in shallow water off the coast of Gwynedd is herded back out to sea after a two-hour operation, says Holyhead Coastguard. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:36 AM PDT - (redOrbit) - Stranding Records Are Faithful Reflection Of Live Whale, Dolphin Populations
Whales are the earth's largest creatures, yet they are incredibly hard to study in the open ocean. For decades scientists have used boats, aircraft and even high cliffs to conduct visual surveys and gather data on whale and dolphin populations. Today, these live surveys form the basis of our knowledge of these marine mammals'what species live where in the world, which ones tend to live together ... (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT - (The Indianapolis Star) - Indianapolis Zoo welcomes baby dolphin
The dolphin pools at the Indianapolis Zoo are a little more crowded these days. A 40-pound Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was born about 5 a.m. Friday to longtime resident Nova, Director of Communications Judith Gagen said Tuesday. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:25 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Bottlenose dolphin found dead
Kendrapada,Jun 8: The Bhitarkanika National Park forest officials have spotted an eight feet long bottlenose dolphin lying dead at the sandy beach of Pentha within Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:02 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:47 AM PDT - (The Indianapolis Star) - It's a boy! Indianapolis Zoo welcomes new baby dolphin
40-pound Atlantic bottlenose born Friday morning "doing great," spokeswoman says; dolphin shows, hands-on program on hiatus as calf adjusts. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:16 AM PDT - (The Standard) - Cost for dolphins 'too huge'
The Chinese white dolphin population has been halved since 2003 and up to 90 percent of the remaining 75 may be affected if the Airport Authority goes ahead with its plan to build a third runaway, a conservation group has warned. (Source)
- Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:00 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year-'s BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:05 PM PDT - (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Clues emerge in dolphin deaths investigation
Authorities in north Queensland say they have received helpful information from the public about the killing of two snub-fin dolphins. (Source)
- Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:48 PM PDT - (North Bay Bohemian) - Young Love
Seventeen-year-old Schuyler Schwartz is on a mission. With the help of adults and peers, Schwartz has launched a teen-to-teen, pro-action film festival highlighting injustices plaguing human and animal life. The cause closest to her heart is the plight of the dolphin. (Source)
- Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:33 PM PDT - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - Dead dolphin found in Long Beach; dead fish in the Pass
The three-and-a-half foot long dolphin was discovered Thursday on the beach between Nicholson and Gulf View in Long Beach. Meanwhile, other dead fish washing up all along the coast are causing less worry. (Source)
- Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:07 AM PDT - (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor) - Shedd Aquarium's New Dolphin Calf Finally Starts Nursing
It's Critical to See Consistent Nursing and Weight Gain, but This is a Major Breakthrough! By Roger Germann Chicago, IL - It's official. Shedd Aquarium's new dolphin calf is a girl, and Shedd animal care and animal health experts are pleased to report that the calf began nursing Tuesday afternoon - a major milestone in the calf's successful development. "We're ecstatic, but we remain cautious in ... (Source)
- Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:33 PM PDT - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - Dead dolphin found in Long Beach; dead fish in the Pass
The three-and-a-half foot long dolphin was discovered Thursday on the beach between Nicholson and Gulf View in Long Beach. Meanwhile, other dead fish washing up all along the coast are causingless worry. (Source)
- Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:29 PM PDT - (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier) - Shedd Aquarium announces death of dolphin calf
A newborn dolphin at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has died. (Source)
- Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:59 PM PDT - (WAFB Baton Rouge) - Twitter makes cancer patient's 'bucket list' a reality
Alice Pyne is a typical 15-year-old with big dreams. Like many girls her age, she swoons over the possibility of meeting her favorite band, wants to travel the world, dreams of going whale watching and aspires to be a dolphin trainer. (Source)
- Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:40 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Forbes) - Conversation With An Eco-Pirate: Japan Crisis Will Nuke Whaling
(The Japanese government sponsors whaling in the Southern Ocean.) Meanwhile, domestic demand for whale meat remains anemic and the International Maritime... (Source)
- Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New York Times) - Paul Watson Recalls Civil War's Whale Wars
... the Sea Shepherd campaign that cut short Japan's Southern Ocean whale hunt this year. which preyed on whaling vessels supplying oil for the Union. (Source)
- Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:40 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year-'s BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:09 PM PDT - (KPLC Lake Charles) - Twitter makes cancer patient's 'bucket list' a reality
Alice Pyne is a typical 15-year-old with big dreams. Like many girls her age, she swoons over the possibility of meeting her favorite band, wants to travel the world, dreams of going whale watching and aspires to be a dolphin trainer. (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:40 PM PDT - (UPI) - Dolphin calf dies at Chicago Aquarium
CHICAGO, June 11 (UPI) -- A dolphin calf born last week at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has died, staff said. (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:59 AM PDT - (The Charlotte Observer) - Dolphin and nature cruise
Nearby Notes: The Coastal Discovery Museum at Hilton Head, S.C., offers a dolphin and nature cruise Wednesdays and Fridays throughout June. (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:36 AM PDT - (Seattle Times) - Tranquillity reigns at zoo's dolphin nursery
Shhhhh. With two baby dolphins in the house, not only is Baltimore's National Aquarium asking visitors to keep it down, but the infants have also forced the attraction to reconfigure one of its most popular shows just as tourist season launches. (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:10 AM PDT - (Irish Central) - Record number of dolphins visit Ireland's shores
There has been a surge of dolphin sightings in Irish waters this year, with wildlife experts finding a 1,000-strong feeding group off the coast. With the recent weather change, a lot more people are expected to spot the friendly creatures swimming around the coasts of Ireland. (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:55 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:05 AM PDT - (Chicago Sun-Times) - Shedd dolphin calf dies
The dolphin calf born June 3 at the Shedd Aquarium died Thursday afternoon, aquarium officials said Friday. Aquarium staff had been hopeful this would be a successful birth for Tique (TEE-kay), 26, whose two previous pregnancies resulted in a stillbirth and a calf dying shortly after it was born.On Tuesday, the calf started nursing from Tique, a potential milestone. In a statement the aquarium ... (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:10 AM PDT - (Irish Central) - Record number of dolphins visit Ireland-'s shores
There has been a surge of dolphin sightings in Irish waters this year, with wildlife experts finding a 1,000-strong feeding group off the coast. With the recent weather change, a lot more people are expected to spot the friendly creatures swimming around the coasts of Ireland. (Source)
- Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:55 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year-'s BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:11 PM PDT - (3news) - Stranded Peruvian dolphin makes it back to sea
A bottle-nosed dolphin has been released back into the wild after it was stranded on the Peruvian coast and forced to battle the odds against high tides and illegal hunters. (Source)
- Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year-'s BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:54 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:34 AM PDT - (OC Weekly) - They Call Him Flipper, Killer ... Or, a Dolphin Gang Attack with a Porpoise
One of the street gangs in West Side Story was the Sharks, but those dancing fancy boys are pussies compared to the real-life Dolphins.Seemingly random acts of violence by bottlenose dolphins on porp (Source)
- Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:00 AM PDT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - MF Digital Launches Dolphin 5700 CD/DVD Tower Copier
MF Digital, an industry leader in disc duplicator equipment has announced the release of its latest product ' The Dolphin 5700 Tower copier - a cost effective 7 drive copier tower with CD/DVD and BluRay Options (Source)
- Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:25 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Discovery News) - Japan's Whalers Return to Pacific
When Japan's whaling fleet departed its Antarctic whaling grounds in February, two months early and having killed only 170 of its intended 945 whales, there was widespread speculation - which remains - that it marked an end to the country's... (Source)
- Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Forbes (blog)) - Three Months Later, Japan Still in Meltdown
Fishing and whaling industries in Japan may never recover. The nuclear disaster has come at a crucial time for the world, as most of the governments of the developed world weigh alternatives to traditional carbon-based fuels. (Source)
- Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:07 AM PDT - (The Flint Journal) - Show starter: Flint Southwestern grad has key position in producing dolphin show in Atlanta
The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest, giving its visitors an undersea exploration like no other. (Source)
- Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Coolum North Shore News) - Be prepared to paddle out for whales
In a united stance against whaling, locals are asked to paddle out from Torquay beach to release 172 flowers, representing the number of whales slaughtered in the Japanese hunting season this year. Paddle Out for Whales organiser Vicki Neville said... (Source)
- Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Trend News Agency) - Report: Radiation found in whales in Japan
In 1987, Japan halted commercial whaling, complying with an international moratorium that went into effect in 1986. Japan, however, has used a loophole in the accord to continue whaling under the premise of conducting scientific research. (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:56 PM PDT - (Brisbane Times) - Panel probes marine deaths near Gladstone
An expert panel will establish what's behind a spate of turtle, dugong and dolphin deaths near the Queensland port city of Gladstone. (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:28 PM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:48 AM PDT - (DataCollectionOnline) - Honeywell Revolutionizes Mobile Computing With Scanphone Introduction
Honeywell recently announced the introduction of the Dolphin 6000, a new class of mobile device that bridges the gap between consumer mobile phones, industrial mobile computers and bar code scanners, empowering mobile information workers to connect, collect and communicate at the point of customer service. (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:00 AM PDT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Bullfrog International and Partners, Bullfrog Spas of Ogden and Dolphin Pools and Spas, Donate Hot Tub to Benefit ...
Model 251SS hot tub is a big help in raising funds for the top children's hospital in the Intermountain West. (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:49 AM PDT - (Hamilton Spectator) - Stopping the slaughter
You could call Diana Reiss The Dolphin Whistler. (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:28 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Associated Press) - Traces of radiation found in 2 whales off Japan
Japan hunts whales under an exception to an international commercial whaling ban that allows for scientific research. But opponents say Japan's research program is a cover for commercial whaling because the whale meat not used for research is sold for... (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:31 PM PDT - (The News-Press) - Arrest made in theft of statue
A bronze, 300-pound dolphin statue is back in the hands of its owner, and the man allegedly responsible for the theft has been arrested. (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00 PM PDT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - SAP Certifies Dolphin Content Archive Service for Cloud
Dolphin today announced SAP certification of the Dolphin Content Archive Service (CAS) for Cloud 2.0. The First 'Zero-Footprint' Cloud Solution for SAP Archived Data and Documents. (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT - (PhysOrg) - Creating a material that mimics dolphin skin amongst new scheme's research collaborations
Researchers from Imperial College London and University College London are planning to develop a new material that mimics dolphin skin, so that water can flow more efficiently down pipes, in one of seven early-stage projects that will receive support from a new scheme announced today. (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:12 AM PDT - (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Indonesia in hot water over dolphin release plans
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's plans to release captive dolphins directly into the sea rather than put them through a rehabilitation programme drew fire from animal welfare activists Thursday. (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT - (The News-Press) - Stolen dolphin statue recovered, North Fort Myers man arrested
A bronze 300-pound dolphin statue is back in the hands of its rightful owner and the man responsible for the theft has been arrested, according to... (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:04 AM PDT - (Canada.com) - Indonesia in hot water over wild dolphin release plans
Indonesia's plans to release captive dolphins directly into the sea rather than put them through a rehabilitation program drew fire from animal welfare activists Thursday. (Source)
- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Fishnewseu) - Radiation detected in Japanese minke whales
Japanese sand lance is a key prey species for minke whales. The termination of the coastal hunt after taking just 17 whales as compared to ~45 in 2010 raises many questions about the future of Japanese whaling and its likely strategy at the forthcoming... (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:56 PM PDT - (The Wilmington Star-News) - Sheepshead, king mackerel taking the bait
Sheepshead fishing has been very good over the past week with some fish in the 8-9 pound range being caught. King mackerel are being caught off the piers, along the beach and out to 24 miles. Gaffer dolphin are also being caught in the 18-24 mile range. Gulf Stream fishing is producing nice catches of dolphin. (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:15 PM PDT - (seattlepi.com) - 18 charged in indie film investment scam
According to two indictments filed Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court, the defendants lied to investors nationwide and falsely promised 1,000 percent returns. The other indictment alleges telemarketers for Q Media Assets LLC fraudulently raised about $9 million for a film called "Eye of the Dolphin" and a sequel. (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:36 AM PDT - (PhysOrg) - Indonesia to review dolphin release plan: official
Indonesia said Friday it would consider rehabilitating captive dolphins before releasing them into the wild, after animal welfare activists criticised a plan to dump them directly into the sea. (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT - (Guernsey Press and Star) - Dolphin follows James's taxi
A DOLPHIN took a shine to water taxi manager James Priest yesterday. (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:08 AM PDT - (The Scotsman) - Award-winning landlord takes over at Dolphin
AN AWARD-winning city publican has vowed to transform the fortunes of the rural bar which hit the headlines when its former landlord was killed in the car park. (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:24 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:09 AM PDT - (AsiaOne) - Indonesia to review dolphin release plan: official
The dolphins from a zoo and a travelling circus need months of training. -AFP (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:52 AM PDT - (Channel NewsAsia) - Indonesia to review dolphin release plan
JAKARTA: Indonesia said Friday it would consider rehabilitating captive dolphins before releasing them into the wild, after animal welfare activists criticised a plan to dump them directly into the sea. (Source)
- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet)
The two marine mammals were among 17 caught and slaughtered off Hokkaido Island under the country's so-called research whaling program. The contamination in one whale was measured at 31 becquerels per kilogram, well below the temporary upper limit of... (Source)
- Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:38 PM PDT - (The Massillon Independent) - Father's Day Fly-in at Beach City Airport on Sunday
The 27th annual Father's Day Fly-in is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Beach City Airport at 10431 Dolphin St SW. (Source)
- Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:02 AM PDT - (Europe Online Magazine) - Small plane which entered restricted D.C. airspace intercepted by helicopters
Two U.S. Coast Guard helicopters on late Saturday morning intercepted a small plane after it entered restricted airspace near Washington, D.C., officials said. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said two U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 'Dolphin' helicopters were ordered to intercept the small plane when it entered restricted airspace at around 11.50 a.m. EDT. "Upon being intercepted ... (Source)
- Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:54 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Anti-whalers should just stop ...
In mid-February, Japan's whaling fleet was recalled home, Nationalist-tinged arguments that Japanese whaling methods are less wasteful, or that it was... (Source)
- Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:55 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Tenth Amendment Center) - Analysis: Obama Sued for Unconstitutional War
... determination [ ] constitutionally committed for resolution to the halls of Congress or the confines of the Executive Branch,г Japan Whaling Ass'n v. (Source)
- Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:29 PM PDT - (WHAS TV11 Louisville) - Eight ft dolphin statue stolen from Louisville business
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11)- The staff at Haskell Orthodontics on Taylorsville Road locked up and went home Sunday around five p.m. When they returned Monday morning they immediately noticed something missing in the front yard of the business. Someone had stolen the 8 foot dolphin statue from the businesses yard. The statue had been at the business for 5 years, and cost the owners thousands ... (Source)
- Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:59 PM PDT - (WHAS TV11 Louisville) - Dolphin fountain stolen from Louisville dental office
Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) - A Louisville dental office is putting out an APB on an 8 foot tall dolphin fountain that was stolen overnight. The five-dolphin fountain was stolen from in front of Haskell orthodontics on Taylorsville Road. They're asking for your help in finding it. Anyone with information is asked to call police or Haskell Orthodontics. (Source)
- Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:02 PM PDT - (Pacific Sun) - Talking Pictures: The porpoise-driven life
It's 7am in Japan, and dolphin-welfare activist Ric O'Barry has risen early to talk about the film The Cove . Directed by Louie Psihoyos, the 2009 Academy Award-winning documentary'which featured O'Barry prominently'sparked worldwide outrage with its devastating footage, captured using CIA-worthy stealth methods, of the secret dolphin-slaughter industry in Japan. (Source)
- Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:29 PM PDT - (Engadget) - Zoosh does mobile payments using ultrasound, no NFC chip required
Zoosh . That may or may not be what an ultrasonic payment sounds like to a dolphin, but it is definitely the name of a new mobile wallet technology developed by Silicon Valley start-up, Naratte. While Google and other major players have focused on traditional radio-based NFC, Naratte has been quietly testing its ultrasound system instead, motivated by the fact that it can work on ordinary ... (Source)
- Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:20 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:40 PM PDT - (WAVE 3 Louisville) - Dolphin statute stolen from Hikes Point business
It is not something you easily misplace or steal, but an eight-foot dolphin statue is missing in the Hikes Point neighborhood. The statue has been in front of Haskell Orthodontics on Taylorsville Road for the past five years. It's made of copper and bronze and worth thousands of dollars. (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:35 PM PDT - (KOMO Seattle) - Seen in Puget Sound: Tropical dolphin, algae bloom -- oh my!
What's going on in Puget Sound? From sightings of a tropical dolphin to huge algae blooms, some strange things are happening in our local waters. (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:25 PM PDT - (Q13 FOX Seattle) - Subtropical dolphin spotted in Puget Sound for first time
Scientists don't know why species is here or what its survival chances might be. The long-beaked common dolphin ' a warm-water species usually found off the coast of Baja or central California ' has been spotted in the Puget Sound for the first time. (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:05 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:48 AM PDT - (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
One or two dolphins common to the waters of Southern California have been spotted in Puget Sound since early June near Olympia. (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:26 AM PDT - (Tacoma News Tribune) - Dolphin species never seen in Puget Sound spotted off Boston Harbor
One or two long-beaked common dolphins have been cruising the marine waters near Olympia since early June, the first sighting of this species in Puget Sound, a marine mammal scientist said Monday. (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whale tales from the Bay
And National Whale Day is bringing out more and more awareness. "We are hoping this year we'll see Japan not heading back down to Antarctica. (Source)
- Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (knox.VillageSoup.com) - Maine Student Book Award books highlighted at Gibbs book group
In it, an American whaling ship rescues 14-year-old Manjiro when he is becoming a samurai in Japan instead becomes the first Japanese to visit America. (Source)
- Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:49 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:06 AM PDT - (FOX 41 Louisville) - Police recover stolen dolphin statue...in pieces
Sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, a well-known local landmark vanished... (Source)
- Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:15 AM PDT - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Team Sopris holds its own at Grand Junction Dolphin Invite
Team Sopris swimmer Zoe Lyon competes at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. Team Sopris went head to head against more than 20 teams' worth of swimmers at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT - (Baltimore Sun) - Dolphin calf found dead at aquarium
Cause being investigated One of the two dolphin calves born at the National Aquarium this year has died. The second calf appears healthy, an aquarium spokeswoman said, and workers do not yet know what caused the death. The dolphin died Tuesday morning. The male calf's mother, Maya, above, was a first-time mother. "The calf appeared to be strong and was showing no signs of abnormal behavior ... (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:53 AM PDT - (WBAL-TV Baltimore) - National Aquarium's Baby Dolphin Dies
The National Aquarium in Baltimore is grieving the loss of its 2-month-old dolphin calf. (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:52 AM PDT - (BBC News) - Homeform to enter administration
Home fittings company Homeform, the owner of brands such as Moben, Kitchens Direct and Dolphin, is to go into administration. (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:11 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
HOUSTON ' TGS has an agreement with Dolphin Geophysical to jointly acquire, process and market multi-client 2D seismic data offshore northwest Africa. (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:04 AM PDT - (Marketwire) - TGS Signs Agreement With Dolphin for Joint 2D Multi-Client Survey in Northwest Africa
HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 23, 2011) - TGS has signed an agreement with Dolphin Geophysical Ltd. to jointly acquire, process and market multi-client 2D seismic data along Northwest Africa. The survey will total 25,000 km of long offset seismic data in the offshore areas of multiple countries. This program was designed based on the partnership's extensive geologic knowledge of the area ... (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:01 AM PDT - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Team Sopris holds its own at Grand Junction Dolphin Invite
Team Sopris swimmer Zoe Lyon competes at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. Team Sopris went head to head against more than 20 teams' worth of swimmers at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:20 AM PDT - (Kern Valley Sun) - Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: How are wild dolphins faring on the high seas? Recent reports of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico may well be due to last year's BP oil spill, but I imagine there are many threats to dolphins from pollution, human overfishing and other causes. -- Henry Milken, Atlanta, GA (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Earth Island Journal) - Whale Meat Consumption Rising in South Korea
вIn the eyes of the IWC, Korea is more like Japan than a country that forbids all forms of whaling.г The rocks on which the Bangundae petroglyphs are carved... (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (SouthCoastToday.com) - Fairhaven house museum is testament to ties with Japan
The whaling captain, Fairhaven resident William Whitfield, After returning to Japan in 1851, he served as an interpreter for the shogun and then became... (Source)
- Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Daily Telegraph) - Gillard a failure but we must not forget how bad Rudd was
Japan, bypassed by Rudd on his first foreign trip as Prime Minister. Rudd's promise to haul Japan before the International Court of Justice on whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:31 PM PDT - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Team Sopris holds its own at Grand Junction Dolphin Invite
Team Sopris swimmer Zoe Lyon competes at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. Team Sopris went head to head against more than 20 teams' worth of swimmers at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:12 PM PDT - (Portsmouth Herald) - Dolphin washes up on beach
YORK, Maine ' In a highly unusual occurrence, a 900-pound, 10-foot white-beaked dolphin was found dead Friday morning on Short Sands Beach. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:52 PM PDT - (The Indianapolis Star) - Indianapolis Zoo's baby dolphin dies of unknown causes
More tests are planned; male calf had been doing well, officials say. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:36 AM PDT - (The Indianapolis Star) - Indianapolis Zoo's baby dolphin dies of unknown causes
More tests are planned; male calf had been doing well, officials say. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:58 AM PDT - (FOX 7 WTVW Evansville) - Tri-State Regional News, Friday 6/24
A baby dolphin born at the Indianapolis Zoo earlier this month is dead. Zoo officials say the Atlantic bottlenose calf had been doing well before it died unexpectedly yesterday. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:27 AM PDT - (Local 10 Miami) - LIVE: High Rise Rescue, Worker Dangles From Downtown Miami Bldg.
A gold and emerald ring valued at half a million dollars was found Thursday in the remnants of a Spanish ship that sank off the Florida Keys in 1622. A South Florida woman is outraged after she says her underage daughter was able to buy a sex toy in the Dolphin Mall, no questions asked. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:21 AM PDT - (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Indy Zoo's Baby Dolphin Dies
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., (Indiana's NewsCenter)--- The Indianapolis Zoo's newest dolphin,died Thursday, one day shy of 3 weeks old. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:17 AM PDT - (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) - A 'Journey' to see Winter the Dolphin
At 11 years old, a Louisiana girl has already overcome more obstacles than many people will face in a lifetime. (Source)
- Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PR Newswire) - Bronze Medal for IFAW Anti-whaling Ads in Cannes
Despite a global ban on whaling, Japan has continued to hunt whales using a loophole which allows 'scientific' whaling. There is no valuable science which... (Source)
- Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:19 PM PDT - (The News-Press) - Tropicalia: Device decodes dolphin sounds
Looks aside, maybe the reason we humans are so fascinated by dolphins is because we see ourselves in them ' their playfulness, their intelligence,... (Source)
- Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:12 AM PDT - (Local 10 Miami) - Just Listed: Homes For Sale
A South Florida woman is outraged after she says her underage daughter was able to buy a sex toy in the Dolphin Mall, no questions asked. A local high school was running hundreds of thousands of dollars through a covert account, complete with two sets of books. (Source)
- Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Global Animal) - Whale-Watchers In Australia May Pay Levy To Stop Japan's Whaling
AUSTRALIA should pay Japan to end whaling rather than try to stop it in the courts, a Queensland academic says. Queensland University of Technology... (Source)
- Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Discovery News) - 55-Foot Beached Chinese 'Sea Monster' Identified
Although not historically targeted by hunters, Bryde's whales are killed through Japan's "scientific whaling program," which has been criticized by... (Source)
- Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:05 PM PDT - (CBS Baltimore) - Dolphin Show Cancelled Sunday As Aquarium Mourns Loss Of Another Calf
Heartbreak for trainers and staff at the National Aquarium. A baby dolphin died Saturday night-- the second death in a less than week. Now the aquarium is trying to figure out why. (Source)
- Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:06 AM PDT - (Games Radar) - iPad reviews of the week: Velocispider, To-Fu: The Trials of Chi, Tri-Tri-Triobelisk, Laser Dolphin
We're all about wacky and weird protagonists this week, as we're spotlighting Velocispider ' a really stellar arcade-style shooter for both iPad and iPhone ' as well as protein-based platformer To-Fu: The Trials of Chi HD and Laser Dolphin HD, a game that feels like an in-joke taken to an entirely new stratosphere. (Source)
- Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:46 AM PDT - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Team Sopris holds its own at Grand Junction Dolphin Invite
Team Sopris swimmer Zoe Lyon competes at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. Team Sopris went head to head against more than 20 teams' worth of swimmers at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:27 PM PDT - (The Post and Courier) - Dolphin mysteries: Female saved after 5 days in mud flat; number of strandings alarm researchers
JOHNS ISLAND -- The bottlenose dolphin had been out there for three days, stuck in a pluff mud flat off Bohicket Creek. Neighbors watched from their docks as she swam in circles at high tide then writhed on the exposed bottom in low tide. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:49 PM PDT - (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Bottlenose dolphin rescued after being stuck for 3 days
The bottlenose dolphin had been out there for three days, stuck in a pluff mud flat off Bohicket Creek. Neighbors watched from their docks as she swam in circles at high tide then writhed on the exposed bottom in low tide. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:21 AM PDT - (CBS Baltimore) - Aquarium Dolphin Shows Canceled After Second Dolphin Calf Dies
The National Aquarium in Baltimore is looking into the death of its second baby dolphin in less than a week. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:29 AM PDT - (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Spectacular new species discovered in New Guinea
A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:06 AM PDT - (FOX 5 Washington D.C.) - 2nd Dolphin Dies at Baltimore Aquarium
The second of two bottlenose dolphin calves born in April at the National Aquarium has died. The calf died Saturday -- less than a week after the first baby dolphin died. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:35 AM PDT - (Baltimore Sun) - Second of two bottlenose dolphin calves dies at National Aquarium
Animal trainer Deirdre Weadock has worked at the National Aquarium long enough to have seen her share of life and death, but she'll tell you this has been the roughest week of her career. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:34 AM PDT - (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said. (Source)
- Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:50 AM PDT - (Canada.com) - More than 1,000 new species found in New Guinea
A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:47 PM PDT - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Team Sopris holds its own at Grand Junction Dolphin Invite
Team Sopris swimmer Zoe Lyon competes at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. Team Sopris went head to head against more than 20 teams' worth of swimmers at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:11 PM PDT - (The Courier Mail) - $5000 reward to catch dolphin killers
A REWARD of $5000 is up for grabs for anyone who can help authorities catch the killers of two rare dolphins near Townsville last month. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:04 PM PDT - (Adelaide Now) - Reward offered for unsolved dolphin deaths
A $5000 reward is up for grabs for anyone who can help authorities find the killers of two rare dolphins. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:21 AM PDT - (TheCelebrityCafe.com) - 'The Colbert Report' recap
Louie Aronowitz Last night, opening the Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert of course commented on the big story of the weekend: the legalization of gay marriage in New York. In a sarcastic diatribe, Colbert presented a faux position against homosexual marriage, using a clip of Bill O'Reilly speaking about human-dolphin marriage as his backing source. read more (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT - (WCBD-TV Charleston) - Bottlenose dolphin rescued at Johns Island
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. - Wildlife officials have rescued a bottlenose dolphin that has been stranded by low water and mud in Charleston County. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:08 AM PDT - (SouthFlorida.com) - Anglers catch 1,006-pound mako shark
Capt. John Louie Dudas was looking for dolphin from the tower of the 57-foot sportfishing boat Wound Up when he saw a large dorsal fin pop out of the water. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
OSLO, Norway ' The semisubmersible Borgland Dolphin has started drilling the Breiflabb prospect in license PL 416 in the Norwegian North Sea. E.ON Ruhrgas is operating the well, in partnership with Det norske oljeselskap and Rocksource. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:25 AM PDT - (Live 5 News Charleston) - Bottlenose dolphin rescued on Johns Island
Wildlife officials have rescued a bottlenose dolphin that has been stranded by low water and mud in Charleston County. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:15 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Intelsius Announces Donation Partnership with ORCA for the Conservation of Whales and Dolphins
As part of its commitment to preserving the environment, including the planet's wildlife, Intelsius, a global manufacturer and distributor of environmentally safe, temperature-controlled and regulatory-compliant packaging solutions, will donate proceeds from every Intelsius ORCATHERM' and ORCATHERM LITE unit sold to ORCA, a leading whale and dolphin conservation charity. (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Ministry wants patrol boat with whalers
The fisheries ministry has asked the Japan Coast Guard to dispatch a patrol boat to protect Japanese whaling ships from antiwhaling groups this season... (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Coast guard asked to protect Japan's whalers
Japan's Kyodo news agency is reporting the fisheries ministry has asked the coast guard to dispatch a boat to protect the whaling fleet during this season's... (Source)
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Monsters and Critics.com) - Exploring the sea-life of Denmark's Romo island
The best whaling years for the island took place around 1770 when over 1900 'The oysters that live here today come from Japan.' The Japanese variety are... (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:15 PM PDT - (Artvoice) - Free Will Astrology
CANCER (June 21-July 22): A while back I asked my readers to propose a new name for your astrological sign. 'Cancer' has a bit of a negative connotation, after all. Many people suggested 'Dolphin' as a replacement, which I like. (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:53 PM PDT - (The Beaufort Gazette) - Uptick in dolphin strandings worries marine scientists
More than 30 dolphins mysteriously washed up dead in the Lowcountry this spring. The big spike in strandings alarms federal researchers enough that they are conducting extensive tests on the remains. (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:08 PM PDT - (Island Packet) - Environmental officials warn against harmful dolphin feeding
Each summer, an illegal and harmful trend returns to Beaufort County -- the feeding of dolphins in t (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:34 PM PDT - (WESH 2 Orlando) - Facebook Group Rescues Dolphin
Facebook users helped save the lives of four beached dolphins in Canada. (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT - (PRWeb) - Don Johnston to Distribute EasyConverter Software with Read:OutLoud 6 eBook Reader through Partnership with Dolphin ...
A U.S. developer of assistive technologies for students with special needs will distribute EasyConverter by Dolphin. EasyConverter enables educators to make required curriculum and instruction materials 'accessible' in digital formats for students with disabilities. (PRWeb June 29, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/EasyConverter/ACCESS/prweb8610800 ... (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:09 AM PDT - (Manila Bulletin) - Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea
MANILA, Philippines ' A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said. Scientists made the astounding discoveries, which also included a river shark and dozens of butterflies, on New Guinea at a rate of two a week from 1998 to 2008, WWF said in a new ... (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Coastguard escort possible for whalers
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says it will not be deterred by suggestions the Japanese Coastguard will protect Japanese whaling ships, and claims its... (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Media Research Center) - Another Season of Anti-Whaling Propaganda on Animal Planet
He also pointed out that "Other nations, such as Norway and Iceland, openly engage in commercial whaling, while Japan is singled out for its scientific... (Source)
- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Arctic Sounder) - Indictment against whaling official could complicate effort to ...
The commission, which fights to protect subsistence bowhead whaling for several such as the United States, or with commercial whaling, such as Japan. (Source)
- Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:12 PM PDT - (The State) - Rise in dolphin strandings worries marine scientists
More than 30 dolphins mysteriously washed up dead in the Lowcountry this spring. The big spike in strandings alarms federal researchers enough that they are conducting extensive tests on the remains. (Source)
- Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:23 PM PDT - (The Shelter Island Reporter) - Osprey's Nest: Week of June 30, 2011
Dolphin sighting'¦ Ted and Betsy Nardin, 30-year summer residents of the Island, called in this week to report that they had spotted three dolphin while sailing in Gardiners Bay on Sunday afternoon. They watched them breach three times. 'We've never seen a dolphin in these waters,' Ted commented. 'I think it's extremely unusual.' Happy birthday [...] (Source)
- Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT - (Las Vegas Sun) - Strip Scribbles: The Mirage is adding a stingray attraction in the fall
Construction has begun this week on a stingray attraction to be added to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage. I ... (Source)
- Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:56 AM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Rare disease caused dolphin deaths
A new report blames Swan River dolphin deaths in 2009 on an extremely rare disease. (Source)
- Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:42 AM PDT - (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea
A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the Melanesian island of New Guinea. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:08 PM PDT - (The News Herald) - Rescued dolphin settles in at Gulf World
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Gulf World Marine Park has a new resident, a 2-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Roux, who was rescued near New Orleans in January."Roux was found beached, weak with lacerations all over his body," co-owner Ron Hardy said. "We believe the wounds were caused by... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:37 PM PDT - (Daily Mirror) - Spotted: Stars making a splash
SHARON OSBOURNE TOOK A DIP WITH A FRIENDLY DOLPHIN THIS WEEK. JENNY FRANCIS TAKES A LOOK AT OTHER STARS MAKING A SPLASH WITH THEIR FISHY FRIENDS (Source)
- Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:40 PM PDT - (Sun Star) - Chasing 'Lumbalumba' (The Dolphin Watch)
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- Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT - (Northland's News Center) - World Renowned Prosthetist Giving People And Animals A Better Quality Of Life
Duluth, MN - (The Northland's News Center) - A Dolphin in Florida is the first recipient of a prosthetic tail thanks to one man's ingenuity. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:47 AM PDT - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Team Sopris holds its own at Grand Junction Dolphin Invite
Team Sopris swimmer Zoe Lyon competes at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. Team Sopris went head to head against more than 20 teams' worth of swimmers at the past weekend's Grand Junction Dolphin Invitational. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Inter Press Service) - US Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
But for the last three years, its delegates have become even more pro-whaling than Japan. At the last IWC annual meeting, held in 2010 in Agadir, Morocco... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:25 AM PDT - (mehrnews.com) - Bulgarian festival to stage Iranian puppet show
TEHRAN, July 2 (MNA) -- The Iranian puppet show 'The Moon Pieces are Raining like Feathers' directed by Maryam Moini will be on stage at the Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival in Varna, Bulgaria. (Source)
- Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Independent) - UK leads battle to clean up whaling commission
At the heart of the concerns are repeated accusations that Japan, the leading pro-whaling nation, has been persuading small nations which are members of the... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (OpEdNews) - US Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
BUENOS AIRES - The United States has taken over the pro-whaling stance traditionally championed by Japan, but instead of supporting the capture of whales... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:34 PM PDT - (GreenMuze) - Cabo Dolphin Center Protest
Recently, we found ourselves in Cabo San Lucas (I know good environmentalists don't fly, but we did offset, fly economy, packed lightly and made sure to void our bladders/bowels before getting on the plane ' every little bit helps). We were staying in a reasonably nice all-inclusive hotel that, aside from the food wastage and overuse of pesticides to keep cockroaches and other insects at bay ... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:33 AM PDT - (Press TV) - Bulgaria to stage Iranian puppet show
Bulgaria's Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival is set to stage Iranian director Maryam Moini's Moon Pieces are Raining like Feathers in Varna. (Source)
- Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:05 AM PDT - (The Aero-News Network) - ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.03.11)
Aero-Linx: The Coast Guard Aviation Training Center The Coast Guard Aviation Training Center (ATC) in Mobile, Alabama is a multi-mission unit, acting as the Coast Guard's aviation and capabilities development center, as well as an operational air station. Training is conducted to qualify Coast Guard pilots in the HU-25 "Guardian", the HH-60 "Jayhawk", the HH-65 "Dolphin" , the HC-130 Hercules ... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BYM News) - Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Sea Shepherd returns to the ...
The first indication that the Japanese whaling fleet may return to the According to the Japan Times, вThe whaling fleet suspended operations in the... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - Plan to tackle alleged IWC corruption welcomed
Pro-whaling nation Japan has been accused of financially enticing small Japan conducts whaling activities for what it calls scientific reasons;... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Caribarena Antigua) - Antigua Stands with OECS on Whaling
Japanese whaling fleets annually set out into the southern oceans to engage in so-called вscientific researchг. That most of the meat from the вscientific... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:30 PM PDT - (Soundings) - Anglers land 1,006-pound shark
Capt. John Louie Dudas was looking for dolphin from the tower of the 57-foot sportfishing boat Wound Up when he saw a large dorsal fin pop out of the water. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:07 PM PDT - (Key West Citizen) - Maryland anglers score double win in Conch Ladies Dolphin Championship
KEY WEST -- Eva Andrews of Bel Air, Md., caught a 33.1-pound dolphin to earn first-place individual honors for the largest fish in Saturday's 2011 Conch Republic Ladies Dolphin... read more (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:27 PM PDT - (The Destin Log) - DOUBLE DROWNINGS? Destin responders pull two men from water in separate incidents
Destin firefighters responded to two back-to-back possible drownings Monday. An 82-year-old man died. Officials were unable to confirm the condition of a second man Tuesday evening. The first call came in at 10:30 a.m. from a home in Dolphin Estates.... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT - (Novinite) - Bulgarian Festival to Stage Iranian Puppet Show
From The Tehran Times By Tehran Times Art Desk The Iranian puppet show "The Moon Pieces are Raining like Feathers" directed by Maryam Moini will be on stage at the Golden Dolphin International Puppet Festival in Varna, Bulgaria. ... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:05 AM PDT - (The Daily Times) - Dolphin count approaching
FENWICK ISLAND -- Dolphin enthusiasts will soon have an opportunity to do some bottlenose watching that will also help the Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute keep tabs on local numbers. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Mother Nature Network) - Animal Planet announces 'Whale Wars' special
This came as a surprise to many who assumed that weak demand for whale meat, coupled with the recent natural disasters in Japan, would lead to the country... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Views and News from Norway) - Whaling protests die down
The Norwegians don't think their whaling is as controversial as it used to the anti-whaling activists are targeting Japan's so-called вscientificг hunt. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Korea Times) - [Silver Prize Winners] Breach of international law in 1905
South Korean scholars have documented that even before Japan's annexation of Dokdo, these fishermen and divers were engaged in вwhalingг and in the hunting... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Lisa Ling To Host 'Whale Wars' Reunion Special
... while also pointing to news reports suggesting that Japan may return to the вWe will end whaling in the Southern Ocean,г Watson said in a recent... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian (Australia)) - World's oceans under threat
An international dispute has raged for decades over whaling, in particular Japan's despicable whaling program which it describes as part of a вscientific... (Source)
- Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:23 AM PDT - (The News Journal) - Institute preparing for annual dolphin count
Spotters will be at 32 locations, from the southern tip of Fenwick Island to Woodland Beach near Smyrna. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:50 AM PDT - (The News Herald) - Man found in pool dies; second man pulled from bay
Destin firefighters responded to two back-to-back possible drownings Monday.An 82-year-old man died. Officials were unable to confirm the condition of a second man Tuesday evening.The first call came in at 10:30 a.m. from a home in Dolphin Estates. The victim's wife said that she found her... (Source)
- Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:13 AM PDT - (WMDT Salisbury) - Del. institute preparing for annual dolphin count
Delaware's Marine Education and Rehabilitation Institute is preparing for its July dolphin count. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:03 AM PDT - (Eastern Shore News) - DELAWARE: Dolphin count planned
NASSAU, Del. ' Delaware's Marine Education and Rehabilitation Institute is preparing for its July dolphin count. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:42 AM PDT - (Delaware Coast Press) - MERR seeks volunteers for dolphin watching
FENWICK ISLAND -- Dolphin enthusiasts will soon have an opportunity to do some bottlenose watching that will also help the Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute keep tabs on local numbers. (Source)
- Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Views and News from Norway) - Anti-whaling activists still angry
They claim opposition to Norwegian whaling is as strong as ever. Norway is one of just three countries in the world, along with Japan and Iceland... (Source)
- Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:26 PM PDT - (Miami Herald) - Former Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino produces film on human trafficking
With the backing of Dan Marino as executive producer, filmmakers hope to highlight the problem of human trafficking in the United States at the American Black Film Festival. (Source)
- Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:33 PM PDT - (SwimNews.com) - Snippets As We Sail Towards Shanghai
A round-up of news and views on the way to Shanghai world titles: China coach confident of "3 or 4 gold, inc 2 for Sun Yang"; Japanese champs get ticket to London 2012; Halsall chipper; Perkins laments Dolphin distance doldrums; African mission (Source)
- Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:26 AM PDT - (The Grand Rapids Press) - Kentwood commission rejects proposal to purchase former Dolphin Swim Club for park
Mayor Richard Root said the property's value is about $130,000, but the asking price is $275,000. (Source)
- Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:17 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Homeform adminstration: Moben, Dolphin and Kitchens Direct customers lose £1.5m in deposits
Over £1.5million in deposits will be lost by nearly 500 customers who paid by cash or cheque after struggling retailer Homeform, appointed Deloitte as an administrator yesterday (Source)
- Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Greenpeace USA (blog)) - Whales on the World Stage at IWC 63
... Guardian Newspaper, reveled from an undercover sting they orchestrated, what many of us had suspected for a long time - Japan has routinely bribed commissioners for their votes to support Japan's long term agenda of restarting commercial whaling. (Source)
- Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:31 PM PDT - (The Weather Network) - Photos & Videos: Dolphin in the sky
Upload your best active weather photos and videos or watch them in our new searchable gallery. (Source)
- Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Are we in the west being hypocritical about Japan's whaling?
This year's annual conference is sure to be contentious, after last year's debacle over Japanese whaling and compromise put forward by the US and New Zealand, and which nearly ended in the collapse of the talks and threatened the future of the IWC... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Tourists to experience a day in the life of an Icelandic whaler
Two minke whales caught off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido have shown elevated values of caesiumа137. Japan а which along with Norway and Iceland is one of the few countries to allow commercial whaling а is believed to be reconsidereing its... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - A whale of a tale
... the highest point in the state and looking every bit like a breaching whale. "We get visitors from all over the world," says the executive director of Berkshire Historical Society, Betsy Sherman. "People from Europe and Japan, some from Australia. (Source)
- Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:01 PM PDT - (The News-Herald) - Vacationing in Ontario: Family trip to Niagara Falls proves all wet ' in a good way (with video)
My oldest son, Nate, was dancing around his seat even before the dolphin, walrus and sea lion show officially began at the outdoor Marineland stadium. (Source)
- Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:06 AM PDT - (Stuff) - Ancient sea monster resurfaces after 100m years
Scientists have discovered the skeleton of an ichthyosaur ' a huge dolphin-like reptile that lived in the time of the dinosaurs ' in a Marlborough riverbank. (Source)
- Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:04 PM PDT - (Everything In Budget) - Negros Oriental: 43% OFF Dumaguete & Bais City for 2
Today's Deal: Only P7,999 for 3-Days & 2-Nights in Dumaguete & Bais City for 2 persons, includes Hotel, Sand Bar Trip & Dolphin Watching (valued at P14,000) Save P6,001! DetailsVoucher valid from July 24, 2011 until July 23, 2012 Trip is managed by Ensemble e-Travel Philippines You will be contacted by Ensemble e-Travel after the deal ends to make your booking Subject to availability Price is Net (Source)
- Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BBC News) - 'Clean-up bid' for whaling body
"There's been a huge loss of life in coastal communities in Japan, including among many in the fishing industry and those associated with whaling - that's understood, and our sympathies go out to them," said UK Environment Minister Richard Benyon. (Source)
- Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:18 PM PDT - (Columbia Missourian) - Columbia athletes compete for Missouri Diving Club
COLUMBIA ' As children, Rebekah Laupp and her brother enjoyed the thrill of swimming with Beluga whales at Sea World on a family vacation to Texas. But it was another part of that visit that influenced Laupp's future. "We went to see some type of dolphin show that included people diving off of different objects and platforms," Laupp said. "It made me want to learn those tricks. I wanted to do ... (Source)
- Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:04 PM PDT - (Irish Examiner) - Haughey's old yacht to berth at Kilrush for dolphin research
THE country's newest research vessel Celtic Mist will arrive at Kilrush Creek Marina on 16 July. (Source)
- Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Washington Post) - British anti-corruption proposal debated at whaling talks
However, confrontations with anti-whaling activists forced Japan to cut short its annual hunt off Antarctica this year. Protesters threw paint, smoke bombs and rancid butter in bottles toward the Japanese whaling ships. They also got a rope entangled... (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:28 PM PDT - (York News-Times) - This Dolphin won't quit
Avery Fernau of the York Dolphins won't let misbehaving goggles keep her from racing hard in Saturday's invitational in York. Teams from far and wide filled the Family Aquatic Center to overflowing for a big meet on what turned out to be an ideal day for getting in the pool. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:01 PM PDT - (The Irish Times) - Dolphin dies in Lee after getting caught in nets
ONE OF three dolphins swimming in the River Lee in Cork city died yesterday after it became entangled in fishing nets. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:47 PM PDT - (Daily Mail) - It's a £1.3billion industry... but is whale watching harmful to whales?
With over 13million people enjoying the experience all over the world each year, The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has said the growing industry can be disruptive to the animals well-being. (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:20 AM PDT - (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor) - Sea Life Blackpool Aquarium Walked for the Whales
Forty Walkers were Sponsored to Walk 5 Miles Along the Blackpool Promenade to Raise Money for Whales By Sara Hemissi Blackpool, UK - Forty walkers were sponsored to walk 5 miles along the Blackpool Promenade to raise money for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, a leading international charity dedicated to the worldwide conservation and welfare of whales and dolphins. Sea Life Blackpool ... (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:16 AM PDT - (PRWeb) - CareWare Systems Selected to Implement Sage ERP Solution for Dolphin Engineering
Leading Engineering Company to Optimize Project Administration and Accounting with Sage Accpac Project ERP. (PRWeb July 12, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8632061.htm (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (AFP) - Do anti-whaling campaigns backfire in Japan?
SAINT HELIER, United Kingdom б Campaigns to harass Japan's whaling fleet only harden domestic opinion against environmentalists, a Japanese observer says at global whaling talks in the British Channel Islands. Most Japanese shun whale as food and many... (Source)
- Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News) - Sea Life Blackpool Aquarium Walked for the Whales
вEven before the earthquake and tsunami rocked the country, devastating its coastal communities, wiping out a main whaling port, and sending radioactive materials into the oceans, Japan was reconsidering the viability of its whaling operations. (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:15 PM PDT - (Savannah Morning News) - Bryan County events
Love dolphins? The Dolphin Project will host a no-charge dolphin program and training workshop at Memorial University Medical Center from 10 a.m.-noon July 16. Volunteers must be 18 years old, a TDP member and have training to participate in research surveys. For more information go to thedolphinproject.org or email info@thedolphinproject.org Tour of homes looking for ... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:58 PM PDT - (The Kansas City Star) - 'Discourse Matters' at the Dolphin gallery is magnetic, immersive
The nimble, process-oriented abstractions of New York painter Jason Karolak and soon-to-be-returning-to-New York artist Eric Sall fill the two main galleries of the Dolphin, 1600 Liberty St. (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:41 AM PDT - (Irish Central) - Dolphin dies in arms of distraught Irish fisherman
A dolphin that had enthralled crowds on the banks of the River Lee in Cork has died after it was caught in a fisherman's net. Distraught angler Anthony Quilligan explained how the dolphin died in his arms on Tuesday after it became entangled in his salmon net. (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BBC News) - The good whalers
Like the early Japanese whaling, swathes of people are needed to haul the whales up onto the ice, butcher it and prepare food, with an immediate delicacy being the "muktuk" - the blend of blubber and skin, eaten raw. The meat, blubber, internal organs... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Canada.com) - Whale wars
He wanted to fight the good fight and actually engage with the enemy - in this case, the floating slaughterhouses harboured in Japan. The Japanese whaling fleet is the largest in the world, and, despite international moratoriums on killing cetaceans... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Mainichi Daily News) - Court upholds Greenpeace members' suspended terms for whale meat theft
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- The Sendai High Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a member and former member of Greenpeace Japan, and upheld a lower court ruling and suspended one-year prison terms for stealing whale meat from a crew member of Japan's so-called... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Newsday (subscription)) - Japan, Australia clash at whaling talks
Click here Japan, Australia clash at whaling talks Published: July 12, 2011 2:23 PM By The Associated Press DAVID Mac DOUGALL (Associated Press) (AP) -- Australia and Japan sparred verbally Tuesday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:19 PM PDT - (Wall Street Journal Blogs) - Gasp! A Newspaper Company Got Sold
Newspaper acquisitions are a species rarer than the Yangtze River dolphin. But today, for one of the few times since 2007, a newspaper company was bought. For money. Really. (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:16 AM PDT - (The Brandon News & Tribune) - Miami a getaway for dolphin-loving mom and son
Sometime around my 30th birthday, I decided I really wanted to be a dolphin trainer when I grew up. Sadly, I was reminded by my mother that, at least in theory, I was already grown. So I did the next best thing and spent a day at Discovery Cove in Orlando, pretending Mom was wrong. (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:12 AM PDT - (Daily Journal) - More Videos
VINELAND -- Tucked in with the traditional deodorants, toothpaste and soap, the Dolphin Swim Club... - 2:27 am (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:19 AM PDT - (CBS 47 Fresno) - Coast Guard investigates source of oiled pelicans
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) ' Authorities are trying to determine how five brown pelicans became partially covered in oil near Santa Barbara. The Coast Guard said Wednesday that the first two birds were rescued after being found Tuesday near Elwood Beach. Three other oiled pelicans were spotted near East Beach last week, but only one was able to be rescued. The Coast Guard says an MH-65 Dolphin ... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:15 AM PDT - (Daily Journal) - 7-Day Archives
VINELAND -- Tucked in with the traditional deodorants, toothpaste and soap, the Dolphin Swim Club... - 2:27 am (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Japan begs off southern whaling talks
Whaling in the Southern Ocean has been put in the too-hard basket at this year's International Whaling Commission talks, with Japan blaming March's earthquake and tsunami. New Zealand's commissioner to the IWC, Gerard van Bohemen, said New Zealand had... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BBC News) - Whaling: Reflections from Japan
Watching events from Tokyo, and looking back on the last three years, how does Mr Sato see the current situation regarding Japanese whaling? And have the removal of the meat, the court cases and coverage in the Japanese media changed things in the... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio Australia) - Australia refuses Japan's request for whaling protection
The annual international brawl over whaling is underway and Australia has clashed once again with whaling nations. Japan wants extra protection in the Southern seas. It says if fears sabotage and violence from whaling activists. (Source)
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (AFP) - Anti-whaling group to launch action in Faroes
Japan recalled its fleet in February, a month ahead of schedule with only one fifth of its planned catch, citing interference from Sea Shepherd's vessels. The IWC has banned all types of commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24 PM PDT - (ABC 2 Baltimore) - Pneumonia, bleeding cited in dolphin cal
Pneumonia and internal bleeding killed two dolphin calves at the National Aquarium. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT - (Forbes via Yahoo! News) - Can High Heels, Pink Pistols, And An Easy Bake Oven Kill The Indestructible Smart Phone?
My commenters are better than yours. The latest proof: a suggestion from "djvanderhoeven."I reached out to readers after failing to kill Casio's very un-cute G'zOne Commander with a variety of cuddly abusers, including a baby, an elephant, and an otter (see "Death By Cuteness: Smartphone Mangled By Baby, Raccoon, Otter, Dolphin, And Elephant"). The macho handset still needs to go, however. ... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:37 PM PDT - (CBS Baltimore) - Pneumonia, Bleeding Cited In Dolphin Calf Deaths
Pneumonia and internal bleeding killed two dolphin calves at the National Aquarium. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT - (Baltimore Sun) - Dolphin calves died of pneumonia, internal bleeding, National Aquarium says
Although the animals died within days of each other, officials say the deaths were unrelated Pneumonia killed one dolphin calf at the National Aquarium last month while internal bleeding took the life of another baby days later, according to results of a necropsy released Friday. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:06 AM PDT - (Forbes) - Death By Cuteness: Smartphone Mangled By Baby, Raccoon, Otter, Dolphin, and Elephant
It was Tuesday night, and my five-month-old daughter woke up yowling. She was teething, and she needed something to chew. So I plucked the Casio G'zOne Commando out of the freezer and handed it over. Several contented gnaws later, baby was happy. Over the course of the evening, the phone -- which (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BBC News) - Whaling: Chaos or compromise?
At the last two IWC meetings, the proposal had formed one small component of a much larger compromise package that also included acceptance of Japan's Atlantic whaling programme in scaled-down form, and quasi-commercial quotas for their coastal whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Foreigner) - Norway joins Japan in rejecting South Atlantic whale sanctuary
Norway joins Japan in rejecting South Atlantic whale sanctuary. A South American proposal to designate the entire South Atlantic as a whale sanctuary was temporarily defeated by a bloc of 21 countries amongst stormy scenes at the International Whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Palisades Hudson Financial Group) - Visiting Nelly
The Japanese have good reason to fear that any restrictions on the bluefin harvest will become permanent no matter how well the species might recover in the future. This is what has happened with the International Whaling Commission, which has imposed... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Channel Television) - Conference ends
Pro-whaling nation Japan has been accused of buying the votes of some African nations - turning up to conferences with briefcases full of cash. Japan denies doing that, but the new reforms should stamp out allegations of any such practice... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Newsday (subscription)) - Japan walkout throws whaling talks into disarray
Click here Japan walkout throws whaling talks into disarray Published: July 14, 2011 6:23 PM By The Associated Press DAVIC MacDOUGALL (Associated Press) (AP) -- Plans for a whaling sanctuary in the southern Atlantic were put off by a year Thursday... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Philadelphia Inquirer) - In the World | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-07-15
HELIER, Jersey - Plans for a whale sanctuary in the southern Atlantic were put off by a year Thursday after Japan and other pro-whaling nations stalled talks on the proposal at the International Whaling Commission. Delegates from Japan, Iceland... (Source)
- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:09 PM PDT - (Key West Citizen) - How long does it take to catch a dolphin? Well...
This column is dedicated to the recreational fisherperson who wants to have a good time, get the boat wet, spend time with friends and family, and maybe catch a couple fish. Every year,... read more (Source)
- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:02 PM PDT - (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor) - Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Earns National Scientific Honor
Dolphin and Whale Bone Collection Earns National Scientific Honor By Hayley Rutger Sarasota, FL - The dolphin and whale bone collection at Mote Marine Laboratory has been accredited by a nationwide mammal research society, which called the collection's scientific value unsurpassed. The accreditation is the highest seal of approval that such collections can receive and marks the quality and ... (Source)
- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT - (WBOC Salisbury) - Del. Institute Preparing for Annual Dolphin Count
Delaware's Marine Education and Rehabilitation Institute conducting its annual dolphin count. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT - (CBS Philadelphia) - Delaware To Conduct Annual Dolphin Count
Delaware's Marine Education and Rehabilitation Institute conducting its annual dolphin count. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:49 AM PDT - (Baltimore Sun) - Dolphin calves died of pneumonia, internal bleeding, aquarium says
Pneumonia killed one dolphin calf at the National Aquarium last month while internal bleeding took the life of another baby days later, according to results of a necropsy released Friday. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (GreenAnswers) - IWC Talks Marred by Conflict
Delegates also agreed upon censuring the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for risky and unsafe policies in their efforts to thwart Japanese whaling ships in Antarctic waters. Although commercial whaling was banned in 1986, countries like Japan... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:50 PM PDT - (KPUA AM 670 Hilo) - Study: Dolphins forage in eddies off Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) ' A new study on a dolphin species shows the mammals use offshore eddies, or currents, in Hawaiian waters as foraging areas. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT - (Boston Globe) - Germany to finance submarine for Israel
The German government says it has earmarked some euro135 million ($191 million) in next year's budget to subsidize the sale of another Dolphin-type submarine to Israel. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:17 AM PDT - (TechCrunch) - Sequoia Leads $10 Million Investment In Dolphin, The Customizable Android Browser
The desktop browser wars are fiercer than ever, with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and *cough* Internet Explorer all in a heated race for users (and new features). But there's a relatively new market that's still ripe for a surge in browser innovation: mobile. All of the aforementioned browsers already have mobile incarnations, but there are some new mobile-only browsers popping up as well ... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:07 AM PDT - (Brandon Sun) - Germany to subsidize submarine sale to Israel, cutting about a third off sale price
BERLIN - The German government says it has earmarked some '135 million ($191 million) in next year's budget to subsidize the sale of another Dolphin-type submarine to Israel. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:10 AM PDT - (Offshore Magazine) - Latest Articles
OSLO, Norway ' The semisub Borgland Dolphin is completing drilling operations on the Breiflabb prospect in the Norwegian North Sea. According to partner Rocksource the well, in license PL 416, did not encounter hydrocarbons. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:25 AM PDT - (FOX 35 Orlando) - SeaWorld to open dolphin rehab facility
SeaWorld Orlando is set to open a new rehabilitation facility for wild dolphins and whales that wash ashore. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:17 AM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - The shallow waters of dolphin therapy claims
The Internet is rife with claims that dolphins can use their natural ultrasound to zap tumors, heal muscle injuries and stimulate the brains of disabled children. But if you're looking for a treatment with scientifically proven results, you should look past the dolphin tank. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:27 AM PDT - (West Hawaii Today) - In Brief | Big Island and State 07-18
Study: Dolphins forage in eddies off Hawaii HONOLULU -- A new study on a dolphin species shows the mammals use offshore eddies, or currents, in Hawaiian waters as foraging areas. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:23 AM PDT - (The Sun) - Coleen and Kai make a splash
MRS Rooney tenderly cradles son Kai as they play with a friendly dolphin in a water park (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Australia Refuses to Protect Japan's Whaling Fleet in Southern Ocean (Video)
By Raiatea Tahana-Reese Australia has refused to protect Japanese whaling fleets, in the southern ocean, at the annual International Whaling Commission [IWC] talks in the Channel Islands. Japan called on Australia for extra protection fearing sabotage... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Journeyman Pictures) - Boy On The Bike
... to http://www.youtube.com/user/journeymanpictures Follow us on Facebook (http://goo.gl/YRw42) or Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/journeymanvod) The Japanese town of Rikuzentakata was once a prosperous fishing village with a strong whaling heritage. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:54 AM PDT - (KSNT Topeka) - Snapshot of the Day
Dolphin watching in Destin, FL. We had 4 or 5 of them swimming around the boat, they are very social. Submitted by Sandy St. Clair of Topeka. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:57 AM PDT - (Cellular-News.com) - MoboTap Raises $10 Million to Develop Mobile Web Browser
MoboTap, the mobile technology developer behind the Dolphin mobile web browser, has raised $10 million in Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with Matrix Partners also participating. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Winnipeg Free Press) - 'Eco-Pirate' delves into convictions of notorious ocean warrior Paul Watson
The film, voted a top 10 audience favourite at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, also follows Watson and his crew as they hunt a Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctica's Southern Ocean, displaying some of the confrontational... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Swedish Wire) - Global whaling body adopts anti-corruption reform
Japan, which denied the charges, is one of three countries along with Norway and Iceland that practice large-scale whaling despite the moratorium. Collectively, they take hundreds of the marine mammals each year. Smaller quotas are granted to other... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:33 PM PDT - (China Economic Net) - Endangered dolphin chosen as mascot of China Pavilion at 2012 World Expo
The China Pavilion at the 2012 Yeosu World Expo in the Republic of Korea has chosen highly-endangered hump-backed dolphin as its mascot, the China Pavilion preparation committee said on Wednesday. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:10 AM PDT - (Bonita Banner) - Riding the waves: Paddle boarding finds a home in SWFL
As a paddle boarder gently glides through the peaceful, early morning sea, a dolphin swims by to say hello. The only sound is the quite rhythm of the Gulf of Mexico, the lap of the water on the board and the creatures of the ocean. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:52 AM PDT - (Times Herald) - Mackinac race competitors begin arriving
John "Doc" Aaron, left, of Saginaw, Gabe Day, of Sanford, and Greg Bellore, of Bay City, all crew members of the sailboat Dolphin, sit opposite their boat dockside Tuesday at the River Street Marina along the Black River in Port Huron. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:22 AM PDT - (Times Herald) - Greg Bellor might be a rookie on Dolphin. But he knows the Mackinac Race is a tradition.
Jack, Jill, Little Miss Muffet and many others could come to life in today's 91st annual Rotary... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT - (Times Herald) - 7-Day Archives
Greg Bellor might be a rookie on Dolphin. But he knows the Mackinac Race is a tradition. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:39 AM PDT - (Times Herald) - Pulling into port
John "Doc" Aaron, left, of Saginaw, Gabe Day, of Sanford, and Greg Bellore, of Bay City, all crew members of the sailboat Dolphin, sit opposite their boat dockside Tuesday at the River Street Marina along the Black River in Port Huron. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Associated Press) - APNewsBreak: US mulls sanctions against Iceland
The move comes less than a week after the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission stalled in discord between pro-whaling nations such as Iceland and Japan and their opponents. Iceland, Norway and Japan continue to hunt whales despite a... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:40 PM PDT - (Beaches Leader/Ponte Vedra Leader) - New marina opened at Marineland
Marineland Dolphin Adventure in southern St. Johns County offers visitors a chance to swim with dolphins. A public marina that can hold 25 vessels measuring up to 100 feet in length is now opened across the street. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:43 PM PDT - (MSNBC) - Lessons of miraculous dolphin healing powers
What miracles is Mother Nature hiding from us? Look no further than the bottlenose dolphin for a little bit of inspiration. At least that's what a researcher at the Georgetown University Medical Center suggests. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:21 PM PDT - (redOrbit) - Dolphins' 'Remarkable' Recovery From Injury Offers Important Insights For Human Healing
Georgetown scientist teams up with dolphin experts to explore the sea animals' 'mysterious' wound healing abilities A Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) scientist who has previously discovered antimicrobial compounds in the skin of frogs and in the dogfish shark has now turned his attention to the remarkable wound healing abilities of dolphins. A dolphin's ability to heal quickly from a ... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:14 PM PDT - (Los Angeles Times) - The shallow waters of dolphin therapy claims
Dolphins are pictured with their calves at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. ( Algerina Perna / Baltimore Sun ) Dolphins are some of the most charming, charismatic and entertaining animals in the ocean. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:16 AM PDT - (Science Daily) - Dolphins' 'remarkable' recovery from injury offers important insights for human healing
A dolphin's ability to heal quickly from a shark bite with apparent indifference to pain, resistance to infection, hemorrhage protection, and near-restoration of normal body contour might provide insights for the care of human injuries, according to experts. Researchers interviewed dolphin handlers/marine biologists, and reviewed the limited literature about dolphin healing to offer some new ... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:06 AM PDT - (Livonia Observer) - Park renaming could take place Aug. 8
Livonia City Council members are leaning toward naming Civic Center Park, also known as Dolphin Park, after slain police officer Larry Nehasil. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:44 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Dolphins have amazing self-healing abilities
Washington, July 21 : A dolphin's ability to heal quickly from a shark bite, its resistance to infection and near-restoration of normal body contour has caught the attention of scientists. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:44 AM PDT - (Baltimore Sun) - Help the National Aquarium count dolphins off OC coast
Staff of the National Aquarium in Baltimore will be in Ocean City tomorrow for the Annual Maryland Dolphin Count and they're looking for volunteers to join them. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:00 AM PDT - (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! Canada News) - Miraculous! Dolphin Healing Powers May Help Humans
What miracles is Mother Nature hiding from us? Look no further than the bottlenose dolphin for a little bit of inspiration. At least that's what a researcher at the Georgetown University Medical Center suggests. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (FIS) - US may inflict punishment over whaling policy
Iceland commenced commercial whaling two years later, and its fin whale catch has since soared to about 150 per year; most of the meat is exported to Japan. Iceland's Fisheries Minister Jon Bjarnason said whale hunting is sustainable. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Korea Times) - Indian perception of Dokdo
The Franco-English name of the islets derives from Le Liancourt, the name of a French whaling ship which came close to being wrecked on the rocks in 1849. In Japanese, they are called Takeshima, literally "Bamboo Island. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:12 AM PDT - (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor) - Interact with the Betty White Dolphin Mascot at Georgia Aquarium
The New Dolphin Mascot, Betty, will Embody the Spirit of Betty White Herself By Mackenzie Whalen Atlanta, GA - Paying tribute to actress Betty White, a lifelong animal lover and conservation advocate, Georgia Aquarium has decided to name its new dolphin mascot character "Betty." Betty White began her relationship with the Aquarium in 2010 after having a life-changing experience with one of ... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:13 AM PDT - (Fox News) - Miraculous! Dolphin Healing Powers May Help Humans
What miracles is Mother Nature hiding from us? Look no further than the bottlenose dolphin for a little bit of inspiration (Source)
- Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Christian Post) - United States Talks Sanctions Over Iceland's Whaling Industry
вThe fin whale stock in the North Atlantic is abundant and in very good shape, and is in no way connected to the stock in the Southern Ocean which is in a poor state,г Bjarnason stated - a clear and direct jab at Japan's overfishing and over-whaling... (Source)
- Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:33 PM PDT - (UPI) - China opens white dolphin rescue center
XIAMEN, China, July 23 (UPI) -- China has opened a rescue and rehabilitation center for endangered white dolphins, officials say. (Source)
- Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT - (KITV Honolulu) - Feds Want To Protect Rare Dolphin In Hawaii
The federal government is proposing that Hawaii's fishing fleet be required to use a certain type of hook that will reduce the chances of them accidentally snagging a rare dolphin species when they're fishing (Source)
- Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:59 AM PDT - (Washington Examiner) - Feds propose fishing rules to protect rare dolphin
AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU The federal government is moving to protect a rare dolphin species from getting accidentally snagged off Hawaii's shores. New rules proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service would require the state's longline fishing fleet to use a certain type of hook while fishing for ahi, mahimahi and ono. The plan aims to protect a dolphin species called false ... (Source)
- Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BYM News (press release)) - Sea Shepherd investigates secret underwater Pilot Whale graveyard
When people have complained that we have Japanese equipment on our bridge, we have always answered that we cannot victimize individual Japanese companies unconnected with whaling just because the Japanese government is pro-whaling. (Source)
- Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:27 PM PDT - (The Post and Courier) - Hearing what a dolphin says: Survey might sound warning for us all
Hilton Head ' 'It sounds like Rice Krispies!' University of South Carolina-Beaufort assistant professor Eric Montie said as he listened to the hydrophone dangling off the side of his boat in the May River. (Source)
- Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:15 PM PDT - (Guardian Unlimited) - Stranded pilot whales prompt Highlands rescue operation
Conservationists try to help 60 whales trapped near Kyle of Durness, suspected as same group from Outer Hebrides in May Fifteen pilot whales have died after a pod of 60 became stranded in a remote sea loch in the Highlands. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, which has sent a team to the area near the Kyle of Durness, said there is a chance that the pod is the same one that became ... (Source)
- Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:49 PM PDT - (The Daily Times) - Dolphin sightings slightly below average
LEWES -- While dolphin sightings were slightly below average, Marine Education Research & Rehabilitation Institute Executive Director Suzanne Thurman said volunteer participation was at an all-time high. (Source)
- Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:02 AM PDT - (PRWeb) - Dolphin Content Archive Service for Cloud 2.0 Achieves SAP Certification
'Zero-Footprint' Cloud Solution in Support of Archived SAP Data and Documents (PRWeb July 24, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8663726.htm (Source)
- Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:42 AM PDT - (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) - Hooked false killer whales spur new longline rules
The federal government is moving to protect a rare dolphin species from getting accidentally snagged off Hawaii's shores. (Source)
- Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:34 AM PDT - (The Daily Times) - Dolphin sightings slightly below average
LEWES -- While dolphin sightings were slightly below average, Marine Education Research & Rehabilitation Institute Executive Director Suzanne Thurman said volunteer participation was at an all-time high. (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:32 PM PDT - (Wired News) - Cross-Species Gadget Tests Reveal Reason for Dolphin Tools
The dolphins of Australia's Shark Bay, famed as Earth's first marine tool-users, likely turned to gadgetry because echolocation couldn't find the best fish, especially for hurried moms without time to hunt. It was in 1984 that researchers first observed the dolphins fitting basket sponges over their beaks, then scraping through seafloor mud to disturb hidden fish. [...] (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:32 AM PDT - (KPUA AM 670 Hilo) - Feds propose fishing rules to protect rare dolphin
HONOLULU (AP) ' The federal government is proposing that Hawaii's fishing fleet be required to use a certain type of hook that will reduce the chances of them accidentally snagging a rare dolphin species when they're fishing for ahi, mahimahi and ono. (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:40 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - New Film Exposes the Long and Controversial History of Sea World and the Entire Captive Dolphin and Whale Display ...
Sea World is responsible for the death of thousands of dolphins and whales, so states former Sea World biologist Dr. John Hall. That is the thread of the first comprehensive documentary film to explore the sordid history of the captive whale and dolphin display industry. (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:47 AM PDT - (BBC Cornwall) - Vets put beached dolphin to sleep
An injured dolphin found distressed and stranded on a Cornish beach is put to sleep. (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New York Times (blog)) - Animal Planet Starts Filming on 'Whale Wars' Spin-off
By DAVE ITZKOFF Simon Ager/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, via Associated Press A Sea Shepherd environmentalist aiming a slingshot at a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the environmental group... (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Deccan Herald) - Walking out on whales
As of now, the proposal has been put on the backburner owing to a lack of quorum at the meeting of the Whaling Commission. While Brazil and Argentina proposed the creation of a sanctuary, pro-whaling nations including Japan, Norway and Iceland walked... (Source)
- Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Drift | Perspective(s) in surfing) - Minds in the Water in Newquay
Following the showing Howie Cooke talked about the outcome of the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting. He told of the corruption in the commission and how whaling in Japan in perpetuated through political gain and greed. Whaling in Japan... (Source)
- Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:46 AM PDT - (The Iowa City Press-Citizen) - New arts studio opens in Coralville
Eight-year-old Alison Kenaston, pastel in hand, was putting the finishing touches on a leaping dolphin with a sunset backdrop. Nearby, 28-year-old Alaina Peterson meditated over her abstract charcoal sketch at her easel. (Source)
- Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Whale hunters back on new mission
Soon after, New Zealand banned all whaling. In the years to follow, whale sightings fell as low as 20 a year in the Strait. The idea to count migrating humpbacks did not arise until New Zealand and Japan faced off at the International Whaling... (Source)
- Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (This Dish Is Veg) - Hayden Panettiere commends President Obama for condemning Iceland whale hunt
"We thank the President for keeping his word and taking this first bold step and we look forward to more bold moves from his administration to end commercial whaling once and for all!" Iceland, Norway and Japan are the three remaining nations that... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:39 AM PDT - (The News-Reporter) - Troop 22510 treated to tour, sleepover at Ga. Aquarium
Girl Scout Troop 22510 visited the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta for an informational, behind-the-scenes tour and an overnight stay on Saturday, July 9. While there, the group was able to watch a dolphin show and a fourdimensional movie. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:21 AM PDT - (New Haven Register) - Japanese police practice for stopping dolphin hunt protests
TOKYO (AP) ' Japanese police and coast guard officers practiced chasing a protest boat and arresting activists Wednesday in preparation for annual dolphin hunts that are attracting more foreign opponents to a sleepy fishing village. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:12 AM PDT - (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - Japanese police practice for dolphin hunt protests
Japanese police and coast guard officers practiced chasing a protest boat and arresting activists Wednesday in preparation for annual dolphin hunts that are attracting more foreign opponents to a sleepy fishing village. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:03 AM PDT - (OfficialWire) - Japan Police Hold Security Drill For Dolphin Hunt
Japanese police and coast guard officers have held a security drill to practice protecting a village from protesters during its annual dolphin hunt. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:00 AM PDT - (ANI via Yahoo! India News) - South American dolphins 'use electric fields to hunt prey'
London, July 27 (ANI): A dolphin species that lives around the east coast of South America is the first placental mammal to have the ability to sense electric fields of their prey, scientists have found. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:00 AM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Taiji, Japan Holds Security Drill For Dolphin Hunt
TOKYO -- Japanese police and coast guard officers have held a security drill to practice protecting a village from protesters during its annual dolphin hunt. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:50 PM PDT - (Louth Leader) - Whales and dolphins off the Mablethorpe coastline
MABLETHORPE residents and visitors are being urged to play their part in helping to keep track of whales and dolphins living in UK waters during this summer's National Whale and Dolphin Watch (NWDW). (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (The Associated Press) - Japanese police practice for dolphin hunt protests
Since the success of the movie, Taiji has been inundated with a growing number of foreign protesters, including the environmental group Sea Shepherd that has also stepped up violent protests against Japan's research whaling in the Antarctic waters in... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (The Daily Yomiuri) - Research whaling end 'an option' for agency
This is the first time for a government agency to come up with the option of halting the research whaling. The review committee was set up in April to listen to opinions of experts on whether Japan should continue the research whaling or not after it... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Inter Press Service) - New Push to Get Whales Off the Table
Kristjan Loftsson from Hvalur, the company that operates the larger whaling boats, blames the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan for his decision, saying that the market there has crashed as people no longer go out to eat in restaurants. (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (News24) - Group caught exposing Namibia 'seal cull'
The organisation has waged an unconventional war on whaling since 1981 and doesn't shy away from controversy. One of the Sea Shepherd crew, Pete Bethune, boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in 2010. He was released amid a diplomatic storm and Australia... (Source)
- Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Hays Free Press) - A look into 'Heart of a Samurai'
Japan does not allow foreign ships to approach its shores and the whaling ship drops the Japanese men off in Hawaii. The Captain, however, has grown fond of Manjiro and offers to adopt him and take him to live in America as his son. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:56 AM PDT - (ABC News) - Watch: Secret Dolphin Community Revealed, Caught on Tape
Matt Gutman receives exclusive tour from leading dolphin expert Denise Herzing. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:46 AM PDT - (BBC Cornwall) - Warning over dolphin harassment
The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is concerned about dolphins being harassed after reports of large numbers of the creatures around west Cornwall. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:30 AM PDT - (BBC News) - VIDEO: Warning over dolphin harassment
The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is concerned about dolphins being harassed after reports of large numbers of the creatures gathering around west Cornwall. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:38 AM PDT - (New Haven Register) - Japanese police practice for stopping dolphin hunt protests
TOKYO (AP) ' Japanese police and coast guard officers practiced chasing a protest boat and arresting activists Wednesday in preparation for annual dolphin hunts that are attracting more foreign opponents to a sleepy fishing village. (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Global Animal) - Australia Making An International Stink About Japan's Whale Hunting
Sea Shepherd activist Peter Bethune, 45, who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic seas as part of a protest in February, pleaded guilty last week to charges including trespassing and destruction of property. If convicted, he faces up to 15... (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Japanese fisheries agency committee reconsider whaling
The dissenters argued the program was no longer "cost-effective" and was damaging Japan's international standing. The majority report found that "research whaling is justified on the basis of an international treaty and should be continued without... (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Hayden Panettiere Applauds Obama's Stand Against Icelandic Whaling
Japan and Norway continue to whale, with Japan claiming that their hunt is for research purposes, however the Obama administration has said they are especially concerned with Iceland's hunt of endangered fin whales and exporting of whale meat to... (Source)
- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - A jiggling montage of hands, breasts and laps
Last year I conducted an investigation into allegations of systemic theft of whale meat by officials in Japan's so-called scientific whaling program, a report that relied on interviews with two whistleblowers. We agreed to film both industry insiders... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:23 AM PDT - (Local 6 Orlando) - Photo Story: Dolphin Born At SeaWorld
A dolphin calf is born at SeaWorld Orlando, and guests can see the calf, which weighs 35 pounds and is 40 inches long, and its mother at the park's nursery. (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:15 AM PDT - (FOX 35 Orlando) - Dolphin Calf Born at SeaWorld Orlando
SeaWorld is Orlando is celebrating the birth of a dolphin calf. (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:11 AM PDT - (Orlando Sentinel) - SeaWorld Orlando: Dolphin calf born
SeaWorld Orlando has a new resident: A dolphin calf was born there Tuesday morning. The calf weighs 35 pounds, and it's 40 inches long. It has been seen nursing and bonding with its mom Ariel, which is a good sign of health, SeaWorld officials say. The calf's sex is unknown, and SeaWorld probably will not know for [...] (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:05 AM PDT - (WESH 2 Orlando) - Images: Dolphin Calf Born At SeaWorld
SeaWorld Orlando says a dolphin calf was born Tuesday morning. The calf was 35 pounds and 40 inches long. Park guests can see the calf and its mom in the dolphin nursery. (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:52 AM PDT - (PhysOrg) - Dolphins have ability to sense electrical signals
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers reveal the discovery of how the Guiana dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, is able to sense electric fields of prey in the water using structures found on the animals head. (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:39 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - Dead Dolphin seized from boat
Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, Jul 29: During a surprise inspection of boats, Coastal Security Group (CSG) personnel seized a dolphin caught by a group of fishermen of Kottaipattinam of Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu, yesterday. (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Eurasia Review) - Whaling Diplomacy: Whale Conservation Or Economic And Political Gain?
The Americans claim that Greenpeace has launched anti whaling campaigns against the erstwhile Soviet Union, Iceland and Norway, apart from Japan and states that Japanese whaling is different. The Alaskan Inuit, Greenlanders, and others conduct small... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Canberra Times) - Japan looks at quitting Antarctic whale hunts
''I would like to stress that our decision does not indicate any change in Japan's whaling policy,'' Mr Kagawa said. Now according to the leading business newspaper Nikkei, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries review committee found that... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Discovery News) - Japan Considers End to Antarctic Whaling
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) established a review panel in April to consider whether or not Japan's Antarctic whaling should continue, following a season in which, citing harassment by Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Treehugger) - Taiji, Japan Holds Security Drill To Prep For Dolphin Hunt Activists
Now, it seems Japanese officials are expecting even more awareness -- and even more protest -- when this year's hunt begins. It's not surprising after how much heat the country receives about its whaling and dolphin-hunting practices. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:02 AM PDT - (Daily Press) - Annual dolphin count scheduled Saturday along southern bay, Virginia coast
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) ' Volunteers along Virginia's coast will be gazing out to sea for the annual dolphin count sponsored by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:56 AM PDT - (The Virginian-Pilot) - Annual dolphin count today in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH Volunteers along Virginia's coast will be gazing out to sea for the annual dolphin count sponsored by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team. The 19th edition of the count will see volunteers posted Saturday at observation posts along beaches of the lower Chesapeake Bay and southern Virginia coastline. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:13 AM PDT - (WVVA Bluefield) - Annual Va. dolphin count Saturday
Volunteers along Virginia's coast will be gazing out to sea for the annual dolphin count sponsored by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:50 PM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Guiana Dolphins Can Sense Electricity, Study Says (VIDEO)
In a neat new discovery, researchers have found that one species of dolphin has the ability to sense electricity. The Guiana dolphin, which is native to the east coast of South America, is able to detect the weak electrical signals emitted by nearby fish. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:25 PM PDT - (FOX 43 TV Hampton Roads) - Aquarium holds annual dolphin count
Volunteers along Virginia's coast will be gazing out to sea for the annual dolphin count sponsored by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT - (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - Annual Va. dolphin count is today
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) ' Volunteers along Virginia's coast will be gazing out to sea for the annual dolphin count sponsored by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team. (Source)
- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Opposing Views) - Ask Obama to Save the Whales
By madeline bernstein spcaLA president on Jul 29, 2011 Iceland and Norway are the only two countries in the world that continue to permit commercial whaling. Much of the meat is either sent to Japan for human consumption or fed to tourists as a novelty... (Source)
- Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:24 PM PDT - (7 News Boston) - NE Aquarium workers attempt to save dolphin
WINTHROP, Mass. -- Workers from the New England Aquarium and several people from a yacht club in Winthrop came together Sunday to save a dolphin caught in a harbor off Pleasant Street in Winthrop. (Source)
- Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Most unlikely bedfellows
In 1851, the year "Moby Dick" was published, John Manjiro, having acquired an American education, having gone a-whaling, having made a modest fortune in the 1849 California gold rush, returned to Japan б on a whale-ship, as it happened, so Melville... (Source)
- Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - 'Eco-pirate' Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat
"This would not only be a financial hardship, but it could threaten our ability to defend whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from the Japanese whaling fleet this December. Fish and Fish are claiming damages for bluefin tuna we believe were... (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:29 AM PDT - (Washington Examiner) - Parasite may have killed dolphin stranded in NY
The Associated Press The Associated Press EAST ROCKAWAY, N.Y. Tests show a dolphin found stranded off a Long Island park may have died from a parasite that caused brain lesions. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation says the dolphin was found Saturday in East Rockaway. It received veterinary treatment, but couldn't be saved. Witnesses said it had beached itself on sand ... (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:09 AM PDT - (Long Island Press) - Dolphin Stranded in East Rockaway Marsh Dies
Rescuers tried unsuccessfully to save a young dolphin found stranded in a marsh off Bay County Park Golf Course in East Rockaway on Saturday. The... (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:02 AM PDT - (Environmental News Network) - Dolphin Blubber Holds Secrets to Healing
When it comes to bouncing back from injuries, dolphins may be a step ahead of most mammals, including humans. In fact, the same fatty layer that insulates them also lends itself to faster recoveries from wounds. Michael Zasloff of Georgetown University suggests in a recent journal letter that studying dolphin blubber may yield insights into better medical treatments for skin injuries in the ... (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:34 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - On me head! Dolphin leaps out of the sea... with a jellyfish for a hat
This playful dolphin seems to have entered into the spirit of the British seaside holiday by sporting a jellyfish in the style of a 'Kiss Me Quick' porkpie hat. (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:06 AM PDT - (Daily Mail) - Kiss me quick! Dolphin leaps out of the water wearing a jellyfish like a seaside hat
This playful dolphin seems to have entered into the spirit of the British seaside holiday by sporting a jellyfish in the style of a 'Kiss Me Quick' porkpie hat off the Scottish coast. (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:48 PM PDT - (China Economic Net) - Xinjiang children enjoy summer camp in Beijing
Madina, a fifth-grade Uygur girl from Hotan city, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, watched the dolphin show at Beijing Zoo on Monday afternoon with intense curiosity, just like other children in the aquarium. (Source)
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:18 AM PDT - (New York Post) - Parasite may have killed dolphin stranded in NY
EAST ROCKAWAY, N.Y. ' Tests show a dolphin found stranded off a Long Island park may have died from a parasite that caused brain lesions. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation says the dolphin was found Saturday in East Rockaway. It received veterinary treatment, but couldn't be... (Source)
- Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Motherboard) - Dick Watching: Why Do We Need to Keep Trying to Turn "Moby Dick" Into a Bad TV ...
Meanwhile: Check out this very cool article in the Japan Times in which author Michael Hoffman charts the history of Japan-United States relations using the whaling industry as a jumping-off point, comparing Herman Melville and lesser-known... (Source)
- Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (AFP) - US hopes for restraint between Japan, S.Korea
... which he called the Liancourt Rocks -- an international name that is derived from a 19th-century French whaling ship. South Korea, where bitter memories remain of Japanese colonial rule, call the the islets Dokdo, while Japan calls them Takeshima. (Source)
- Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Discover Magazine (blog)) - Archive for August, 2011
The anti-whaling movement hit its peak in 1986, when the International Whaling Commission banned all commercial whaling. Despite the ruling, however, the privately funded Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan has continued whaling by exploiting a... (Source)
- Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT - (The Sun) - Russians in pool side punch-up
AQUARIUM visitors left stunned as dolphin show descends into full on brawl (Source)
- Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (GCaptain (press release)) - Japan Committee Considers An Official Stop To Whaling
вBut I would like to stress that our decision does not indicate any change in Japan's whaling policy,г Mr Kagawa said. However, the Fisheries Agency that supervises the fleet has been unable to obtain support for the ships from the Japan Coast Guard. (Source)
- Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Arirang News) - US State Department Asks for 'Restraint' on Dokdo Islets Issue
He added that the US would not take a position over Korea's easternmost islets to which he referred to as the Liancourt Rocks a moniker named after a 19th century French whaling ship that almost crashed on the island. Japan renewed its drive to attract... (Source)
- Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)) - Actor Pierce Brosnan Speaks Out Against Icelandic Whaling
In the last two years alone, it has exported millions of dollars worth of whale meat, blubber and oil to Japan, Norway, Latvia and Belarus. Iceland is not only flouting the ban on whaling, it is depleting whale populations at an alarming rate. (Source)
- Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Earthquake Report) - Japan Tohoku tsunami and earthquake : The death toll is climbing again !
UPDATE : Conservation groups are urging all nations to ignore Japan's appeal to resume small-scale commercial whaling off its coast. The annual International Whaling Commission meeting gets underway in the Channel Islands off the coast of France today. (Source)
- Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:10 AM PDT - (Daily Telegraph) - Ricky Gervais plays dolphin in US comedy show Family Guy
The comedian Ricky Gervais has been cast as a dolphin in the animated American comedy show Family Guy. (Source)
- Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:44 AM PDT - (BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat) - Ricky Gervais to appear in TV cartoon Family Guy
The comedian and film star is to play a dolphin for an entire season of US comedy cartoon Family Guy. (Source)
- Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:26 AM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Gervais joins Family Guy cast
Comedian Ricky Gervais has joined the cast of animated comedy Family Guy for one season, playing a dolphin. (Source)
- Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:14 AM PDT - (Belfast Telegraph) - Gervais is a Family Guy dolphin
Ricky Gervais has found a new porpoise in life - playing a dolphin in the animated American comedy show Family Guy. Related Stories Olivia's wild for Robert Redford Williams' film premieres in NY fest James McAvoy cast in Filth film Seyfried casts magic with Ruffalo Professor Green moves back tour (Source)
- Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:16 PM PDT - (New York Post) - Risking life and fin
The Dolphin in the Mirror Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives by Diana Reiss Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Dogs are the secret weapons on land, but dolphins are the badasses of the sea. Dolphins, one of the quickest sea animals and easily one of the smartest animals on Earth, have... (Source)
- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:42 AM PDT - (Daily Mirror) - Dolphin with a bionic fin has helped the injured
She does backflips and cheekily splashes visitors to her tank just like any other dolphin at the aquarium. (Source)
- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:46 PM PDT - (icWales) - Amazing encounters with dolphins without leaving Welsh coast
FEW people could recognise a dolphin just by the sound of its breathing. (Source)
- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:58 PM PDT - (New Straits Times) - SEEING PINK... A rare pink dolphin was recently seen near the fishing village of Kuala Tangga in Matang, Taiping ...
TAIPING: Pink dolphins are making waves at the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve near here, ever since they started appearing in recent months. They have been reported near the fishing village of Kuala Tangga. (Source)
- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:51 PM PDT - (Daily Mail) - World¿s first 'bionic' dolphin with prosthetic tail to have life story turned into a Hollywood blockbuster
Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jnr and Ashley Judd star alongside Winter to tell the story of how a special prosthetic tail fin was made so the mammal could try to live a normal life. (Source)
- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - The far-out Ogasawaras
I first became aware of the Ogasawaras in the 1970s, when I started my research for a historical novel about Japanese whaling and the effects that Western whaling had on Japan in the mid-19th century. In 1846, The United States had 746 whaling ships... (Source)
- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Step back in time down Chofu way
The route map of tourism takes most people as far as the port city famed (or infamous) as the birthpace of modern Japanese whaling. From there, having satisfied themselves inspecting the brick and stone buildings of Karato, including the former British... (Source)
- Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (World Politics Review) - Global Insider: The International Whaling Regime
WPR: What are the main components of the international whaling regime, to ban all whaling in perpetuity, and the "conservationist" states such as Japan... (Source)
- Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Jewish Press) - Jerusalem-Born US Citizens Are Born In Israel
The relevant precedent for this case - in which the lower courts were asked to enforce a clearly enunciated legislative mandate - is the Japan Whaling... (Source)
- Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Calgary Herald) - Getting noticed
Shell might have sunk the Brent Spar in the North Sea, Japan would continue whaling till there are no more, and so much more. Greenpeace sometimes has to... (Source)
- Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian (blog)) - the world is waking up to its bloodied past
The dead whale was hauled alongside, and cut up for its oil. It measured 12m, and was expected to yield 5 tonnes of oil. Attitudes change. In the last few days there have been reports that Japan may be reassessing its "scientific whaling". (Source)
- Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PlanetSave.com) - Iceland in Defiance of Global Commercial Whaling Ban, Says US
Iceland has killed 280 endangered fin whales and more than 200 minke whales since it resumed commercial whaling in 2006. In the last two years alone, it has exported over 1200 tons of whale, blubber and oil, worth more than $17 million to Japan... (Source)
- Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:04 AM PDT - (BBC News) - 158 dolphins and whales spotted
The first results from an annual weekend dolphin and whale watch off Wales finds 158 creatures spotted. (Source)
- Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (IcelandReview) - Minister of Fisheries Criticized in Althingi
The meeting was held to discuss the Icelandic delegation that attended the 63rd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in July this year. The Icelandic delegation walked out of the meeting alongside representatives of Norway and Japan... (Source)
- Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Man eating sharks б and mercury, group warns
Interacting with the Japanese public was also something that Packard and his volunteers had to get used to. With confrontations between the Japanese whaling fleet and Sea Shepherd as well as the international condemnation of Japan's position on bluefin... (Source)
- Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Rainbow Warrior II becomes hospital ship
Rival whaling campaigners Sea Shepherd have been critical of Greenpeace's alleged inaction in the Southern Ocean during Japanese whaling. Naidoo says Greenpeace has a long history of campaigning to save whales and two of its activists had been arrested... (Source)
- Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:40 PM PDT - (Manila Bulletin) - WWF: Mekong dolphin population falling
PHNOM PENH (dpa) ' The population of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River is set to fall by 3 per cent per year unless the Cambodian government takes urgent action, environmental group WWF warned Wednesday. Surveys conducted between 2007-10 indicated a decline in numbers to just 85, WWF said in a statement released in Geneva. 'Evidence is strong that very few young... (Source)
- Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:08 PM PDT - (KPLC Lake Charles) - Another sighting of rare albino dolphin in Cameron
It appears there has been another sighting of that rare pink dolphin in Cameron Parish. Several pictures were sent in Sunday by Robert Odom. No word on where the pictures were taken. Nicknamed "Pinky" (Source)
- Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:41 PM PDT - (The Irish Times) - Call to defer moving of beached sperm whale's carcass
THE IRISH Whale and Dolphin Group says 'valuable scientific and educational opportunities' will be lost if the sperm whale which died on a Co Waterford beach at the weekend is incinerated. (Source)
- Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT - (Manxnet) - Adopt a dolphin
The Manx Wildlife Trust is bringing you a new opportunity to help conserve our island's wildlife, with its 'Adopt a Risso's dolphin' scheme. Risso's dolphins are beautiful, majestic and intelligent animals and we are lucky to find them right here in Manx waters. (Source)
- Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:28 AM PDT - (The Standard) - We can help, say dolphin defenders
A conservation group wants the Airport Authority to take more notice of green groups that may help minimize the environmental impact of a third runway. (Source)
- Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:10 AM PDT - (Coast Reporter) - Report your whale, dolphin sightings
If you see a whale, dolphin, porpoise or sea turtle, the Vancouver Aquarium wants to know. The aquarium's sightings network has a hotline set up at 1-866-I-SAW-ONE, for people to call whenever they spot a resident cetacean. (Source)
- Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:22 PM PDT - (Outer Banks Sentinel) - Dolphin study yields fascinating findings
Ask Outer Banks visitors and residents alike to name their favorite local species of wild animal and it is almost certain to prompt two responses that far outnumber all the rest combined: the fabled wild ponies that roam Currituck County and the beloved dolphins that call the sounds and coastal waters of the Outer Banks home. (Source)
- Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:02 PM PDT - (BBC Cornwall) - Risso's dolphin seen off Cornwall
Passengers on a ferry to the Isles of Scilly report a rare sighting of a Risso's dolphin off the Cornish coast. (Source)
- Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whaling's knockout throw for Japan
The recent earthquake may have delivered a knockout blow to Japan's whaling program. Photo: AFP It takes a lot of grunt to throw a sumo wrestler... (Source)
- Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Blayney Chronicle) - Whaling's knockout throw for Japan
Here on the sidelines of the generation-long contest over Japanese Antarctic whaling, it's clear that years of arduous conservationist direct action have... (Source)
- Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (IcelandReview) - No Fin Whales Caught in Iceland This Year
It was decided in the spring to postpone fin whaling due to the natural catastrophe in Japan, the main market for fin whale meat, and now it has completely... (Source)
- Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Seeking Alpha) - Gold Bubble Evolution
... are finding warnings (and worse) whaling down on them from the rating agencies like a storm of hellfire. In a world where Japan's footing seems unstable... (Source)
- Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Voxy) - Japanese whaling faces financial ruin
Japanese whaling has come under the spotlight in recent times more than ever before, and it seems the effect on may be to see it cease to function, according to Earthrace Conservation. There has been mounting speculation that the Institute for Cetacean... (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:38 AM PDT - (CTV.ca) - 'The Cove' star praises dolphin-watching in Japan
The star of the Oscar-winning movie about dolphin-killing in Japan had only praise for a small island off the eastern coast that thrives on snorkeling with dolphins, and he urged the rest of the country to follow that example. (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:22 AM PDT - (Provo Daily Herald) - 'Cove' star urges dolphin-watching, not killing
TOKYO - The star of the Oscar-winning movie about dolphin-killing in Japan had only praise for a small island off the eastern coast that thrives on snorkeling with dolphins, and he urged the rest of t (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:49 AM PDT - (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - 'The Cove' star praises dolphin-watching in Japan, hopes slaughter will end in Taiji
TOKYO - The star of the Oscar-winning movie about dolphin-killing in Japan had only praise for a small island off the eastern coast that thrives on snorkeling with dolphins, and he urged the rest of the country to follow that example. (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:56 PM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Ric O'Barry, 'Cove' Star, Urges Dolphin-Watching, Not Killing
US dolphin activist Ric O'Barry, the central figure in the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove', protests against dolphin hunting, at a public hall in Taiji town, known as a whale hunting village, in Wakayama prefecture, western Japan on November 2, 2010. O'Barry, the central figure in the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove', boycotted a meeting with members of Japan's dolphin-hunting town of ... (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:00 PM PDT - (San Diego Union-Tribune) - New dolphin joins the crowd at SeaWorld
SeaWorld on Friday announced the birth of an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin in San Diego. After a 12-month gestation, the calf was born to a 31-year-old mother in a pool behind the scenes at the marine-themed park on Mission Bay. (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:18 PM PDT - (The Missourian) - 'Cove' Star Urges Dolphin-Watching, Not Killing
TOKYO (AP) - The star of the Oscar-winning movie about dolphin-killing in Japan had only praise for a small island off the eastern coast that thrives on snorkeling with dolphins, and he urged the rest of the country to follow that example. (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (MetroWest Daily News) - Gols: Stop Japanese whaling fleet
By Anonymous The Japanese whaling fleet was in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary hunting whales again this year. This is the fourth time the Japanese have gone to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary since President Obama made the statement that... (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ottawa Citizen) - Portrait of a Canadian outlaw
He wanted to fight and actually engage with the enemy - in this case, the floating slaughterhouses harboured in Japan. The Japanese whaling fleet is the largest in the world, and, despite international moratoriums on killing cetaceans, the Japanese and... (Source)
- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sunshine Coast Daily) - Progression of the Sunshine Coast
They were reporting on Japan's discussions as to whether they should resume whaling in the southern ocean or not. One of the women involved in the negotiations considered it was time, in the wake of the tsunami and the nuclear plant meltdown... (Source)
- Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Daily Camera) - Guest commentary: Japan dolphin disaster to repeat
Whaling was outlawed by the International Whaling Commission in 1986. A few nations (Japan, Iceland, Norway, and the Faroe Islands, part of Denmark) continue to defy public opinion and kill whales. Even more sinister is the fact that the so-called... (Source)
- Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Earth Island Journal) - IMMP
O'Barry and the Save Japan Dolphins Team will be in Taiji, Japan, on September 1 to put a global spotlight on the dolphin hunt there. Meanwhile, at the International Whaling Commission meeting in Jersey, UK , IMMP's Mark J. Palmer and David Rinehart... (Source)
- Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Republic) - Colorado activists join protest of annual Japanese dolphin hunt with rally at ...
Protesters plan a rally at the Japanese Consulate in Denver on Thursday, the start of the dolphin hunting season. They say it's one of over 28 demonstrations marking the day around the world. Fishermen in one traditional whaling town in western Japan... (Source)
- Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:10 AM PDT - (WCAV Charlottesville) - Dolphin Found Dead in Va. Creek
A bottlenose dolphin that was stranded in a creek near the Chesapeake Bay has been found dead. (Source)
- Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:11 AM PDT - (The Virginia Gazette) - Dolphin stranded in Diascund Creek
JAMES CITY ' Ron Smith didn't know what he was seeing when he zoomed in on a splashing figure in Diascund Creek using the telescoping lens of his shotgun Monday afternoon. (Source)
- Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (San Jose Mercury News) - AP-GfK Poll: Japanese support for US bases grows
Japan has come under fire internationally for its whale hunting, but the Japanese public narrowly favors whaling for commercial purposes, the survey showed. (Source)
- Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Global Animal) - International Whaling Commission Weighs Renewed Whale Hunts
The International Whaling Commission will consider a controversial plan seeking a truce in Japan claims a moratorium exemption for scientific purposes;... (Source)
- Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:11 AM PDT - (The Virginia Gazette) - Dolphin stranded in Diascund Creek
JAMES CITY - Ron Smith didn-'t know what he was seeing when he zoomed in on a splashing figure in Diascund Creek using the telescoping lens of his shotgun Monday afternoon. (Source)
- Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Greenpeace International) - Greenpeace photo activism honoured at Visa pour l'Image
... the Tsunami devastation in Japan, the effects of environmetal issues and conflcits, ranging from early campaigns to stop whaling, the dramatic and... (Source)
- Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (News24) - They're still killing dolphins in Japan
Only since the International Whaling Commission outlawed the commercial killing of baleen whales in 1986 did the Japanese turn to hunting more of the... (Source)
- Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Middle East North Africa Financial Network) - Background Notes : Nauru
Nauru had little contact with Europeans until whaling ships and other traders During World War II Japan occupied Nauru from August 1942 until the end of... (Source)
- Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - WikiLeaks cables reveal Australian 'middle power diplomacy' on ...
Whaling is highly controversial in Australia, although Japan maintains its The repeated harassment of Japanese whaling boats by the conservationist Sea... (Source)
- Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Patch.com) - Whale Wars' Paul Watson to Talk Dolphin Slaughter on Patch ...
The outspoken- wildlife conservationist will be talking about the dolphin slaughter in Taji Japan and the upcoming season of Whale Wars, the Animal Planet... (Source)
- Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PR Newswire) - Iceland Exports Over a Hundred Tons of Endangered Fin Whale as ...
The 133 metric tons of whale meat worth an estimated US$1.2 million was exported to Japan in July 2011 even as the US administration announced that Iceland... (Source)
- Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - 'The Dark Knight Rises' Has Found Its New Waterfall Batcave
WHALE HIT: This site is censored by the anti Japan? this site is China or N,Korea? My Commentis not subject to... AnimuX: The despicable brutal destruction... (Source)
- Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Search Engine Land) - Live Blog: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's Informal Business Address
... 3100 TPS when Japan scored goal, then up to 3300 when Brazil scored later on. But other thing that happend is that they were вwhalingг through fail... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:56 PM PDT - (The Virginia Gazette) - Dolphin stranded in Diascund Creek
JAMES CITY ' Ron Smith didn't know what he was seeing when he zoomed in on a splashing figure in Diascund Creek using the telescoping lens of his shotgun Monday afternoon. (Source)
- Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:42 PM PDT - (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) - Aquarium tests downtown waters
'Winter' the dolphin has delayed the scheduled demolition of downtown Clearwater's Harborview civic center and given the downtown its first non-Scientology-related tourist destination. (Source)
- Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CisionWire (press release)) - ICELAND EXPORTS OVER A HUNDRED TONNES OF ENDANGERED FIN WHALE AS US TRADE ...
The 133 metric tonnes of whale meat worth an estimated US$1.2 million was exported to Japan in July 2011 even as the US administration announced that Iceland was defying the global ban on commercial whaling. вThere is a line in the sand that Iceland... (Source)
- Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:05 AM PDT - (Outer Banks Sentinel) - Dolphin study yields fascinating findings
Ask Outer Banks visitors and residents alike to name their favorite local species of wild animal and it is almost certain to prompt two responses that far outnumber all the rest combined: the fabled wild ponies that roam Currituck County and the beloved dolphins that call the sounds and coastal waters of the Outer Banks home. (Source)
- Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:28 PM PDT - (The Virginia Gazette) - Dolphin stranded in Diascund Creek
JAMES CITY ' Ron Smith didn't know what he was seeing when he zoomed in on a splashing figure in Diascund Creek using the telescoping lens of his shotgun Monday afternoon. (Source)
- Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:56 PM PDT - (Thailand Outlook Channel) - Thai-ASEAN News Network
A bottle-nose dolphin was found dead on Kao Tao beach, in Prachuab Khirikhan Province. Authorities believe it was killed by fishing equipment. Kao Tao villagers informed officials that they found a huge dolphin dead on Kao Tao beach, in Prachuab Khirikhan Province. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:07 AM PDT - (The Telegraph) - Dolphin called Winter rescues Clearwater Marine Aquarium
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - The little injured dolphin they called Winter couldn't have come along at a better time for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a rustic sea life rescue center occupying the city's old sewage treatment plant. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:51 AM PDT - (KGTV San Diego) - Young Patients, SeaWorld Dolphins To Interact
Patients from Rady Children's Hospital will have a chance to interact with bottlenose dolphins Tuesday under the eye of a Sea World dolphin trainer who survived her own battle with cancer. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:18 AM PDT - (St. Lucie News Tribune) - Fort Pierce's Harbor Branch key in rescue of baby dolphin that's now a movie star
In 2005, scientists raced against long odds to save an injured baby dolphin stranded and dying in the northern Indian River Lagoon. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:48 PM PDT - (The Virginia Gazette) - Dolphin stranded in Diascund Creek
JAMES CITY ' Ron Smith didn't know what he was seeing when he zoomed in on a splashing figure in Diascund Creek using the telescoping lens of his shotgun Monday afternoon. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Lowy Interpreter) - Is Australia taking Japan for granted?
Japanese and some Australian participants, however, pointed out that this view is what has led many in Japan to believe that the relationship is being taken for granted in some respects. Overestimating Japanese patience on the whaling issue... (Source)
- Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BYM News (press release)) - Japan. Operation Infinite Patienceаthe Cove Guardians have Arrived
Slowly but surely, we have worn down the Japanese whaling fleet with our persistence. However, the dolphin slaughter in Taiji is a much more difficult campaign than the struggle in the Southern Ocean. Specifically, it is a campaign that takes place in... (Source)
- Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (San Jose Mercury News) - 'There's someone in there'
"We were getting calls, an outpouring of concern, from all over the world, including Japan and these countries that were involved in whaling. It was incredible how big this story was. It's easier for people to identify one lost soul, one lost whale. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:39 AM PDT - (Brisbane Times) - Port Phillip Bay's dolphins show they're definitively a class act
Port Phillip Bay's dolphins have now been confirmed as a new species - the Burrunan dolphin. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:09 AM PDT - (WESH 2 Orlando) - Rescued Dolphin Stars In New Movie
A bottlenose dolphin that was rescued after being stranded on a sandbar of a lagoon becomes a movie star. For the full story, go to WPBF.com. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:00 AM PDT - (BigPond News) - New dolphin species discovered in Vic
Dolphin colonies in Vic's Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes have been recognised as a new species. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:54 AM PDT - (The Georgia Straight) - The Cove comes to downtown Vancouver
For dolphin lovers, one of the most disturbing places on Earth is a tiny cove in the southern Japanese fishing village of Taiji. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:42 AM PDT - (GlobalPost) - Australia discovers new species of dolphin
Dolphins found in south-eastern Australia are unlike any other species, researchers have discovered. Colonies of around 150 dolphins living around Melbourne, in Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes, were until now thought to be bottlenose dolphins. read more (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:30 AM PDT - (ABC Asia Pacific) - New dolphin species discovered in Melbourne
Twenty teams from around the world slug it out in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:22 AM PDT - (BBC News) - New species of dolphin discovered
Australian researchers find that a species of dolphin thought to be a common bottlenose is in fact a new species - and may already be endangered. (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:02 PM PDT - (Asian Correspondent) - Researcher discovers new dolphin species in Victoria
They're one of the most intelligent marine mammals, well known for their inquisitive and playful nature and now, following an amazing discovery by a Monash University researcher, Victoria's dolphins have been formally recognised as a new species. Kate Charlton-Robb, a PhD researcher in the School of Biological Sciences unearthed the remarkable findings, which have been (Source)
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Associated Press) - Japan hunts 195 whales in northwest Pacific Ocean
Critics say the expeditions are a cover for commercial whaling because meat from the harvest is sold for domestic consumption. Japan's annual whale catch has declined in recent years due to violent protests by conservationist groups. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:25 AM PDT - (WFTV 9 Orlando) - New Type Of Dolphin Discovered Off Australia
Australian researchers have discovered a new species of dolphin living right under their, uh, bottlenoses. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:52 AM PDT - (The Lakeland Ledger) - Indiana Girl Found Soul Mate in Dolphin With Prosthetic Tail
The real child star was a miserably shy Indiana third-grader with a misshapen left leg, a prosthesis that hurt and a future she thought couldn't possibly fit her dreams. Everything for Katrina Simpkins changed when she met Winter. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:15 AM PDT - (AFP Telegraph Finance News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - Whalesong song art takes off
Whale and dolphin song captured by an American sonar engineer and transformed into visuals by mathematics is being launched as a design venture by a Cornish entrepreneur (Source)
- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:44 AM PDT - (Gulf Daily News) - New dolphin species found
MELBOURNE: Researchers in Australia have discovered that dolphin colonies living around Melbourne are a species unlike any other in the world, they revealed yesterday. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:01 PM PDT - (FOX 35 Orlando) - Dolphin found beached dies
A Risso's dolphin beached itself at New Smyrna Beach Friday afternoon. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (TIME (blog)) - Obama Takes Steps to Stop Icelandic Whaling. Could He Do More?
Commercial whaling has been banned since 1986, but some still flout international standards by hunting the animals. Japan gets nearly all the attentionбand the reality TV showsбin part because it usually takes more than 1000 whales a year... (Source)
- Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:20 AM PDT - (Central Florida News 13) - Beached dolphin found at New Smyrna Beach, dies
A rare dolphin rescued from the beach in Volusia County, has died. (Source)
- Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:41 PM PDT - (Daytona Beach News-Journal) - Dolphin that beached in New Smyrna Beach dies at SeaWorld
A 9-foot Risso's dolphin cared for by dozens of beachgoers Friday afternoon died Saturday morning at SeaWorld, where experts tried to save the already gravely injured sea mammal's life. INSIDE: Photo gallery (Source)
- Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:17 PM PDT - (WFLX FOX 29) - Beached dolphin dies
Seaworld Orlando says the dolphin died at its rehab facility Saturday morning. (Source)
- Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (New York Times (blog)) - Obama Warns Iceland on Whaling Activity
In subsequent years the annual number of endangered fin whales killed by Icelandic fleets for whale-meat exports to Japan has risen from 7 to 148. In a letter sent to Congress on Wednesday night, the president said that such activities вdiminish the... (Source)
- Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:23 AM PDT - (The Star-Ledger) - 'The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives:' A book review
The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives Diana Reiss Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 304 pp., $27 Reviewed by Glenn Speer We've all heard the cry 'save the dolphins.' Doing just that is the calling of... (Source)
- Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:00 AM PDT - (Russian Information Agency Novosti) - The Most Dangerous Snail and Other Animal News
Near the Southern coast of Australia researchers discovered a new type of dolphin. Earlier scientists believed it was a bottlenose dolphin, but the shape of its scull, other features, and DNA test results suggest a new type, named Tursiops australis. (Source)
- Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:16 AM PDT - (New York Post) - New tail restores porpoise in life
This plucky dolphin has her sea leg back -- thanks to a Floridia duo who designed her a synthetic tail that's set to propel all three to Hollywood stardom. (Source)
- Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:47 AM PDT - (KPBS San Diego) - In A Win For Mexico, Dolphin-Safe Label For Imports Ruled Illegal
SAN DIEGO ' In a blow to conservationists, the World Trade Organization has ruled that dolphin-safe tuna labels are too trade-restrictive. For the last two decades, Mexico has claimed that its fishing standards are in par with those in the United States. (Source)
- Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (EP Magazine) - US Takes Diplomatic Action Against Icelandic Whaling
As the end of the country's whaling season approaches, no endangered fin whales citing difficulties in trading the meat with Japan following the tsunami... (Source)
- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:12 AM PDT - (Palo Alto Weekly) - Tomorrow's events (Sept. 21)
by PaloAltoOnline.com Author: Diana Reiss Tomorrow (Sept. 21) at 7 p.m., Diana Reiss gives a talk on her book "The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives." The event is at Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Art: 'Salt Works' Stanford graduate Bill Scull is exhibiting his aerial photographs of the Fremont salt ponds, in all their surreally colored ... (Source)
- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:02 AM PDT - (International Business Times) - Dolphins Initiating Conversations With Humans? Scientists See 'Mind-Blowing' Opportunity
A prominent dolphin researcher is probing whether dolphins are capable of starting conversations. (Source)
- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:06 AM PDT - (KTNV Las Vegas) - New dolphin calf makes his debut at the Mirage
An adorable new dolphin calf is making a splash at Siegfried & Roys Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. (Source)
- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:28 AM PDT - (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) - New Dolphin Species May Already Be at Risk
A dolphin that was previously lumped in with other species of coastal-dwelling dolphins is actually its own Australian species, researchers say. And already, the new Burrunan dolphin may be in danger due to its small population and limited range. (Source)
- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Courthouse News Service) - War of Words Erupts Over Icelandic Whaling
Iceland's not killing the fin whales has largely been attributed to the collapse of the global whale meat market following the tsunami in Japan... (Source)
- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Scottish Daily Record) - Greenpeace members vow to keep up the fight as organisation ...
He has taken direct, peaceful action in places like Japan, Russia, for putting up cardboard whale fins on the beach during a whaling conference. (Source)
- Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:13 AM PDT - (New York Times) - The Wild Dolphin Project
What was Denise L. Herzing's goal when she started the Wild Dolphin Project 25 years ago? (Source)
- Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:22 AM PDT - (New York Times) - The Learning Network Blog: 6 Q's About the News | The Wild Dolphin Project
What was Denise L. Herzing's goal when she started the Wild Dolphin Project 25 years ago? (Source)
- Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:09 AM PDT - (CBS News) - Video: True story behind new movie "Dolphin's Tail"
Dr. Debbye Turner Bell reports on the real-life survival story of Winter the dolphin, who inspired the new movie "Dolphin's Tail," starring Harry Connick Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson. (Source)
- Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - Nirvana 'Nevermind' Anniversary Reissue: Watch Unreleased Audio ...
Gee, it sure was a great to hear/see "the awesome sight of the band whaling" on these tunes. But I think "whaling" is illegal, except in places like Japan. (Source)
- Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Winnipeg Free Press) - US groups use obscure trade law to pressure Canada over oilsands ...
In 1986, Norway suspended its commercial whaling season one month after being certified under Japan is currently under three different Pelly certifications. (Source)
- Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:22 AM PDT - (Straight Furrow) - Dolphin deaths close shark fishery
A key shark fishery has been closed for six months because authorities found that more than 45 dolphins had died there in the past year. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority yesterday took the rare step of shutting gill nets out of a swath of Southern Ocean, near Kangaroo Island. (Source)
- Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT - (Adelaide Now) - Gillnet ban as dolphin deaths rise
A SHARP rise in the number of reported dolphin deaths in fishing gillnets has triggered a ban on the fishing practice off the Kangaroo Island coast. (Source)
- Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - The energy for trilateral ties
With the exception of the whaling issue, on which Australia has taken Japan to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), there is a sense in Canberra... (Source)
- Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Antigua Observer) - PM's New York accommodations spark discussion
... is the country's representative in relations with Japan and the International Whaling Commission, and David Shoul, the non-resident Ambassador to China. (Source)
- Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:28 AM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Dolphin deaths close shark fishery
Shark fishery closed after deaths of 45 dolphins in nets in the past year. (Source)
- Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:40 AM PDT - (BBC Devon) - Cornish coast dolphin 'declining'
Bottlenose dolphins may be in decline off Cornwall's coast, a new study from a University of Exeter student suggests. (Source)
- Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Reuters) - Safety official says SeaWorld put killer whale trainers at risk
A killer whale expert testified on Friday that there was "no way on earth" for five months in Japan after boarding a Japanese whaling ship in protest. (Source)
- Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Japan's noisy neighbors keep-a knocking
Japan's method for dealing with the disputed territories has been to stand its Rocks by a French whaling ship that narrowly missed colliding with them. (Source)
- Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:35 AM PDT - (Northern Star) - Dolphin research proves astonishing
RESEARCH into the feeding habits, movement and population numbers of dolphins at Tweed Heads has revealed astonishing results. (Source)
- Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:05 PM PDT - (News Channel 12 New Bern) - Both Amputees, Military Child Hopes To Meet Dolphin
ONSLOW COUNTY What do a dolphin without a tail and a boy without a leg have in common? A second chance at a full life and the chance to meet each other. (Source)
- Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Surfline.com Surf News) - RASTA AND THE TRANSPARENTSEA VOYAGE
... and hopefully the occasional leviathan of the ocean, the blue whale, Japan or tracking down and engaging whaling fleets aboard Sea Shepherd. (Source)
- Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (GMANews.TV) - PNoy pledges $1-M assistance to Japan tsunami, quake victims
Our country was compelled to render assistance to Japan immediately," he said. in the coastal whaling port of Ayukawa and the district of Kadonawaki. (Source)
- Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Back from the brink: endangered species successes
... include: the moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982 and the regulation of Speaking at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan last... (Source)
- Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:43 PM PDT - (Provo Daily Herald) - Pair of prosthetists worked to create new dolphin appendage
At first, officials at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on the Gulf Coast of Florida thought Kevin Carroll's call was a prank. (Source)
- Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:11 PM PDT - (Anime News Network) - Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga
Contrarily, in Japan for example, certain traditional crafts and arts have the. And if you disagree with Kariya about whaling, or chopsticks... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:05 AM PDT - (RTE News) - Bottlenose dolphins may live off Irish coast
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has said over the past year it has validated up to 200 sightings of a pod of three bottlenose dolphins. (Source)
- Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:32 PM PDT - (NBC Miami) - Breast Cancer Survivors Swim With Dolphins at Seaquarium
The Susan G. Komen foundation and Miami Seaquarium teamed up to provide VIP dolphin interactions for 28 brave women. (Source)
- Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:17 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japan to resume whaling shortly: Yomiuri reports
MARK COLVIN: Reports of the end of the Japanese whaling program appear to have been premature. The Yomiuri newspaper in Tokyo says the government will announce the resumption of whaling very shortly. Yomiuri says the centre-left government has decided... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:17 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japan's whale hunt to resume: reports
Media reports in Japan say the country will go ahead with this season's whaling hunt in the Antarctic. Today's Asahi newspaper is reporting the annual hunt, described by Japan as research whaling, will go ahead later this year. (Source)
- Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Bay Area Indymedia) - When Killing whales has become a matter of Japanese honor and pride
For several years the Japanese whaling fleet has been the target of protests in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary near Antarctica: first by Greenpeace then followed by Sea Shepherd. Last year the Sea Shepherd fleet of three vessels succeeded in... (Source)
- Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Suite101.com) - Whale Wars Resume: Sea Shepherd to Return to Antarctica
Operation Divine Wind, Sea Shepherd's eighth Antarctic campaign, was announced today after Japan's Asahi News confirmed that in December the Japanese whaling fleet intends to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean whale Sanctuary. (Source)
- Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The West Australian) - Whale wars loom again for southern summer
Both sides of the whaling debate have vowed to ramp up the fight over whaling in the Southern Ocean this season, with Japan boosting security for its fleet and conservationists saying they are prepared to die for the cause. (Source)
- Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Sea Shepherds say they are ready to die to stop Japanese whaling
Sea battle crew member Laurens De Groot hurls a bottle of butyric acid at a Japanese harpoon whaling ship / Pic: Sea Shepherd Source: The Daily Telegraph A Sea Shepherd protester fires a slingshot at Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru. (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:20 AM PDT - (The Sacramento Bee) - Vallejo marine park's oldest bottlenose dolphin dies
Trainers at a Vallejo marine animal park are mourning the death of a sprightly senior dolphin. (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:16 AM PDT - (Contra Costa Times) - Beloved bottlenose dolphin at Vallejo theme park dies at age 51
She was about 95 in human years and the oldest creature at the park when Terry the dolphin, the grande dame of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's animal collection, died over the weekend, a park spokeswoman said Monday. (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:08 AM PDT - (BBC Cornwall) - Dolphin joins sea championships
Zapcat racers and spectators are given a treat at Fistral Beach when a dolphin joins the action (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:19 AM PDT - (The Vacaville Reporter) - Vallejo Six Flags dolphin dies
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom staff are mourning the passing late Saturday night of their beloved dolphin Terry, park officials said Monday. (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:59 PM PDT - (The Sacramento Bee) - Bottlenose dolphin dies at Vallejo marine animal park
Trainers at a Vallejo marine animal park are mourning the death of a sprightly senior dolphin.Terr (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:43 PM PDT - (Ka Leo O Hawaii) - WTF WTO: the World Trade Organization's silent victims
Unbeknownst to many, the World Trade Organization has increasingly attacked U.S . consumer and environmental policies. In the past month, the WTO has ruled that both dolphin-safe tuna labels and the (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CNN) - Japan will hold winter whale hunt, despite protests
Sea Shepherd will have more than 100 people in the Southern Ocean to block the Japanese whaling fleet, according to the statement. Kano said Japan wants to continue research whaling with the aim of establishing that whale stocks are sufficient to... (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sky News Australia) - Japan confirms whale hunt plan
Commercial whaling has been banned since 1986, but Japan conducts whale hunts in the Antarctic and the northwestern Pacific under an exception that allows limited kills for research purposes. Japan plans to go ahead with its Southern Ocean whaling... (Source)
- Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC News (blog)) - The Global Note: Euro-MessЩAfghan WarЩKnox Heads HomeЩSaudi Drivers
Japan has maintained its whale hunting is for вresearchг purposes. Whaling season begins in December. From Akiko again: A ticket for two seats on the inaugural Boeing Dreamliner flight has apparently sold for roughly $33000 on ebay. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:08 AM PDT - (GMA News) - Dolphin, natagpuang patay sa baybayin ng Ormoc
ORMOC City - Patay na ang sugatang dolphin nang makita ng mga residente sa Brgy Linao, Ormoc City nitong Martes ng gabi. Dolphin injured by residents in Barangay Linao, Ormoc City Tuesday night. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:34 AM PDT - (NZCity) - Elton John takes son to see dolphin
Sir Elton John and David Furnish took their young son Zachary on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Georgia Aquarium last week, where they met a dolphin. (Source)
- Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CNN (blog)) - Japan's whaling could put lives at risk, New Zealand says
Anti-whaling activists approach a Japanese whaling vessel in January in a photo from Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research. New Zealand joined Australia on Wednesday in criticizing Japan's decision to resume whaling in Antarctic waters later this year... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Scoop.co.nz (press release)) - Labour condemns Japanese whale slaughter
We must continue to send an unequivocal and strong message to Japan that whaling is wrong,г Maryan Street said. вJapan must know that its decision to continue slaughtering whales isolates it from its international neighbours. вJapan cannot continue to... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Newsday (subscription)) - Japan to hold whale hunts despite activist threats
Click here Japan to hold whale hunts despite activist threats Originally published: October 4, 2011 9:16 PM Updated: October 4, 2011 9:46 PM By The Associated Press ERIC TALMADGE (Associated Press) (AP) -- Japan will go ahead with its whaling program... (Source)
- Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (STLtoday.com) - World news digest
Japan to go whaling Ѕ Japan will go ahead with its whaling program in the Antarctic later this year under heightened security to fend off activists who have vowed to disrupt the annual hunt, the country's fisheries minister said. (Source)
- Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:02 AM PDT - (Las Vegas Review-Journal) - Mirage Dolphin Habitat Serves As Attraction, Research Facility
Each time Duchess and her baby, K2, swam by the window separating the dolphins' pool from the humans' observation room, she watched the people as they watched her. Maybe there was a bit of anthropomorphizing going on but that dolphin had a look in her (Source)
- Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Malaya) - Whale wars!
Accusing whale research for failing to meet minimum standards for credible science, 21 scientists have declared "Japan's whaling program is not designed to answer scientific questions relevant to the management of whales." "Japan refuses to make the... (Source)
- Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TVNZ) - Govt 'wouldn't risk' face-off over whaling
Brown said the federal Government should insist that the whalers' tapes, logs, "all evidence of this illegal action by the Japanese whaling fleet" is brought out and available, if, for no other reason than the world court case. (Source)
- Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:52 AM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Judith Simon Prager, PhD: Dolphin-Assisted Therapy: Something Magical in the Water
One facet of the dolphins gifts, perhaps the most profound one, seems to be their ability to manifest unconditional love. They are infinitely patient with special needs children, (Source)
- Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:52 AM PDT - (The Huffington Post) - Judith Simon Prager, PhD: Dolphin-Assisted Therapy: Something Magical in the Water
Onw facet of the dolphins gifts, perhaps the most profound one, seems to be their ability to manifest unconditional love. They are infinitely patient with special needs children, (Source)
- Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Times LIVE) - Outrage as Japan raises whale hunt budget by 54 per cent
Japanese Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano said earlier this week that an escort ship would, for the first time, accompany the fleet when it sets sail for Antarctic waters in November. Japanese boats ended whaling earlier than usual last season after... (Source)
- Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ISRIA (registration)) - Japan
Given the legality of Japan's scientific research whaling, I don't think any Ministry has proposed or indicated that the future scientific research whaling be stopped. The internal discussion within the Japanese Government is to further gather... (Source)
- Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:21 PM PDT - (WESH 2 Orlando) - Dolphin Hangs 10 With Surfers
A CNN iReporter captures a dolphin frolicking and jumping through waves with surfers at South Carlsbad State Beach in California on Friday. (Source)
- Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Voxy) - Teen solo sailor Laura Dekker asks Japan to stop whaling
Sea Shepherd is known for their aggressive anti-whaling campaigns against the Japanese whaling fleets. Dekker's Manager Lyall Mercer said the young sailor felt compelled to make a personal appeal on behalf of "her generation" following Japan's recent... (Source)
- Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:37 AM PDT - (Shropshire Star) - Freeman: The dolphin upstages me!
Morgan Freeman is happy to be upstaged by a dolphin in his latest film. (Source)
- Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Burke backs legal power to stop whaling
Australia is the only country taking Japan to court over whaling because it is tough, not because the legal process is futile, Environment Minister Tony Burke says. Mr Burke played down a suggestion on Sunday that other countries have steered clear of... (Source)
- Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sunday Star Times) - Don't get soppy about blubbery beasts
Enter the Japanese whaling fleet. Assuming the role of pantomime villain for harpooning creatures that are not in any danger of extinction. The Antarctic minke whale population is estimated as anything between 300000 and 750000. (Source)
- Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:23 PM PDT - (Yahoo!7 via Yahoo!7 News) - Dolphin's tricks make a splash
South Australia's Port River dolphins have made a splash today, as young calf 'Ripple' showed off spectacular tail-walking skills. (Source)
- Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Politics.co.uk) - Jones: This is incredibly serious
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is disappointed but not surprised that Japan's whaling fleet is reportedly planning a return to Antarctica later this year to kill more whales for its dying market. David Cameron cut a triumphant figure... (Source)
- Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:11 PM PDT - (KOLD News 13 Tuscon) - Wounded Tucson veteran and dolphin have similar tale to tell
Both are using a special gel that allows them to use their prosthetics without pain. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:13 AM PDT - (WTSP-TV Tampa) - Dolphin's movie boosts attendance at aquarium
A movie about a tail-less dolphin is bringing a record number of visitors to the Tampa Bay-area aquarium where the famous animal lives. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:31 AM PDT - (The Mississippi Press) - 4 dead dolphins wash up on Gulf Coast beaches in 5 days; deaths part of 'unusual mortality event'
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama -- A dolphin carcass, bloated and violet in the morning sun, was found on Fort Morgan early Saturday, bringing the number lost since the BP oil spill to more than 400. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:07 AM PDT - (FOX 35 Orlando) - Dolphin's movie boosts attendance
A movie about a tail-less dolphin is bringing a record number of visitors to the Tampa Bay-area aquarium where the famous animal lives. (Source)
- Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:54 AM PDT - (WTVY Dothan) - Tail-less Dolphin Movie Spurs Attendance at FL Aquarium
Last weekend was the best in aquarium's history (Source)
- Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:34 AM PDT - (BigPond News) - Coal port to wipe out dolphin pod
A pod of rare dolphins could be wiped out by a coal port off the central Qld coast, WWF Australia warns. (Source)
- Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (NTNews.com.au) - ON CITY PARKING
Nightcliff Who are we to tell Japan to stop whaling, when we won't tell Australians in aboriginal communities to look after their dogs?... (Source)
- Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (TakePart) - Japanese Whalers Arming for Antarctic Battle
By Jon Bowermaster A Japanese whaling boat shoots water canons at a Sea Shepherd Last year, Japan's whaling fleet sailed home early, fatigued by the... (Source)
- Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (NOAA) - United States regrets Japan's renewed whaling in the Southern Ocean
вWe are very concerned about Japan continuing its whaling program in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary,г said Monica Medina, US commissioner to the International... (Source)
- Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New Zealand Herald) - Eco-raiders target pirates
Bethune says the whaling industry might intensify its aggression towards activists. Sources in Japan told him the whalers would take armed military veterans... (Source)
- Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:40 AM PDT - (BigPond News) - Coal port to wipe out dolphin pod
A pod of rare dolphins could be wiped out by a coal port off the central Qld coast, WWF Australia warns. (Source)
- Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (SouthCoastToday.com) - Whaling history symposium draws global participants
By Dan McDonald NEW BEDFORD б An all-day Whaling History Symposium drew scholars from Norway, The Netherlands and Japan to the Whaling Museum Saturday. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:06 PM PDT - (Canada.com) - Gallery: Baby dolphin rescue
The head of the NGO "S.O.S. Rescate Fauna Marina" Richard Tesore cares for a female baby La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia Blainvillei) in the sea of Piriapolis, 90 km (56 miles) to the east of Montevideo, October 17, 2011. The dolphin, with its umbilical cord still attached, was found beached near Montevideo city and was sent to the NGO. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:00 PM PDT - (3news) - Photos: Baby La Plata Dolphin being hand-reared in Uruguay
A baby dolphin beached near Montevideo city, Uruguay, still had its umbilical cord attached when it was found. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:16 PM PDT - (Stuff) - Baby dolphin hand-reared in South America
A beached baby dolphin, found alive with its umbilical cord still attached, is being hand-reared in Uruguay. (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:06 PM PDT - (CBS Miami) - Aquatic Adventures Island Dolphin Care
In this week's Aquatic Adventures we take you to a special place in Key Largo called Island Dolphin Care. Everyday the team treats people with special needs ranging in age from young children to older [...] (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:51 PM PDT - (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) - The head of the NGO "S.O.S Rescate Fauna Marina" Richard Tesore carries a female baby La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia ...
The head of the NGO "S.O.S Rescate Fauna Marina" Richard Tesore carries a female baby La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) out of the sea after feeding it near the sea side resort of Piriapolis, 90 km to the east of Montevideo, October 17, 2011. The dolphin, with its umbilical cord still attached, was found beached near Montevideo city and was sent to the NGO. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY ... (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Japan Whaling to Resume, Violence Is Feared
Japan's whaling research body, the Institute of Cetacean Research, today said 91.6 per cent а or 262 of the 286 mature female minkes taken during the last... (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (inmycommunity) - Stop Japan whaling
Japan has never honoured the protocols of mutual respect and friendship in regards to the Australian Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Is the Government going... (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Voice of America) - Conservationists Plot Different Course to Thwart Japanese Whalers
This year, the group plans to send three ships to harass the Japanese whaling fleet. In response, Tokyo is warning that its ships will have better security... (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Whale Wars on the Internet: Iceland, Japan and Yahoo! Marketing ...
LONDON: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today confirmed that a further 131 tonnes of Icelandic fin whale has been shipped to Japan and renewed... (Source)
- Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Dominion Post) - Protesters, whalers gear up for conflict
Despite theories Japan may call off this year's annual whale hunt because of its devastating earthquake and tsunami, it was revealed this month that the... (Source)
- Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - 'Whale war' kicks off as Japan sends strengthened fleet to Antarctica
But it was Australia, which fired the first diplomatic shots, this week condemning Japan and urging it not to send its fleet. "There is widespread concern in the international community at Japan's whaling programme and widespread calls for it to cease"... (Source)
- Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Wildlife Extra) - Sea Shepherd vows to stop Japanese whaling fleet
The Japanese government has allocated Ѓ17 million to boost security for the fleet. Marine wildlife conservation organisation Sea Shepherd, which has long battled with Japan about its whaling, says the decision does not make financial sense and now... (Source)
- Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:54 AM PDT - (La Jolla Light) - Whale of a Tale! Flip Nicklin's book takes you Among Giants
Although 'Among Giants' is the title of the 192-page book replete with photos and tales of the world's greatest creatures ' whales ' it is also an apt label for the book's author, Charles 'Flip' Nicklin, among the world's giants in nature photography. Currently in his fourth decade as a top whale and dolphin photographer for National Geographic, Nicklin has been touring the country to promote ... (Source)
- Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:09 PM PDT - (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Conservationists slam dolphin by-catch in Pilbara fishery
The number of dolphins being killed during commercial trawling in Western Australia's North West has prompted new calls for measures to reduce the by-catch. (Source)
- Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Vanity Fair) - The Road to Melville
Melville ends this chapter with an image that has taken on a frightening immediacy due to the ravages of climate change and the aftermath of the tsunami that recently decimated Japan. вIn Noah's flood he [the whale] despised Noah's Ark,г Ishmael... (Source)
- Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (msnbc.com) - More humpback whales in North Pacific than thought
The boosted population numbers are a far cry from the scant 1400 humpback whales estimated in the North Pacific Ocean at the end of commercial whaling in 1966. "While populations of some other whale species remain very low this shows that humpback... (Source)
- Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:47 PM PDT - (Washington Post) - 'The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives,' by Diana Reiss
MARINE LIFE THE DOLPHIN IN THE MIRROR Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives By Diana Reiss Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 276 pp. $27 Read full article (Source)
- Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Bethune takes break from whaling protest
The Kiwi jailed in Japan for boarding a Japanese whaling ship and hurling a stink bomb during a high seas confrontation says he has no plans to take part in anti-whaling protests in Antarctica this year. Pete Bethune, who was part of the Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Salinas Californian) - Roy Diaz of Salinas, Bataan Death March survivor, celebrates 95th birthday
His grandfather on his mother's side was a harpooner on a whaling ship, in the days when Monterey was a whaling station. Later, just before his Army service, Diaz was a dry land farmer, growing tomatoes with his father and doing well. (Source)
- Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:49 PM PDT - (NZCity) - Monument to Moko unveiled today
A monument to Moko is being unveiled this morning at Mahia in northern Hawke's Bay, where the legendry dolphin first made contact with human beings. (Source)
- Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Alaska Dispatch) - Alaska's humpback whale population rebounds
... and is now greater than some prior estimates of pre-whaling abundance,г wrote the 19 co-authors from Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Mexico and Japan in a paper published this week in the journal of Marine Mammal Science. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:02 PM PDT - (Bradenton Herald) - Mote Marine trying to save beached melon-headed whale
SARASOTA -- A melon-headed whale, which was beached on Manasota Key on Sunday, is fighting for its life at Mote Dolphin and Whale Hospital. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:00 PM PDT - (thewest.com.au) - Dolphin calf is Magic
The name of Koombana Bay's newest dolphin calf was announced on Sunday after a competition run in conjunction with the South Western Times. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:04 PM PDT - (St. Lucie News Tribune) - Scientist who helped rescue Winter the dolphin visits Vero Beach school
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ' Although she's only 6 years old, Abby Introcaso said she knows what she wants to be when she grows up ' a dolphin helper. (Source)
- Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Suite101.com) - Taiji's Cove Claims Another Pod of Dolphins and a Calf
Japan's Ministry of Fisheries has requested $14 million dollars to beef up security for its whaling fleet, which includes the infamous whale processing factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. The Ministry has also said it will be providing an escort ship for... (Source)
- Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (AFP) - Brigitte Bardot tells Japan to stop whaling
TOKYO б Former screen siren Brigitte Bardot has joined forces with militant environmentalists to call on Japan to halt its "campaign of death" in the annual Antarctic whale hunt. In a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the sixties sex... (Source)
- Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - No plans to send patrol ship to monitor whalers: minister
The federal government says it has has no plans to send its Southern Ocean patrol vessel, Ocean Protector, to watch over this summer's Japanese whaling season. With the whaling fleet likely to depart Japan next month, the red Customs and Border... (Source)
- Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Care2.com) - Endangered Whale Meat Sold on Yahoo! Japan
Though whale meat might have been used for a long time in Japan, many of the whales previously used were from Japan's own whale hunts, so there was a local or regional knowledge of the process. In this case, globalization and e-commerce are at work to... (Source)
- Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Mother Nature Network) - Brigitte Bardot tells Japan to stop whaling
The former screen siren has joined forces with Sea Shepherd to call on Japan to halt its 'campaign of death' in the annual Antarctic whale hunt. By Agence France-PresseTue, Oct 25 2011 at 12:53 PM EST WHALE WARS: The former French movie star and... (Source)
- Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:05 PM PDT - (Pensacola News Journal) - Bacteria likely to blame for dolphins' deaths
NOAA identifies bacteria as likely cause of high number of dolphin deaths (Source)
- Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whalers get $28m boost
THE Japanese cabinet has dramatically increased its subsidy for Antarctic whaling by $28.5 million, according to environment groups monitoring post-disaster spending. The Fisheries Agency of Japan was given the money on top of its usual $10 million... (Source)
- Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:04 PM PDT - (Sacramento Bee) - Illegal Trade in Whale Meat from Iceland's International Airport Exposed
Iceland's minke whaling season is still underway. The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is currently reviewing a separate request under the Pelly Amendment, related to the export of more than 1500 tons of whale products to Japan and other countries... (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:07 AM PDT - (KENS 5 San Antonio) - Hundreds of dead dolphin babies, fetuses wash up on Texas Gulf shores
NEW ORLEANS -- Starting about three months before last year's oil spill, 517 dead bottlenose dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf of Mexico'several times the usual numbers. Last winter and, even more this winter, the bodies included large numbers of babies and aborted fetuses. That raised questions about whether lingering effects of last year's oil spill might have sickened ... (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:23 AM PDT - (The Houma Courier) - Scientists examine whether Gulf oil spill prompted dolphin deaths
Five of the more than 500 dolphins that have washed ashore dead along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas over the past two years died from a bacterial infection called Brucella, federal scientists announced Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:01 AM PDT - (The Mississippi Press) - Bacterial infection blamed in some dolphin deaths, oil link unclear
Five of the 580 dolphins that have died in the Gulf of Mexico since February 2010 are believed to have succumbed to bacterial infections, federal officials announced Thursday. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32 AM PDT - (ThirdAge) - Bottlenose Dolphin Deaths Linked to Bacteria
The deaths of five bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico have been linked to Brucella bacteria, according to CNN. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:33 PM PDT - (Bradenton Herald) - Melon-headed whale transferred to SeaWorld
SARASOTA -- A melon-headed whale treated at Mote Marine Laboratory's Dolphin and Whale Hospital was transferred Friday afternoon to SeaWorld Orlando. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00 PM PDT - (KIAH-TV Houston) - Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths
Nearly 600 dolphins have died in the Gulf of Mexico in the last year and half, and although scientists haven't confirmed the 2010 oil spill is to blame... It's definitely a factor they're considering. (Source)
- Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japanese whalers want $30m for bodyguard ship
By North Asia correspondent The agency in charge of Japan's whaling program says it will ask the Japanese government for an extra $30 million for this year's Antarctic hunt. Japan's fisheries agency wants the extra money so it can better protect the... (Source)
- Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:09 AM PDT - (Florida Keys Keynoter) - Dolphin deaths in Gulf raise alarm over cause
Scientists investigating a plague of 580 marine-mammal deaths, nearly all bottlenose dolphins, in the northern Gulf of Mexico have identified a specific bacterial infection as a possible culprit. (Source)
- Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)) - Why Japan Is Preparing to Battle Over Whaling Their Other Agenda
The number of whales Japan is allowed to take for food is strictly controlled by the International Whaling Commission, but the number allowed for scientific research is very loosely controlled, if at all in some cases. Japan uses this loophole to kill... (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:01 AM PDT - (AFP via Yahoo!7 News) - Bangladesh to set up dolphin sanctuaries
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said Monday, in a bid to protect the country's population of endangered freshwater cetaceans. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:16 AM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Dolphin Echolocating Abilities May Diminish due to Man-made Noise
Marine mammals are significantly affected by underwater noise such as ship sonar and oil well operations, according to new research from the United States. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:15 AM PDT - (WGN TV Chicago) - Newborn dolphin dies at Brookfield Zoo
Dolphin born Sunday morning A new born dolphin died Sunday at the Brookfield Zoo. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:38 AM PDT - (BBC News) - Bangladesh bid to save dolphins
Bangladesh is to declare three areas in the southern Sundarbans mangrove forest as dolphin sanctuaries to protect freshwater dolphins, officials say. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:21 PM PDT - (The Age) - Dolphin calf at popular beach
A newborn dolphin named Piper has become the fourth generation of bottlenose dolphin to join the pod at Western Australia's popular beach resort of Monkey Mia. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:18 PM PDT - (BigPond News) - New dolphin calf at popular WA beach
A newborn dolphin has become the fourth generation of bottlenose dolphin to join the pod at a WA beach. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:13 PM PDT - (News.com.au) - New dolphin calf at Monkey Mia beach
A NEWBORN dolphin named Piper has become the fourth generation of bottlenose dolphin to join the pod at WA's popular beach resort of Monkey Mia. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:13 PM PDT - (Perth Now) - Monkey Mia welcomes new baby Piper
A NEWBORN dolphin named Piper has become the fourth generation of bottlenose dolphin to join the pod at WA's popular beach resort of Monkey Mia. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:20 PM PDT - (UPI) - Newborn dolphin dies at Chicago zoo
CHICAGO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A newborn bottlenose dolphin at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo died just after birth, zoo officials said. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:00 PM PDT - (UPI) - Bangladesh names dolphin sanctuaries
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Bangladesh says three areas in southern mangrove forests will be dolphin sanctuaries to protect freshwater dolphins, one of the world's most endangered animals. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (IcelandReview) - US Official: No Action against Iceland's Whaling
вObviously there are quotas for indigenous whaling and that's the difference. 1500 tons of whale products to Japan and other countries in recent years. (Source)
- Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:13 PM PDT - (News.com.au) - New dolphin calf Piper at WA beach
A NEWBORN dolphin named Piper has become the fourth generation of bottlenose dolphin to join the pod at WA's popular beach resort of Monkey Mia. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:37 PM PDT - (The Orange Leader) - Outdoors Video: Pink dolphin captured on Calcasieu
Outdoors Editor Chester Moore captures video footage of an extremely rare pink albino dophin on Lake Calcasieu (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:50 PM PDT - (WPRI Providence) - Dolphin washes up on Narragansett shore
A dolphin washed up on shore in Narragansett Tuesday afternoon. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:03 PM PDT - (BigPond News) - New dolphin calf at popular WA beach
A newborn dolphin has become the fourth generation of bottlenose dolphin to join the pod at a WA beach. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:56 PM PDT - (Gulf Times) - Sundarbans sanctuaries for dolphins
Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said yesterday, in a bid to protect the country's population of endangered freshwater cetaceans. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:03 PM PDT - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
A melon-headed whale nicknamed Dante who was stranded Oct. 23 on Manasota Key has been stabilized by Mote Marine's Dolphin and Whale Hospital. Dante was treated for pneumonia and gastroenteritis and has been transferred to SeaWorld Orlando for long-term care. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:56 PM PDT - (Gulf Times) - Sundarbans sanctuaries for dolphins
Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said yesterday, in a bid to protect the country-'s population of endangered freshwater cetaceans. (Source)
- Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:03 PM PDT - (The Longboat Observer) - Login
A melon-headed whale nicknamed Dante who was stranded Oct. 23 on Manasota Key has been stabilized by Mote Marine-'s Dolphin and Whale Hospital. Dante was treated for pneumonia and gastroenteritis and has been transferred to SeaWorld Orlando for long-term care. (Source)
- Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:40 PM PDT - (New Kerala) - Bangladesh Sundarbans to have dolphin sanctuaries
Dhaka, Nov 3 : Bangladesh will soon declare parts of the river area near the Sundarbans as "dolphin sanctuaries" to ensure a safe environment for the endangered freshwater mammals, officials said. (Source)
- Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - 'A pirate to catch a pirate'
Photo: Kate Geraghty Over summer the crew of 35 conservationist volunteers will stalk the Japanese whaling ships and brave nature's whims to put themselves... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - 'It takes a pirate to catch a pirate'
Over summer the crew of 35 conservationist volunteers will stalk the Japanese whaling ships and brave nature's whims to put themselves between the hunters... (Source)
- Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Whaling 'not depleting' minke stock
In recent years, Japan has conducted whaling off its coast in the spring and autumn, in addition to its winter whaling program in the Antarctic Ocean. (Source)
- Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecology Global Network) - Whales а Defended and Attacked
Those nations do not, however, include Japan, which in addition to its own thriving whale fishing trade, imports tons of whale meat from Iceland and Norway. (Source)
- Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (KQED QUEST) - Sharktober Continues in November
Today, they are still taken by whaling countries such as Greenland, Japan and Norway as a source of food and for 'scientific research. (Source)
- Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:21 AM PDT - (FT Finance News (ext) via Yahoo! Finance) - Dolphin imports highlight Korean divide
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has added Chinese dolphins, French poodles, and African aphrodisiacs to the luxury goods he imports into the impoverished country, according to South Korean intelligence ... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:53 PM PDT - (Asia News Network) - A dolphin sanctuary
The government move to declare 32 kilometres of the Sundarbans waterways as 'dolphin sanctuaries' for the conservation of dolphins could not have been more timely. The waterways of the Sundarbans, ..... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:55 AM PDT - (NPR) - A Researcher Asks: Are Dolphins Self-Aware?
Like chimpanzees, dolphins are large-brained and highly social animals, but can they recognize themselves in a mirror? Psychologist and dolphin researcher Diana Reiss discusses her work with dolphin communication and cognition. (Source)
- Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - Whales Surprise Surfer Near California Beach (VIDEO)
Whaling, an historically lucrative business around the world, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent decades. According to the Associated Press, Japan... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:40 AM PDT - (Asia News Network via Yahoo! Philippines News) - Editorial: A dolphin sanctuary
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - The government move to declare 32 kilometres of the Sundarbans waterways as 'dolphin sanctuaries' for the conservation of dolphins could not have been more timely. The waterways of the Sundarbans, says a study of Bangladesh Cetacean Development Project (BCDP), provide for the biggest habitat of two species of dolphins. Revealing as the information is, these species ... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:06 AM PDT - (New Kerala) - NGO opposes dolphin park in Maharashtra
New Delhi, Nov 5: An animal rights NGO Saturday wrote to Maharashtra's Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal opposing the proposed building of a dolphin and water theme park along the Arabian Sea coastline in Sindhudurg. (Source)
- Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Sea Shepherd News: Submersibles, Operation Divine Wind, And ...
With the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society gearing up for yet another confrontation down under with the Japanese whaling fleet, the amount of news being... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BBC News) - Whale watchers gather in Hove
"They took the decision to ban commercial whaling at the Hilton Hotel. "It is still lingering on in Japan, Iceland and Norway but the world turned at that... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Natural Resources Defense Council) - This Week in Whales: Saving North Atlantic Right Whales from ...
Building on previous success, Sea Shepherd intends to completely shut down Japan's whaling in the Southern Ocean this year. One of its ships, the Bob Barker... (Source)
- Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - Humpback Whales Shock Surfer At Beach Near Santa Cruz, California ...
Sightseers aren't the only ones posing a challenge to whales. Despite an international moratorium on whaling in 1986, countries such as Japan and Iceland... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST - (Seattle Times) - 'The Dolphin in the Mirror' looks back at us
A review of Diana Reiss' "The Dolphin in the Mirror," which makes the case that dolphins are fully conscious, highly communicative and even possess an artistic sensibility. (Source)
- Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Hawaii News Now) - VOYAGE INTO THE DEEP: PART 1
... then came the western explorers and by the early 19th century whaling ships began making their way to the Japan whaling grounds. "...In search of whale... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:10 PM PST - (KMBC-TV Kansas City) - Famed Dolphin Inspires Area Girl
A dolphin in Florida may be able to help teach a 4-year-old Lee's Summit girl a lesson in patience and perseverance. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:08 PM PST - (TVNZ) - Concern over death of Maui dolphin
A dead Maui's dolphin has been found washed up in Manukau Harbour, amid experts warning that a single unnatural death could have disastrous consequences for the critically-endangered species (Source)
- Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (New Zealand Herald) - NZ's stand on whale hunt disappoints protest skipper
He also criticised the Government for seeking an international compromise which would allow Japanese whaling to continue with a reduced catch limit. (Source)
- Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Half a Million Dalls Porpoises Killed in Japan Since the 1960s ...
The ban saved many whale species from certain extinction, but unwittingly resulted in a new threat to Dall's porpoises when Japan's whaling companies turned... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Mother Nature Network) - Celebs support Sea Shepherd's 'Stand Up for the Oceans'
His group will face a Japanese whaling fleet that was recently granted nearly $30M over their annual $10M government subsidy for increased security... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - WATCH: John Leguizamo Asks Americans to Support Gay Marriage
... of Nature, Antarctic Minke whale... AnimuX: Some pro-whaling antagonists pretend as if environmentalists only focus on Japan. However, they conveniently... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:19 AM PST - (VOA News) - As Numbers Dwindle, Rare Dolphin Fights for Survival
Threatened by two large construction projects, the Chinese white dolphin fights for survival in the Pearl River Delta (Source)
- Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:19 AM PST - (WESH 2 Orlando) - Famed Dolphin Inspires Girl With Prosthesis
A girl who is adjusting to a prosthetic arm is getting inspiration from a dolphin whose personal struggle became a hit movie. For the full story, go to KMBC.com. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:30 AM PST - (The Express-Times) - Caption this: A seal with a kiss
Write a caption for this seal and dolphin kissing each other during a show in Japan. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:36 PM PST - (The News-Press) - Showy dolphin freed after becoming stuck in mud
Tourists get close-up view of wildlife. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:00 AM PST - (WLFI Lafayette) - Stranded dolphin named after Drew Brees
Out of nearly 350 dolphins who died in the Gulf of Mexico this past year, there's one who beat the odds. (Source)
- Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Narooma News) - "Have News will Travel"
The Japanese maintain that the Russians do not fish sustainably, being only interested in fish roe for caviar and throw dead fish back into the sea. The elephant in the room was in this case a whale in the room. No one wanted to talk about whaling. (Source)
- Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:50 PM PST - (New Kerala) - Gangetic river dolphins on road to recovery?
By Imran Khan , Patna, Nov 11 : In great news for environmentalists and nature lovers, the population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin has grown to 223 from about 175 last year at the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, India's only dolphin sanctuary, located in Bihar. (Source)
- Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Examiner.com) - Sea Shepherd crews "more passionate about saving lives than destroying life"
Come December 2011, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, led by Captain Paul Watson will head out to sea to face the Japanese whaling fleet for the 8th time. In preparation for this campaign, called Operation Divine Wind, Watson prepared and open... (Source)
- Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (OregonLive.com) - Animal Nature: Gearing up for whale watching; wildlife refuges offer great ...
US scientists joined hundreds of researchers from Japan, Russia, Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala to systematically survey the species' overall population, structure and genetic makeup. (Source)
- Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:20 PM PST - (The Sun) - Rave kills dolphin
A DOLPHIN died after marine park bosses allowed a deafening rave yards from its pool (Source)
- Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:34 PM PST - (Orange County Register) - Deformity can't hold back this dolphin
A common dolphin caught on camera as it leaped out of the water off Dana Point this week has a striking deformity near its tail -- one that does not appear to be keeping this creature from living to the fullest.Dave Anderson of Capt.... (Source)
- Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:58 PM PST - (WJHG Panama City) - "Roux Brees", a Dolphin Defying All Odds
About 350 stranded marine mammals, many of them dolphins, have died in the Gulf of Mexico this year. Roux Brees was almost one of them. But a little hope and a lot of dedication helped him overcome all odds. (Source)
- Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - Japan should be sent whaling message
THE Federal Opposition wants the Government to send Japan a message on whaling by deploying a ship to the Southern Ocean. The Government this week confirmed the Japanese whaling fleet would again head down to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:27 AM PST - (KSEE 24 Fresno) - Rave At Swiss Marine Park Blamed For Death Of Dolphin
Wildlife experts have accused a marine park of killing a dolphin after allowing a deafening rave to be held in the attraction just a few yards from the mammal's pool. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:55 AM PST - (Daily Mail) - Noisy two-day rave at Swiss marine park is blamed for death of dolphin
Wildlife experts have accused a marine park in Switzerland of killing a dolphin after allowing a two-day rave to be held in the attraction just a few yards from the mammal's pool. (Source)
- Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PST - (Otago Daily Times) - Dolphin catch breaks fisherman's heart
The death of a dolphin in a set net has devastated a fisherman and disappointed the Department of Conservation (Doc), but provided a rare research opportunity for a marine ecologist. read more (Source)
- Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:20 AM PST - (The Daily Times) - As funds dwindle, MERR makes cuts
LEWES -- Every once in a while, a whale, seal, dolphin or turtle will wash ashore that's in need of a proper burial or help finding its way home. (Source)
- Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:31 PM PST - (Marietta Daily Journal) - Story of dolphin's will to survive inspires students
MARIETTA ' Students at Hickory Hills Elementary School got to hear the inspirational story of a very special dolphin that is the star of a recently released movie. Dan Strzempka, whose team in Sara... (Source)
- Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Perth Now) - Government letting Aussies down on whaling
But Mr Watson, who captivated a packed Astor Theatre in Mt Lawley last night, said his crew was more than a match for a beefed-up Japanese whaling fleet. "I anticipate it will be our most challenging season because of the increased muscle Japan's... (Source)
- Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:52 PM PST - (Malaysian Digest) - Rarest Dolphin Spotted in New Zealand Harbour after Two-Year Disappearance
WELLINGTON, 15 NOVEMBER, 2011: One of the world's smallest and rarest marine dolphins has been seen in the harbour of New Zealand' s capital, more than two years after the last sighting, conservation officials announced Tuesday. (Source)
- Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:59 PM PST - (Scoop.co.nz) - Endangered Hector's dolphin back in Wellington harbour
A Hector's dolphin '“ the world's smallest and rarest marine dolphin '“ was spotted in Wellington harbour yesterday after last being seen in 2009. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:18 PM PST - (Marlborough Express) - Dolphin Watch admits part in accident
Picton company Dolphin Watch Ecotours has admitted its part in an accident in the Marlborough Sounds in December last year. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:38 PM PST - (3news) - Rare Hector's dolphin seen in Wellington Harbour
A critically endangered Hector's dolphin has been sighted in Wellington Harbour. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:06 PM PST - (Discovery News) - Whale and Dolphin Games?
A remarkable photo shows what appears to be a whale and dolphin playing. (Source)
- Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Significance Magazine) - The Western Black Rhino goes extinct.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) sees an annual battle between those nations who want to keep a ban on commercial whaling and those, like Japan, who seek to continue killing whales and obtaining whale-meat under the banner of 'scientific... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:37 AM PST - (Delaware Coast Press) - MERR cuts as funds dwindle
LEWES -- Every once in a while, a whale, seal, dolphin or turtle will wash ashore that's in need of a proper burial or help finding its way home. (Source)
- Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:51 PM PST - (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) - Dolphin calf rescued near John's Pass
Several feet of tangled fishing line was digging deep into the dolphin, through its mouth, around his flipper, and dorsal fin. It could've been a slow and painful death, had a determined team of biologists and vets not come to the rescue. (Source)
- Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:34 PM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Rescue team frees baby dolphin tangled in fishing line near John's Pass
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, November 16, 2011 MADEIRA BEACH '” A baby dolphin ensnared in fishing line was rescued Tuesday morning near John's Pass after spending months tangled in the cord. The 6-month-old calf was first spotted in July with his mother off the coast of John's Pass by ecologist and dolphin researcher Ann Weaver. She was doing research at John's Pass, where ... (Source)
- Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:19 PM PST - (St. Petersburg Times) - Rescue team frees ensnared baby dolphin off John's Pass
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, November 16, 2011 MADEIRA BEACH '” A baby dolphin ensnared in fishing line was rescued Tuesday morning near John's Pass after spending months tangled in the cord. The 6-month-old calf was first spotted in July with his mother off the coast of John's Pass by ecologist and dolphin researcher Ann Weaver. She was doing research at John's Pass, where ... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:34 PM PST - (Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot) - Police Files
North Coast Highway: A dead dolphin was reported on Main Beach at 11:37 a.m. Saturday. (Source)
- Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:17 PM PST - (Scientific American) - Mass Appeal: To Study Backward-Finned Dolphin, Researcher Sources Crowds for Cash
No, it's not photoshopped--that dolphin's fin really is on backward. It is a type of spinner dolphin that lives in the eastern tropical Pacific. The really peculiar thing about these cetaceans is that only the adult males have backward fins. The juveniles and females of the species look completely normal. [More] (Source)
- Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Gloucester Daily Times) - Ocean Alliance advances study on pollution, whales
That number has dropped significantly, due to the 1986 International Whaling Commission's moratorium on whaling. Although a number of countries continue to hunt whales, including Norway, Iceland and Japan б which many critics say cloaks its whaling... (Source)
- Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Ecologist (blog)) - Tsunami stalls Japan's Dall's porpoise slaughter, but for how long?
If anything positive could have come from the destruction, it was that Japan had been given the perfect opportunity to walk away from this wholesale butchery of cetaceans, and the near-universal international condemnation of its whaling activities... (Source)
- Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:43 AM PST - (Leader Community Newspapers) - Hastings dolphin expert hails new law to protect marine life
WATERWAY hoons who endanger marine wildlife will be punished under tough new laws. (Source)
- Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Global Animal) - Final Stranded Whales Die In Australia
However, some species of whale remain endangered and Japan's practice of hunting whales for what it says are scientific purposes continues to cause... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:35 PM PST - (Straits Times) - Dutch court rules killer whale can be sent to zoo
AMSTERDAM (AP) - A Dutch court ruled on Monday that a dolphin park that rescued a young killer whale named 'Morgan' in 2010 can send it to a Spanish amusement park. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:32 PM PST - (3news) - Kiwi marine biologist Ingrid Visser fights for orca Morgan's freedom
A Dutch court has ruled that a dolphin park that rescued a young killer whale named "Morgan" in 2010 can send it to a Spanish amusement park. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:22 PM PST - (3news) - Kiwi marine biologist fights for orca's freedom
A Dutch court has ruled that a dolphin park that rescued a young killer whale named "Morgan" in 2010 can send it to a Spanish amusement park. (Source)
- Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Lismore Northern Star) - Japanese coming for whales again
But Japan is not backing down that easily. Mr Watson said the Japanese whaling fleet would return to Antarctic waters this year, with $27 million worth of... (Source)
- Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Paranormal Utopia) - Want to Know Why We're Angry?
Japan, why do you continue to kill whales? Why can't your culture, so technologically advanced, coming from such a beautiful and spiritual background... (Source)
- Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:15 PM PST - (New Straits Times) - Dead dolphin sparks concern
THE discovery of a dead dolphin on the rocky shores off Persiaran Gurney has again raised concerns on the vulnerability of marine mammals in the North Channel. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Sea Shepherd again appeals for NZ help
Sea Shepherd head Paul Watson said their "Operation Divine Wind" - or kamikaze - would try to sink the Japanese whaling fleet politically. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Tasmania Mercury) - Tough whales battle looms
A crew of 35 would be ready to take on the Japanese whaling fleet, ship manager Andrea Gordon Japan maintains the whaling is for scientific purposes. (Source)
- Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (WCN (WestminsterCollege Network)) - Students compete at Model Untied Nations Conference
Japan on the issue of whaling. Be the first to comment on this article! I am not posting spam. I understand posting spam or other comments that are... (Source)
- Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:34 AM PST - (Daily Mail) - Animal rights activists fail in bid to save killer whale from amusement park and return her to the wild
Conservationists have failed to prevent a young killer whale from being sent to a Spanish amusement park. The whale, called Morgan, was rescued by a Dutch dolphin park in 2010. (Source)
- Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Anti-whaling ship prepares to head south
The anti-whaling ship Bob Barker has arrived in Hobart ahead of its next Antarctic campaign to disrupt Japan's whaling season. The Sea Shepherd Conservation... (Source)
- Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Tasmania Mercury) - Anti-whalers prepare for fight
ANTI-WHALING activists have been trained to handle what they believe will be a more aggressive Japanese presence in the Southern Ocean this summer. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:20 PM PST - (New Kerala) - Pregnancy slows down speed of soon-to-be dolphin mothers
Washington, Nov 26 : Like for any pregnant mom, even the bottlenose dolphins are subjected to tough and awkward situations during later stages of pregnancy as their speed gets slowed down due to baby bump, a new study has revealed. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:54 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Stranded dolphin found alive
GULFPORT -- A dolphin stranded in Alabama waters was still alive this week when dolphin-rescue workers got to him. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:47 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Miracle dolphin could hold clue to so many deaths
GULFPORT -- Against all odds, a dolphin stranded in Alabama waters was still alive Wednesday when dolphin-rescue workers with the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies brought it in. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (SBS) - Sea Shepherd prepares to tackle Japanese whalers
Japan has reportedly allocated $30 million to assist its whaling fleet. Japanese whaling activity in the Southern Ocean is a contentious issue. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TheMercury.com.au) - Editorial: Dangerous battle for giants
In an era when whale sightings are greeted with delight and strandings cause distress, there is little sympathy for Japan's whaling traditions. (Source)
- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Times LIVE) - Australia wants to make largest marine park
Japan is among the countries disputing Australia's exclusive economic zone, carrying out whaling in parts of it in the Antarctic, which Australia... (Source)
- Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:59 PM PST - (WLOX-TV Biloxi) - Stranded dolphin a "chance" to solve mysterious deaths
Another dolphin has washed up on shore, but this time, it survived.ֳ‚ֲ Nicknamed Chance,ֳ‚ֲ the young dolphin could hold the key as to why so many dolphins have turned up dead.ֳ‚ֲ Scientists at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies say this is the break they have been waiting for. (Source)
- Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:27 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Rescued dolphin beginning to eat fish
GULFPORT -- An ailing dolphin rescued in Alabama waters Friday is improving, officials said. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:06 AM PST - (Mobile Press-Register) - Rare 'survivor' dolphin gives hope for finding cause of deaths since BP spill
GULFPORT, Mississippi -- A sickly, stranded dolphin that was found in Alabama and transported to Gulfport to convalesce and be studied could provide clues to a spike in dolphin deaths that has occurred over the past year. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:40 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - Stranded live dolphin could offer clues
GULFPORT - A dolphin stranded in Alabama waters was still alive this week when dolphin-rescue workers got to him. It's the break they've been waiting for since winter 2010, when dolphins began dying all along the shores of the northern Gulf. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:54 PM PST - (The Clarion-Ledger) - Rescued dolphin improving, beginning to eat fish
Officials say an ailing dolphin rescued in Alabama waters is getting better. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:52 PM PST - (Hattiesburg American) - Rescued dolphin starts eating fish
Officials say an ailing dolphin rescued in Alabama waters is getting better. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:55 PM PST - (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Clearwater Marine Aquarium breaking attendance records
A record number of fans from all over the world are coming to see Winter the dolphin after she was made famous by a major motion picture. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:51 PM PST - (FOX10 Mobile) - Dolphin rescued at Ft. Morgan
Officials say an ailing dolphin rescued in Alabama waters is getting better. (Source)
- Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (my.hsj.org) - The Harbinger: The Cove
Japan has recruited more nations to the whaling agenda. The killing of dolphins in Taiji is scheduled to resume every September. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:40 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - Rescued dolphin beginning to eat fish
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) ֲֲֳ” Officials say an ailing dolphin rescued in Alabama waters is getting better. The 2-year-old male dolphin was named Chance by people who found him stranded Wednesday in a marshy area near Fort Morgan. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:39 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - 'Survivor' may give answers about dolphin deaths
GULFPORT ֲֲֳ” Two more dead dolphins have washed ashore in Mississippi, but scientists hope an ailing dolphin found in neighboring Alabama will provide answers about what is killing the marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:27 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - Stranded live dolphin could offer clues
GULFPORT - A dolphin stranded in Alabama waters was still alive this week when dolphin-rescue workers got to him. It's the break they've been waiting for since winter 2010, when dolphins began dying all along the shores of the northern Gulf. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - 'Survivor' may give answers about dolphin deaths
GULFPORT ֲֲֳ” Two more dead dolphins have washed ashore in Mississippi, but scientists hope an ailing dolphin found in neighboring Alabama will provide answers about what is killing the marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:03 AM PST - (Mobile Press-Register) - Sick dolphin found in Alabama may offer clues to massive die-off
GULFPORT, Mississippi -- A sick dolphin found Friday in a marsh near Fort Morgan -- named Chance by its rescuers -- may be headed to recovery, according to Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:28 AM PST - (Deseret News) - Dutch transfer killer whale Morgan to Spain
A Dutch dolphin park hoisted a young killer whale onto a truck early Tuesday, preparing to transfer her to a Spanish... (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:12 AM PST - (Washington Post) - Dutch company begins transfer of rescued killer whale, Morgan, to Spanish amusement park
AMSTERDAM ֲֲֳ” A Dutch dolphin park hoisted a young killer whale onto a truck early Tuesday, preparing to transfer her to a Spanish amusement park after conservationists lost a legal battle to have her released into the open sea. Early in the morning, the 1,400 kilogram (3,085 pound) female orca named Morgan was lifted by crane, where she was resting in a hammock that restrains her movement and ... (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:09 AM PST - (Belfast Telegraph) - Morgan the whale sent to Spain
A Dutch dolphin park is preparing to transfer a young killer whale to an amusement park in Spain after conservationists lost a legal battle to have her released. Related Stories Deal urged on shipping emissions 2011 'to be 10th warmest on record' 200lb boy taken away from mother Voters make their mark in Egypt Breivik mental health report filed (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:35 AM PST - (thewest.com.au) - Dutch transfer killer whale to Spain park
A Dutch dolphin park has loaded a young killer whale into a container on a truck ahead of her transfer to an amusement park in Spain. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:52 PM PST - (The Irish Times) - First sighting of dolphin in Irish lake
THE IRISH Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has confirmed the first sighting of a dolphin in an Irish lake, in Lough Hyne near Baltimore, Co Cork. This is the first time a cetacean has been found in such an environment. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:50 PM PST - (The News Herald) - Woman finds dead dolphin on Santa Rosa Beach
SANTA ROSA BEACH - Nina Stephens was doing her usual morning walk along the beach Tuesday when she noticed something unusual.At first, she thought it was a stick, but upon closer examination she found a large dolphin dead on the shoreline on Dune Allen Beach."I've never seen anything... (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PST - (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - 'Survivor' may give answers about dolphin deaths
GULFPORT - Two more dead dolphins have washed ashore in Mississippi, but scientists hope an ailing dolphin found in neighboring Alabama will provide answers about what is killing the marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:12 AM PST - (Washington Post) - Dutch company begins transfer of rescued killer whale, Morgan, to Spanish amusement park
AMSTERDAM - A Dutch dolphin park hoisted a young killer whale onto a truck early Tuesday, preparing to transfer her to a Spanish amusement park after conservationists lost a legal battle to have her released into the open sea. Early in the morning, the 1,400 kilogram (3,085 pound) female orca named Morgan was lifted by crane, where she was resting in a hammock that restrains her movement and ... (Source)
- Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:09 AM PST - (The Mississippi Press) - Stranded dolphin improving, fifth dead dolphin found in Mississippi
GULFPORT, Mississippi -- A stranded dolphin found alive in the marsh near Fort Morgan continues to improve, said Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies at Gulfport. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:46 PM PST - (Northern Star) - Marine scientists honoured with award
BYRON BAY-based marine scientists, Trish and Wally Franklin, have been recognized for their outstanding contribution to whale and dolphin conservation by being awarded a prestigious IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) Lifetime Dedication Award. (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:37 AM PST - (New York Times) - Green Blog: Hundreds of Dead Dolphins, an Intriguing Survivor
A sick dolphin recovered by researchers may yield clues to the cause of the deaths of its brethren in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:35 PM PST - (The Daily Reveille) - Biologists find rare albino among shy Brazil dolphins
By: RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) and - Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America. The research group, based at Univille University in Santa Catarina... (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:55 PM PST - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - Another young dolphin washes up
PASCAGOULA -- The carcass of another young dolphin washed ashore in marshes east of Pascagoula this week. (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Wildlife Extra) - Norway harpoons efforts to recognise whaling as threat to whales
This latest blow to the fight against whaling comes at a time when Japan's whaling fleet is poised to set sail for the pristine Southern Ocean Sanctuary to... (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Tasmania Mercury) - Navy protection plea
"We know the Japanese Government is sending a patrol boat from its Fisheries Agency to strengthen the protection of its whaling ships as they illegally hunt... (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (SFist) - UC Berkeley Receives Early Warning Earthquake Grant
But we will gladly share our off-topic rage about Japan's whaling industry, or something else that is of no help whatsoever. earthquake - seismograph . jpg. (Source)
- Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:37 AM PST - (New York Times) - Green Blog: Hundreds of Dead Dolphins, an Intriguing Survivor
A sick dolphin recovered by researchers may yield clues to the cause of the deaths of its brethren in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:18 AM PST - (Mobile Press-Register) - Dead dolphin found at Pascagoula, survivor continues to improve
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- A dead dolphin -- the sixth found in a week -- was discovered Thursday near the Chevron Refinery, said Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies at Gulfport. (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:04 AM PST - (Daily Mail) - Albino baby dolphin photographed off Brazilian coast becomes the first recorded of its species
Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America. (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:45 AM PST - (Batangas Today) - Albino Dolphin found in Baia da Babitonga, Brazil with Brazilian Dolphins (Photo)
Albino dolphin picture at Baia da Babitonga, Brazil Image Credit: Projeto Toninhas A rare albino dolphin was found swimming along with several endangered species by Brazilian biologists in the area of Baia da Babitonga, Brazil. The albino dolphin known in Brazil as Toninha, belongs to the pontoporia blainvillei species, a shy type of dolphin that [...] (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:25 AM PST - (The Jamaica Observer) - Biologists find albino among Brazil dolphins
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) ' Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America. (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Monsters and Critics.com) - Civil society groups demand review of Japan's whaling
Japan's whaling is not supported by international agreements, Junichi Sato, executive director of Greenpeace Japan, said in a statement. (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Jamaica Observer) - Campaign donations and state funding
Libya, Taiwan, Japan's cash for whaling affect us and Caribbean states. If parties have no cash to buy cars - so be it! Let our candidates walk the... (Source)
- Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Telegraph.co.uk) - Who will win the climate blame game in Durban?
The blame settled instead on Japan. Surprisingly а for the country in international negotiations (except where they involve whaling) а it got the... (Source)
- Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (Community Advocate) - Former Northborough resident saves whales
вIf we don't stop them [the Japanese whaling fleet], who will?г he asked. In addition to the dangerous on-the-job training that comes from being aboard the... (Source)
- Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (SouthCoastToday.com) - MFA students will share talents on AHA! Night
... in the New Bedford Whaling Museum, holding an origami whale-making workshop Origami, the Japanese term for "folding paper," originated in China but... (Source)
- Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (Fort Worth Star Telegram) - Big, big books: We round up some of the season's best coffee-table ...
... pool pavilion in Virginia to a whaling-inspired seaside Nantucket entryway to coral in Japan; and the eye of a Southern right whale in New Zealand. (Source)
- Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:03 PM PDT - (Journal Topics Newspapers Online) - Maui Truly Hawaii's 'Beautiful Paradise'
At the same time, the town experienced a surge in its whaling industry, at the height Japan, Puerto Rico, Korea, the Philippines, Portugal and Europe. (Source)
- Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:06 PM PST - (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - Rare albino dolphin is found in Brazil
It's a very shy type of dolphin that rarely jumps out of the water, scientists say (Source)
- Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Times of India) - Conflict Cuisine
Many believe this was a result of the post-war occupation of Japan by Allied forces. Occupation authorities directly impacted whaling - how the whales were... (Source)
- Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:58 AM PST - (Irish Central) - Strange first sightings of dolphin in saltwater Cork lake ֲֲֳ“ VIDEO
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) have reported the first sighting of a dolphin in an Irish lake. This is the first time a cetacean has been sighted in such an environment. (Source)
- Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:03 AM PST - (The State) - Dolphin chooses W. Va. over Clemson in Orange Bowl
A Florida dolphin named Sundance has picked West Virginia over Clemson in the Jan. 4 Orange Bowl in (Source)
- Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:16 AM PST - (The Freeman) - Giant clams reaped from Pamilacan island depths?
While progress in tourism is booming here in its tourist-drawer dolphin-watching business, this oval-shaped 120-ha. Pamilacan island, off Bohol's oldest town, faces new threat in its endangered giant clams. (Source)
- Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - Japan whaling fleet off to Antarctica
JAPAN'S whaling fleet has left port for the country's annual hunt in Antarctica, with security measures beefed up amid simmering international protests. Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru, set sail from Shimonoseki in western Japan on a... (Source)
- Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Sean Connery Among New Members of Sea Shepherd Board of Advisors
The organization posted a photo to their Facebook and Twitter pages yesterday of the Nisshin Maru, factory ship of the whaling fleet, leaving port and wrote, вThe Nisshin Maru heading South in the Inland Sea of Japan. The Cetacean Death Star with a... (Source)
- Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Japan whaling fleet accused of using tsunami disaster funds
Japan's whaling fleet has left port under heavy guard as it prepares to kill almost 1000 whales in the Antarctic, where more clashes are expected with members of the Sea Shepherd marine conservation group. Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru... (Source)
- Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - NZ holds off sending ship to monitor whaling
The Green Party wants the activity patrolled, following reports that a Japanese whaling fleet is headed to Antarctica for its annual hunt. Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru, set sail from Shimonoseki in western Japan on Tuesday with the aim... (Source)
- Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Rockdale Citizen) - Pete Mecca: A brief history of Pearl Harbor
America's first interest with Pearl Harbor was born of whaling and the need of a safe port for its trading ships. By the 1820s, American business agents were assigned to Pearl Harbor to promote commerce in the port of Honolulu. (Source)
- Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Green news roundup: latest from the Durban climate talks
... just as it did with apartheid' Ѕ Why south Durban stinks of rotten cabbage, eggs and cat wee Ѕ UK government climate advisers call for biomass push Ѕ Three-quarters of UK butterfly species in decline Ѕ Japan whaling fleet accused of using tsunami... (Source)
- Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Japan uses $28.5m in disaster funds for whaling
Japanese whaling fleet vessel Yushin Maru No. 3 cuts through the waves of the Southern Ocean in February. Photo: Reuters A growing number of Japanese environmental and consumer groups are joining in protest against the use of disaster recovery funds to... (Source)
- Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (USA Today) - Japan using tsunami funds for whaling hunt
Tatsuya Nakaoku, a Fisheries Agency official in charge of whaling, defended the move, saying the funding helps support Japan's whaling industry as a whole, including some whaling towns along the devastated northeastern coast. (Source)
- Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (^ЄхЄЄАъЖlГј) - Japan uses quake disaster budget for whaling
Greenpeace charged that Tokyo was siphoning money from disaster victims by spending an extra 2.28 billion yen (US$30 million) on beefed up security amid looming battles between the whaling fleet and environmental groups. Japan's whaling fleet left port... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:13 AM PST - (Russian Information Agency Novosti) - Dolphin with carnation in its mouth dances with its partner
A dolphinarium opened at the Expo-center in Moscow on December 8. A couple of Black Sea bottle-nose dolphins called Ramzes and Bella, a beluga whale called Kasper and a walrus called Lyubasha demonstrated a dance master class. They performed tango, cancan and even rock-n-roll dances. (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Telegraph.co.uk) - Japanese whaling firm sues US campaigners
Japan's whaling authorities said they are suing campaign group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its head in the United States in a bid to stop it from interfering in the annual whale hunt. It is the first time that Japan has attempted legal... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Financial Times) - Japan seeks to restrain anti-whaling group
Last year, a high-tech boat operated by the activist group sank after a collision with a Japanese ship. A member of the crew was later detained after he boarded a Japanese whaling vessel. Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Shepherd, dismissed the lawsuit... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whalers take Sea Shepherd to court
The Institute for Cetacean Research, as well as the owner of two of Japan's whaling ships, wants an injunction against Sea Shepherd because the anti-whaling group "puts lives at risk". Last whaling season Sea Shepherd claimed victory... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Japan lawsuit seeks to protect whalers
A Sea Shepherd vessel clashes with a Japanese whaling ship last year in Antarctic waters. Picture: AFP Source: AFP JAPANESE whalers have filed a lawsuit in the United States in a bid to prevent "acts of violence" by Sea Shepherd activists during this... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whalers file lawsuit against Sea Shepherd in US
Each year Japan's whaling fleet heads south to the Southern Ocean near Antarctica to conduct so-called "scientific whaling". The hunt is allowed under a loophole in the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling. (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Japanese whalers sue Sea Shepherd
"We are not protesting whaling. We are opposing an illegal activity. We will respond accordingly in the United States courts if such is the case," Watson said. The Japanese ships harvest whales claiming the catch is for research purposes... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Reuters Africa) - Japan whalers take Sea Shepherd activists to court
The Institute for Cetacean Research and Kyodo Senpaku, which owns the ships used for Japan's so-called scientific whaling programme, said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit against the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) and its founder... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PETA (press release) (blog)) - Japan Using Tsunami Funds for Whaling
It must've been a terribly hard decisionбwhether to use 2.3 billion yen ($29 million) from Japan's tsunami reconstruction budget for, you know, tsunami reconstruction or to put it toward propping up the country's barbaric and widely condemned whale... (Source)
- Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Reuters) - Japan whalers take Sea Shepherd activists to court
Japan said in October that it would tighten security for its fleet in the Antarctic this winter, including sending a patrol ship to protect crews. One of three nations that hunt whales, Japan introduced scientific whaling to skirt a commercial whaling... (Source)
- Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ecorazzi) - Japanese Whaling Officials Bring US Lawsuit Against Sea Shepherd
Today, Japan whaling officials announced that they are bringing a lawsuit in the United States against the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its founder Captain Paul Watson. According to Japan Today, ship owner Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha and the... (Source)
- Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Sea Shepherd lawsuit 'could end whaling'
Japanese whalers are seeking an injunction against the Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson in the US federal court in Seattle. The Institute for Cetacean Research and the owner of two of Japan's whaling ships want an injunction against Mr Watson and Sea... (Source)
- Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Maritime Executive) - Japanese Whalers Sue Sea Shepherd Activists
As a result, the Sea Shepherd regularly dispatches vessels to harass and halt the Japanese whaling vessels, often using dangerous tactics to fulfill their mission. PHOTO: Whale meat for sale in a Tokyo fish market. The clash between the two groups has... (Source)
- Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Sea Shepherd sued in US by whalers
Japan's whaling missions, conducted by the institute as part of what it calls research whaling, have often been obstructed by the US-based conservation group, including a high-profile sinking in Antarctic waters in January 2010 when a protester's... (Source)
- Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:07 PM PST - (CBS Miami) - Aquatic Adventures Island Dolphin Care Therapy
In this weekֲֲֳs Aquatic Adventures we take you to Island Dolphin Care in Key Largo. Itֲֲֳs a place where people with special needs get special therapy with the help of Dolphins. (Source)
- Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (3News NZ) - Record humpback whale numbers threatened by Japan
Conservationists are delighted, but the Japanese whaling season is getting underway again and activists are resorting to increasingly aggressive tactics to protect whales in the Southern Ocean. Japan is spending 2.3 billion yen from its supplementary... (Source)
- Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The West Australian) - Crew volunteer for danger in whale war
Two of the conservation group's vessels, the Steven Irwin and the Brigitte Bardot, are in WA making final preparations to meet the Japanese whaling fleet head-on in the Southern Ocean. The whalers, which left Japan last Tuesday, are expected to head to... (Source)
- Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:24 PM PST - (Galveston County Daily News) - Dolphin is on the road to recovery
GALVESTON ֳƒֲ‚ A dolphin that was found stranded on a beach is on the mend. (Source)
- Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:05 PM PST - (The Huffington Post) - Deborah Bassett: The Empire Strikes Back: National Icon Shines Bright Light on Dolphin Slaughters
On December 10th, Ric O'Barry, star of the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Cove, took part in a momentous lighting ceremony at The Empire State Building to honor the thousands of dolphins slaughtered annually off the coastal waters of Taiji, Japan. (Source)
- Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TIME (blog)) - Blood Money: Tsunami Recovery Funds Go to Japan's Whaling Industry
By Krista Mahr | December 12, 2011 | + Japan's research whaling fleet Nissin Maru returns its home at Oi Pier on April 12, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. They're baaaaaaaccck. Whale hunting season kicked off in Japan last week as three ships set off with a... (Source)
- Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (DigitalJournal.com) - Famous NY Building and Taiji's Infamous Cove Both Turn Red
Japan's whaling fleet meanwhile, recently departed for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where it plans to harvest close to 1000 minke and fin whales. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is planning to send three ships with 88 crew members for... (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:48 PM PST - (TVNZ) - Dolphin tour company fined over near-death
A South Island company is being made to fork out nearly $140,000 after a woman was nearly killed on a dolphin watching trip (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:44 PM PST - (Korean Central News Agency) - Premier Reviews Construction of Seawater Supply Center and Dolphin Aquarium
Pyongyang, December 13 (KCNA) -- Premier Choe Yong Rim reviewed the construction of seawater supply center and dolphin aquarium. Being briefed on the projects from officials concerned, he went round interior and exterior of the construction sites. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:24 PM PST - (The New Zealand Herald) - Dolphin-watching company to pay after tourist injured
A Dolphin-watching tour company has been ordered to pay $80,000 to an Australian tourist after she was hit by the boat's propellers as she jumped into the water.Picton firm Dolphin Watch and Nature Eco Tours Ltd, which operates... (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:54 PM PST - (NZ Newswire via Yahoo! New Zealand News) - Tourism company cops $135,000 penalty
A dolphin watching tour operator has been ordered to pay more than $135,000 after an Australian tourist almost lost her life when she was trapped in a boat's propeller. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:51 PM PST - (The Courier Mail) - NZ tour company fined over injured Aussie
A DOLPHIN-watching tour operator has been ordered to pay $100,000 after an Aussie tourist was trapped in boat's propeller (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Courthouse News Service) - Japanese Whalers Sue US Whale-Lovers as 'Pirates'
By JUNE WILLIAMS SEATTLE (CN) - A Japanese whaling group asked a federal judge to freeze the assets of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and bar the environmentalists from "violently and dangerously attacking" ships engaged in "research whaling. (Source)
- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Mainichi Daily News) - Japan asks Australia to accept high tariffs on rice, beef
In response, Ludwig urged Japan to retain interests in the TPP. The Japanese minister also called on Australia to cooperate with Japan in deterring anti-whaling activists' obstructing Japan's research-purpose whaling in the Antarctic Sea. (Source)
- Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:30 PM PST - (Perth Now) - Tour firm fined over dolphin swim gone wrong
NEW ZEALAND tour company ordered to pay $60,000 to Aussie tourist injured while attempting to swim with dolphins. (Source)
- Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:33 PM PST - (Brisbane Times) - Aussie hit by boat propeller during dolphin swim
A dolphin-watching tour operator has been ordered to pay more than $A100,000 after an Australian tourist almost died when she was trapped in a boat's propeller. (Source)
- Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:54 PM PST - (News.com.au Travel) - NZ tour company fined over dolphin swim injury
A NEW ZEALAND tour company has been ordered to pay $60,000 to an Australian tourist injured while attempting to swim with dolphins. (Source)
- Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (RedOrbit) - Annual Japanese Whale Hunt Riles Conservationists
Japan's whaling fleet left port this month to begin the research whaling season near the Antarctic. The fleet was accompanied by ships from the Japanese Fisheries Agency in hopes of repelling activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society... (Source)
- Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio Netherlands) - Sea Shepherd calls Dutch warning "futile"
Mr Vons says if the various governments are really so concerned, they should send a ship to follow the Japanese fleet. вEveryone agrees that Japan is breaking the law. The cause is not being tackled.г The Japanese whaling fleet went to sea last week. (Source)
- Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (TechSpot) - Google archives Japan tsunami damage through Street View
The team was taking donations for relief efforts through the Google Lat Long Blog earlier this year but Japan likely didn't do itself any favors last week by announcing that $29 million of post-tsunami recovery funds were being allotted to the whaling... (Source)
- Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PR Web (press release)) - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Prepares for Legal Battle Against Japanese ...
Japanese whaling corporation Kyodo Senpaku seeks to halt Sea Shepherd's ships and freeze its bank accounts in an effort to stop the organization's eighth Antarctic campaign to end the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:35 PM PST - (WTSP-TV Tampa) - Winter rescuer gives duck boat tour
Some people taking the Parrots of the Caribbean duck boat tour on Friday got the inside scoop on Winter the dolphin's rescue. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - An anti-whaling ship sets sail from Albany
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd says the Australian Government believes Japan's whaling is contrary to its international obligations, in particular, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Why a nation obsessed with whales is drowning
Rather than grapple with it, Japan is pursuing whaling. But how many young people who long ago fled to cities like Tokyo are going to rush back to their ancestral homes to become whalers? Consider what the brains trust in Tokyo is up to. (Source)
- Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)) - This Week and Last Week in Whales: Whale-Themed Holiday Gifts; Japan's Whaling ...
... whales that migrate to the Arctic from temperate areas are winners because they can stay for longer periods in Arctic waters during the summer, noshing on delicious Arctic food. Japanese Delegation on USS Missouri for Surrender Ceremonies , Sept . (Source)
- Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:47 PM PST - (Perth Now) - New dolphin calf at Monkey Mia
THE baby dolphin, named Static, is the second born is as many months. (Source)
- Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (iNEWP- Freedom of Speech) - Japanese Whaling Season Starts
Japanese whaling ships have begun their annual hunting of whales that has long been criticized by a plethora of countries and organizations. The stubbornness of the whaling firms forced environmental activists such as members of Sea Sheperd to... (Source)
- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:39 PM PST - (BigPond News) - Dolphin calf makes a splash in WA
The Monkey Mia dolphins, in the world heritage-listed Shark Bay, welcome a second calf this season. (Source)
- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:49 PM PST - (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Dolphin calf joins Monkey Mia group
A new calf has joined the dolphins at Monkey Mia. (Source)
- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:45 PM PST - (thewest.com.au) - New babies for Monkey Mia dolphin family
Monkey Mia has welcomed two new arrivals to its dolphin family. (Source)
- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:52 PM PST - (Guardian Unlimited) - Watch a postmortem of a beached dolphin
Alok Jha witnesses the postmortem of a dolphin found washed up on Woolacombe beach in North Devon on 3 December Alok Jha Richard Sprenger (Source)
- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (New Zealand Herald) - Kerre Woodham: Whale of a time for lucky Murray McCully
This is after Sea Shepherd activist Pete Bethune boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the midst of last year's protests and was summarily hauled off to Japan where he spent five months in jail before a court trial and a two-year prison term... (Source)
- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (DigitalJournal.com) - Op-Ed: Cove guardians raided by police after brutal dolphin slaughter
Looking back over the events of the past few months, Japan has clearly declared its intention to raise the stakes significantly with regard to its whaling activities. This season, guardians and monitors are followed around the clock by Taiji police. (Source)
- Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:33 AM PST - (Brisbane Times) - Tale behind the tail: true story of dolphin's second chance
AT FIRST, officials at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida thought Kevin Carroll's call was a prank. (Source)
- Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (BYM News (press release)) - International Reaction to Japan's Misuse of Earthquake Relief Funds
This drew the ire of civil groups in Japan along with an official protest by over sixty international organizations. On December 7th, three ships of the Japanese whaling fleet, led by the Yushin Maru, sailed from the port of Shimonoseki towards the... (Source)
- Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Ninemsn) - Govt threatens big tax bill: Sea Shepherd
The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group says the government is threatening to charge them about $200000 in taxes if they don't take their ships to another country before returning to Australia to refuel. Speaking in the Southern Ocean, where he is looking... (Source)
- Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Bike Magazine (blog)) - News of the Tweet: The UCI Makes Waves
As the Japanese whaling fleet set sail on its annual whaling mission hoping to bring back 1000 blubbery carcasses, Hollywood just got back from its father-son hunting mission with the last remaining rainbow unicorn tied to its gun rack. (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:35 PM PST - (The Monitor) - Dolphin rescued on SPI, in guarded condition
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Fishermen rescued a 7-foot dolphin found stranded on the beach Wednesday with superficial bite marks.The Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, a juvenile male, was found near Beach Access Six at 8 a.m. in a weak condition. It was taken to the University of Texas-Pan... (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:26 PM PST - (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) - RAW VIDEO: Rescued dolphin
Fishermen found the dolphin washed up on the beach Wednesday. (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:51 PM PST - (The Brownsville Herald) - Seven-foot dolphin in guarded condition
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND ' Fishermen rescued a 7-foot dolphin found stranded on the beach Wednesday with superficial bite marks. The Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, a juvenile male, was found near Beach Access 6 at 8 a.m. in weak condition. (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (PlanetSave.com) - Tsunami Relief Should Go to People, Not Whaling (Take Action)
More from Avaaz on this news and a petition to stop the misuse of funds: Right now, the Japanese whaling fleet is barrelling south to hunt thousands of majestic whales, escorted by a 30 million dollar security force paid for out of the tsunami disaster... (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The West Australian) - Anti-whaling craft joins campaign
He said he hoped this season would be the Sea Shepherd's last in the Antarctic and that it would put an end to any whaling in the southern hemisphere. Last year the Japanese whaling fleet left Antarctic waters a month earlier than expected having... (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (National Catholic Reporter (blog)) - Last-minute gift book ideas
"Summer of Roses" re-emerged as a gift prospect last week after Avaaz.org, a petition site, said Japan is using disaster money to fund a whale slaughter while thousands of people remain stranded in radioactive areas without the government support they... (Source)
- Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Milton Ulladulla Times) - Greg takes Tokyo timeout
Before the meltdown, Greg's main role in Japan was covering the whaling industry and promoting Greenpeace's protest efforts. He initially moved to Japan in 2009 to support the Tokyo Two court case in which two Greepeace activists faced trial following... (Source)
- Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:44 PM PST - (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) - Dolphin stranded on South Padre Island headed to Texas State Aquarium
A stranded dolphin riddled with shark bites was moved to the Texas State Aquarium on Thursday after it was found on South Padre Island. (Source)
- Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Monsters and Critics.com) - Whale Wars' Operation Divine Wind back on Animal Planet in June
This year's Sea Shepherd campaign а called Operation Divine Wind а is currently underway, having launched from Australia and is expected to run through the end of February after an anticipated two-month engagement with the Japanese whaling fleet. (Source)
- Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sky News Australia) - Hunt threatens whale-watch industry
It's been claimed Japanese plans to hunt humpback whales in Antarctica could ruin Australia's $300-a-year whale-watching industry. The warning's come from Paddy Hart, who was the master of Australia's last whaling vessel Cheynes II, when the Albany... (Source)
- Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Maori hint at interest in whaling
Until 2005 Sealord's other owner, Japan's Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd owned the Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Ltd. It no longer owns it. Douglas said the trust had "been keeping an eye on the development of a proposal" to establish a large marine... (Source)
- Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:05 PM PST - (The News Herald) - Gulf World rescues Christmas , a stranded dolphin
CALLAWAY - Two cousins got to see more than they bargained for Friday during a trout fishing outing when they watched a crew from Gulf World rescue a dolphin that had got itself into brackish waters near Sandy Creek.Beaver Ouimette owed his cousin Daniel Dykes a fishing outing after a mix-up over... (Source)
- Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - Japan threatens Australia's whale-watch industry
"We are bringing this case to maximise our chances of bringing Japan's so-called 'scientific' whaling to an end." The Japanese whaling fleet is currently believed to be off the coast of WA, en route to the Antarctic, after leaving its home port on... (Source)
- Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (International Business Times AU) - Japan Could Ruin Australia's $300-Million-a-Year Whale-Watch Industry
By Vittorio Hernandez | December 23, 2011 12:46 PM EST A former whaling captain warned that Japan's annual whale hunt in Antarctica could hurt Australia's $300-million-a-year whale-watch industry. Global environmental watchdog, Greenpeace... (Source)
- Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Variety) - 'Whale Wars' back for more
Japanese whalers contend that the ICR's activities are legal and above board; the Sea Shepherds say the company's stated agenda is a smokescreen and that its harpooning and processing of whales violates the moratorium on whaling in international... (Source)
- Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:54 AM PST - (Washington Examiner) - Stranded dolphin netted, released in FL Panhandle
The Associated Press The Associated Press CALLAWAY, Fla. A stranded dolphin dubbed "Christmas" is swimming freely after a two-day rescue effort in the Florida Panhandle. Gulf World co-owner Ron Hardy tells The News Herald (http://bit.ly/sDTkMK ) that the dolphin needed help after getting stuck in brackish waters near Panama City. A local family had spotted the dolphin and named it "Christmas ... (Source)
- Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:16 AM PST - (The Tampa Tribune) - Stranded dolphin, Christmas , netted, released in Panhandle
A stranded dolphin dubbed " Christmas " is swimming freely after a two-day rescue effort in the Florida Panhandle. (Source)
- Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:04 AM PST - (News Channel 12 New Bern) - Stranded Dolphin Netted, Released In FL Panhandle
NATIONAL NEWS A stranded dolphin dubbed "Christmas" is swimming freely after a two-day rescue effort in the Florida Panhandle. (Source)
- Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:42 AM PST - (First Coast News) - "Christmas" Dolphin Released in Florida Panhandle
CALLAWAY, Fla. -- A stranded dolphin dubbed "Christmas" is swimming freely after a two-day rescue effort in the Florida Panhandle. (Source)
- Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:57 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Activists use drone to track Japanese whaling fleet
ANTI-WHALING activist group Sea Shepherd says it has intercepted a Japanese whaling fleet using a military-style drone. A Sea Shepherd Conservation Society spokesman reported they caught up with the fleet at 37 degrees south, 1600 kilometres from... (Source)
- Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:36 AM PST - (BigPond News) - Dolphin pod spotted near North Narrabeen
A large pod of dolphins was spotted swimming by North Narrabeen on Thursday. (Source)
- Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:24 PM PST - (KABC-TV Los Angeles) - Whale-watch season kicks off with gray whale, dolphin sightings
Whale-watching season is under way in Southern California. (Source)
- Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:02 AM PST - (WINK TV Southwest Florida) - Stranded dolphin netted, released in FL Panhandle
A stranded dolphin dubbed "Christmas" is swimming freely after a two-day rescue effort in the Florida Panhandle. (Source)
- Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The West Australian) - Japanese security boats shadow anti-whaling ship
Two Japanese security vessels with uniformed guards were tailing anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's flagship, Steve Irwin, last night as it headed towards the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. The Steve Irwin is closing in on the whaling fleet's factory... (Source)
- Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (CNN (blog)) - Activists using drones against Japanese whalers
Activists trying to combat Japanese whaling have gone high-tech. The longstanding battle against whaling has mostly been a game of wait, watch, chase and hope for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. But activists are now hoping they'll be able to... (Source)
- Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Aussie companies caught out on whale imports
Picture: AAP Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN companies have been allowed to import fresh whale products, despite the Federal Government's objection to Japan's whaling in the Southern Ocean. Since 2005, four companies have been granted two-year permits to import... (Source)
- Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Mark) - Students to Receive Tuition Rebates
Environmentalist, anti-whaling group is using unmanned aircraft to track Japanese whale hunters. Militant whale-hunting opponents have developed a new tactic for tracking whale-hunters: drones. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says it has followed... (Source)
- Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Sea Shepherd steps up Southern Ocean chase
The crew on board the Steve Irwin found the whaling factory ship earlier this week. Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd expects the Japanese whaling fleet to begin its annual hunt by the end of the week. The crew on board the Steve Irwin found the whaling... (Source)
- Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:57 AM PST - (Sun Star) - Dolphin washed ashore in Biliran
A CRITICALLY endangered dolphin has been washed ashore in Biliran province on Monday morning. Ailene Jornales, aquacultural technician of the Biliran provincial agricultural services office, said the Risso's dolphin was spotted by local residents on the shoreline of Barangay Sto. Niأƒآ±o, Naval, Biliran. (Source)
- Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Japanese whalers ask US courts to stop activists
Opponents say Japan's scientific program is commercial whaling in disguise because surplus meat is sold. The Sea Shepherd and Japanese whaling fleet have clashed over the years. Last January a Sea Shepherd boat was sunk after its bow was sheared off in... (Source)
- Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (DigitalJournal.com) - Op-Ed: Australian government allows import of whale meat, ouch
Can anyone hear Japan's Ministry of Fisheries laughing? The revelation is a huge embarrassment for Environment Minister Tony Burke who oversees the campaign against Japan's whaling. He was quick to assert that the permits were not issued under the... (Source)
- Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio Netherlands) - Japan extends detention of Dutch activist
The Japanese authorities on Tuesday extended the detention of Dutch anti-whaling activist Erwin Vermeulen by 10 days. He was arrested on 16 December when attempting to film the transfer of dolphins from the sea to holding pens at the Japanese resort of... (Source)
- Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Newsday) - 'Whale Wars' clashes to return in June
The engagement, which is already under way, includes Watson, his crew, nearly 100 volunteers and three ships -- the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Brigitte Bardot -- taking on the Institute of Cetacean Research, the Japanese whaling group. (Source)
- Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Mother Nature Network) - Animal Planet's 'Whale Wars' renewed for fifth season
Filming is already under way and shows Captain Paul Watson and nearly 100 volunteers and 3 ships taking on the Japanese whaling fleet. By Kimberly Potts, ReutersTue, Dec 27 2011 at 2:43 PM EST BACK AGAIN: "Whale Wars," one of Animal Planet's... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:35 PM PST - (The Monitor) - Dolphin to be moved to Galvestion for care
BROWNSVILLE -- The seven-foot dolphin found stranded on South Padre Island last week remains in guarded condition at Texas State Aquarium Sea Lab in Corpus Christi.Officials say it is a "wait-and-see situation" with the juvenile dolphin that goes by the name Bo Jingles. (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:06 PM PST - (The Brownsville Herald) - Experts sending Bo Jingles to Galveston group
The 7-foot dolphin found stranded on South Padre Island last week remains in guarded condition at Texas State Aquarium Sea Lab in Corpus Christi. Officials say it is a 'wait-and-see situation'ќ with the juvenile dolphin that goes by the name Bo Jingles. (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:26 PM PST - (Valley Morning Star) - 7-ft. baby dolphin remains in guarded condition
BROWNSVILLE -- The 7-foot dolphin found stranded on South Padre Island last week remains in guarded condition at the Texas State Aquarium Sea Lab in Corpus Christi. Officials say it is a 'wait-and-see situation'ќ with the juvenile dolphin that has... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:28 PM PST - (Belfast Telegraph) - Three whales found beached
Three whales and a dolphin have been found beached in recent days. Related Stories Plea to Hume over hunger strike FitzGerald plea over hunger striker Haughey got hunger strike warning Winds turn Irish tourist office upside down Gamblers told to contact gardai in Betfair row (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Christian Science Monitor) - Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ship damaged while chasing Japanese vessel
Though the Sea Shepherd conservation group is down a ship, a rogue wave did succeed in putting a spotlight on Japan's annual whaling season and the activist effort to put an end to it. By Jenna Fisher, Staff writer / December 29, 2011 The Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whales fatten up just in time for whalers' arrival
According to commission figures, there are only about 30000 fin whales in the far south. About 750000 were killed during the 20th century. Two summers ago, Japan's whale spotting ships counted 186 fin whales on their zigzag survey course. (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Spoof (satire)) - Moby Dick capsizes anti-whaling boat!
A Greenpeace anti-whaling boat has been capsized by a giant wave in the Southern Ocean, it was chasing Japanese whalers out on their annual slaughter. The incident happened as a giant white whale called Moby Dick, was being hunted by a Japanese whaler... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - Anti-whaling ship in distress after wave cracks hull
The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd is racing towards one of its boats, which is in distress in the Southern Ocean off Western Australia. The ABC reports that the 35 metre Brigitte Bardot was shadowing a Japanese whaling ship when a huge wave cracked... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The West Australian) - Rogue wave damages Sea Shepherd vessel
The Sea Shepherd scout vessel, Brigitte Bardot, is floundering in heavy seas after being badly damaged while pursuing the Japanese whaling fleet. Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson said the group's high-speed interceptor ship was hit by a rogue wave in... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Voice of Russia) - Whaling fighters in distress in the Antarctic
The Bridget Bordeaux ship with fighters against whale-catching has been damaged by a huge wave. This happened when the ship was following a Japanese whaling trawler, the BBC reports. At present, a rescue vessel is on its way to the sinking ship. (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:35 PM PST - (The Monitor) - Dolphin to be moved to Galvestion for care
BROWNSVILLE -- The seven-foot dolphin found stranded on South Padre Island last week remains in guarded condition at Texas State Aquarium Sea Lab in Corpus Christi.Officials say it is a "wait-and-see situation" with the juvenile dolphin that goes by the name Bo Jingles."We are... (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:06 PM PST - (The Brownsville Herald) - Experts sending Bo Jingles to Galveston group
The 7-foot dolphin found stranded on South Padre Island last week remains in guarded condition at Texas State Aquarium Sea Lab in Corpus Christi. Officials say it is a -wait-and-see situation- with the juvenile dolphin that goes by the name Bo Jingles. (Source)
- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:26 PM PST - (Valley Morning Star) - 7-ft. baby dolphin remains in guarded condition
BROWNSVILLE - The 7-foot dolphin found stranded on South Padre Island last week remains in guarded condition at the Texas State Aquarium Sea Lab in Corpus Christi.Officials say it is a -wait-and-see situation- with the juvenile dolphin that has... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Government Security News) - Environmental group uses unmanned drones to track whaling fleet
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) anti-whaling activists intercepted Japanese whaling vessels on Christmas Day in the South Pacific using a donated unmanned aerial drone. The Sea Shepherd ship, the Steve Irwin, deployed the aerial drone to... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Tokyo Times) - Anti-whaling boat damaged while chasing Japanese fleet
A boat belonging to the anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd was damaged by a rogue wave in the Southern Ocean while chasing the Japanese whaling fleet about 1500 miles south of Fremantle, Australia. The boat, called Brigitte Bardot... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - Greens want ship sent to watch whalers
THE Australian Greens have again called on the government to send an observer ship to watch the Japanese whaling fleet. It is the second time this week the Greens have asked the government to urgently send observers to the Southern Ocean. (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (The Canberra Times) - Boats draw closer for the summer kill
According to IWC figures, there are only around 30000 fin whales in the far south, after 750000 were killed in the 20th century. Two summers ago, Japan's whale spotting ships counted 186 fin whales on their zig-zag survey course south of 60 degrees... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (Robots.net) - Osprey UAV Helping to Save Whales
A December 24th news release from Sea Shepherd, an organization working to stop illegal whaling, describes how a robot helped them locate the Japanese whaling fleet. The non-profit organization recently took delivery of an Osprey UAV built by Hangar 18... (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PDT - (allvoices) - Photographer charged with assault on an marine mammal trainer handling ...
According to Japanese law, Vermeulen can be held for 28 days before being allowed to speak with an attorney, according to Sea Shepherd Sea Shepherd, who is currently in the Southern Ocean to stop Japanese from whaling in protected waters. (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:28 PM PST - (Toronto Sun) - Winter the dolphin no diva
I just fed two fish to a marvellous movie star ... raw. This wasn't sushi. I plucked the fresh fish whole out of a white bucket. And the movie star isn't human. The food went into a long-toothed beak belonging to Winter, a common bottlenose dolphin. (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:14 PM PST - (Savannah Morning News) - Anne Hart: A visit to Winter the dolphin
We haven't taken the kids to Disney or Sea World yet. Too expensive. And too crowded - at least during holiday break. As a mother of 5 and 3 year olds, I feel guilty about that. Guilty enough to go on a Disney alternative trip this holiday break. (Source)
- Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:55 PM PST - (thewest.com.au) - Monkey Mia dolphin pod disappears
Scores of tourists at Monkey Mia were disappointed when its world-famous dolphins failed to appear this week. (Source)
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