News Reports - 2013
- Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:58 PM PDT - (RedOrbit) - Southern Ocean Whale Hunt Condemned By Australia
A battle is brewing over whaling in the Southern Ocean between Australia and Japan. Australia's Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has reiterated his government's strong opposition to Japan's “scientific whalingprogram, dismissing claims that the... (Source)
- Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Crikey (blog)) - Science or sushi? What we've learned from whaling
The Japanese whaling fleet left port in late December — later than usual — and is expected to reach Antarctic waters in mid-to-late January. Four ships from militant protest group Sea Shepherd are en route to meet them. As both sides gear up for the... (Source)
- Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:01 PM PDT - (3News NZ) - New Zealand siding with Japan
An anti-whaling activist is "shocked" the New Zealand Government appears to be siding with Japan on the contentious issue of whaling in the Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson is trying to avoid being extradited to... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sky News Australia) - Campaign against Japanese whaling
Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown will direct the coming campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean after taking over from Paul Watson as president of Sea Shepherd. Dr Brown joined the activist group's board as a director on... (Source)
- Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Bob Brown to lead anti-whaling mission
Direction of the group's campaign to halt the Japanese whaling fleet will shift to Dr Brown and Sea Shepherd's Australian manager, Jeff Hansen. Paul Watson. Photo: Tim Watters. Mr Watson, 62, who is wanted by Japan under an Interpol ''red notice... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Technorati) - Japanese Whalers Set to Hunt Unimpeded in the Southern Ocean?
The commercial whaling moratorium was introduced in 1982 by the International Whaling Commission, finally ending the hunts that pushed many species of whale to the edge of extinction. Japan, however, lodged an official objection to the move before... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (RTT News) - Sea Shepherd Chief Changed Ahead Of Japanese Whaling
The change of leadership is believed to have been prompted by a December 17 injunction from a U.S. court ordering Sea Shepherd to stop disrupting Japanese research whaling, Japan's NHK broadcaster reported. The court ruling bars the conservation... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Bob Brown to lead anti-whaling fight
FORMER Australian Greens leader Bob Brown will direct the coming campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, taking over from the group's founder Paul Watson. Dr Brown joined the activist group's board as a director on January 1... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Province) - Whaling foe Paul Watson bows to US court order, quits Sea Shepherd organization
Whalers with Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research sued Sea Shepherd last year to prevent the protesters from interfering with their annual hunt, but the judge refused to grant the request. The whalers appealed, and a three-judge panel of the 9th... (Source)
- Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Tasmania Mercury) - Brown to direct anti-whalers
Sam Simon skipper Louis Pinho, front, with his multi-national crew from Canada, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Australia, Britain, the US and even Japan. Bob Brown, inset, will take a lead role in this year's anti-whaling campaign. Pic: LEIGH WINBURN... (Source)
- Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (New York Times) - The Politics of Whaling
Whales now are threatened by both whaling and the general decline of the global ecosystem. As far as Japan is concerned, however, the whaling industry itself had become unsustainable by the late 1970s. Today, the demand for whale and dolphin meat... (Source)
- Sun, 13 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Whaling not on agenda in Aust-Japan talks
AUSTRALIA and Japan will hold formal talks on economic co-operation, regional security and nuclear non-proliferation in Sydney - but whaling won't be on the agenda. Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Sydney on Sunday morning as part of... (Source)
- Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:59 PM PDT - (DigitalJournal.com) - Younger generations of Japanese are speaking out against whaling (Includes...
Tokyo - Recently, a newly formed Japanese grassroots group marched in protest against its country's whaling policies. It was the first open resistance from within Japan itself. Digital Journal spoke with Action for Marine Mammals' (AMM) leader, Satoshi... (Source)
- Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:59 PM PDT - (Invest in Australia) - Australia-Japan talks: development, regional security, whaling
Minister Carr reiterated Australia's strong position against so-called “scientificwhaling by Japan. Australia is pursuing action in the International Court of Justice on the issue and considers Japanese whaling to be contrary to its international... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:58 PM PST - (nypost.com) - Dolphin was doomed
Don't blame the Gowanus. The wayward dolphin that died after becoming stranded in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal Friday was old, thin and already gravely ill when it swam into the toxic waterway, Kim Durham, a Long Island biologist who performed a necropsy on the dolphin, said yesterday... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:22 PM PST - (gawker.com) - The Gowanus Dolphin Died From Natural Causes, Not Man-Made Filth
Last Friday, an injured dolphin swam into Brooklyn's filthy Gowanus Canal , where it became stuck and later died; the ordeal was equal parts captivating and disturbing, and inspired at least one moving tribute . Now comes word that the dolphin probably wasn't killed by anything man-made, news that will hopefully let us all rest a bit better. According to the Riverhead Foundation... (Source)
- Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:24 PM PST - (nj.com) - Biologist: Dolphin that died in Brooklyn canal was old and sick
The dolphin suffered from a series of chronic conditions: stomach ulcers, kidney stones and parasites (Source)
- Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:22 PM PST - (globegazette.com) - Biologist: Dolphin in NY canal was sickly and old
A marine biologist says an aging dolphin that was stranded in a polluted New York canal and died there was ill and might not have survived anywhere. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:29 AM PST - (phys.org) - Fossil remains in museum found to be 165 million year old marine super-predator
(Phys.org) - Researchers examining a fossil specimen discovered in a museum storage bin have found it to be the remains of a super-predator that lived during the Jurassic Period, around 165 million years ago. They describe the specimen, named Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, in their paper published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, as looking like a cross between a modern dolphin and a... (Source)
- Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:26 AM PST - (scotsman.com) - Academics in skeleton find breakthrough
AN ancient skeleton found more than 100 years ago belonged to an unidentified species of crocodile that was similar to a dolphin, city scientists have found. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:05 PM PST - (foxnews.com) - Medical intervention would not have saved whale, dolphin stranded in NYC waters
Jan. 25, 2013: A wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted NYC canal died Friday evening, marine experts said. AP Photo/Richard Drew (Source)
- Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:23 PM PST - (wap.news.bigpond.com) - Prehistoric 'super-predator' identified
A creature resembling a hybrid dolphin and crocodile was identified from fossils found over a century ago. (Source)
- Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:48 PM PST - (scientificamerican.com) - Dolphin That Died in New York Canal Was Old and Sick
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dolphin that died in a polluted New York canal last week was old and sick, and the toxic waters where it spent its final hours played little, if any, role in its demise, a biologist who examined the dolphin's carcass said on Tuesday. The male common dolphin had not eaten in some time even before swimming a mile inland up Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, where it... (Source)
- Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:06 AM PST - (ibtimes.com) - Gowanus Dolphin Already Doomed Before It Entered Polluted Canal, Necropsy Reveals [PHOTOS]
The dolphin that perished in the waters of the Gowanus canal wasn't killed by the polluted waters of the Brooklyn waterway - it was already severely sick and dying, scientists say. (Source)
- Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:48 AM PST - (foxnews.com) - Medical intervention would not have saved NYC dolphin
Jan. 25, 2013: A wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted NYC canal died Friday evening, marine experts said. AP Photo/Richard Drew (Source)
- Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:49 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Sea Shepherd intercepts Japanese whalers
Sea Shepherd claims to have saved the lives of 4000 whales over the past eight whaling seasons with ever-greater campaigns of harassment against the Japanese harpoon fleet. The militant environmentalist group said the Brigitte Bardot, a former ocean... (Source)
- Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:49 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Sea Shepherd intercepts Japanese whaling fleet
Sea Shepherd says its high-speed trimaran the Brigitte Bardot has made contact with the Japanese fleet's harpoon ship, which is en route to the Antarctic whaling grounds. The whaling fleet left Japan for the Southern Ocean in late December, planning to... (Source)
- Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:49 PM PDT - (Phys.Org) - Anti-whalers claim early victory against Japanese fleet
Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 is shown anchored at the Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan on April 13, 2009. Anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd says it has intercepted the harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 in the... (Source)
- Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:14 PM PST - (mysinchew.com) - Solomons seeks to prevent mass dolphin killings
HONIARA, Feb 1, 2013 (AFP) - The Solomon Islands on Friday urged villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's tourism industry. (Source)
- Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:13 PM PST - (thestandard.com.hk) - Solomons islands officials urge tribes to halt ugly dolphin slaughter
The Solomon Islands urged its villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's to... (Source)
- Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST - (tallahassee.com) - Rough-toothed dolphin found stranded on Destin Beach
Democrat staff report - A 6-foot, male rough-toothed dolphin was found stranded on the shore of Destin Beach early this morning. (Source)
- Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:53 PM PDT - (SBS) - Australia condemns Japan whaling boat
"Australia has made it clear to Japan on a number of occasions that vessels associated with its Japanese whaling program are not welcome in Australia's exclusive economic zone or territorial sea," Mr Burke said in a statement on Thursday. The minister... (Source)
- Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:53 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Whalers warned out of Australian waters
A Japanese whaling fleet ship is again being warned out of Australian waters by the Federal Government, aggravating a diplomatic dispute with Tokyo. Environment Minister Tony Burke said on Thursday night that the government had confirmation the Shonan... (Source)
- Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:53 PM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Sea Shepherd claims early victory against Japan's whaling fleet
The anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd announced on Wednesday that it was claiming an early success by locating Japan's fleet before a single whale has been killed in their Southern Ocean hunt. The extreme environmentalist group hasn't engaged... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:47 AM PST - (phys.org) - Solomons seeks to prevent mass dolphin killings
The Solomon Islands on Friday urged villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's tourism industry. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:15 PM PST - (au.news.yahoo.com) - Solomons government to act on dolphin dispute
Solomon Islands' tourism minister, Samuel Manetoali, says his government will step in to resolve a dispute around dolphin slaughtering on one of the country's islands. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:17 AM PST - (wickedlocal.com) - DOING BUSINESS: Meet Sue Rocca of Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Biologist and Campaign Manager Sue Rocca has been involved in whale research, conservation and advocacy for more than 15 years. Rocca manages the sightings and humpback whale databases, oversees the WDC's North America office in Plymouth and heads up the Turks and Caicos research project when funding allows (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST - (news.yahoo.com) - Why We Can't Save Every Stranded Dolphin
Judging by last week's high-profile death of a common dolphin in Brooklyn's filthy Gowanus Canal, it seems that everyone really does want to 'save the whales.' And though the deeply humane impulse to jump in the water and rescue a marine mammal that is lost, sick or stranded is laudable, it is not always the best course of action for the animal, scientists and wildlife, rescue experts say. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Australia orders Japanese whalers to stay away
Australia has demanded Japan's whalers leave the southern ocean, after a support vessel for the fleet was found to have entered its waters in pursuit of environmental activists. The Australian environment minister, Tony Burke, told the whalers they... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (ABC News) - Australia Protests to Japan About Whaling Ship
A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to the Tokyo government. Environment Minister Tony Burke said his government received confirmation... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (BBC News) - Australia protests to Japan over whaling ship
Australia has protested to Japan after a vessel from its whaling fleet entered Australia's exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean. Environment Minister Tony Burke said Australia had made it clear to Japan that whaling vessels were not welcome. (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (The Australian) - whalers violate Australian waters
THE Australian government has lodged a protest with Tokyo after part of the Japanese whaling fleet entered its exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean near Macquarie Island. Canberra is strongly opposed to whaling and launched legal action... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japanese whalers ordered out of Australian waters
Environment Minister Tony Burke said he had made it clear to Japan that vessels associated with the whaling program "are not welcome in in Australia's exclusive economic zone or territorial sea". "Our embassy in Tokyo has conveyed these sentiments... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japanese whaling vessel enters Australian waters
TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government has ordered a Japanese whaling vessel to get out of Australia's economic exclusion zone. The Shonan Maru Number 2 entered the zone off Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean yesterday afternoon. Bob Brown... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (Herald Sun) - Japanese whaling boat told to move away from Macquarie Island
The allegations come as a Japanese whaling support boat, the Shonan Maru No 2, entered Australia's exclusive economic zone near Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean. Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt said while he welcomed the... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (Radio Australia) - Opposition says confrontation likely on Japanese whaling breach
MCCARTHY: The government says it has repeatedly made clear to Japan that these whaling crews are not welcome. It's now lodged an official complaint. At this stage realistically what more can Canberra do? HUNT: Well I think it needs to be absolutely... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Australian government orders Japanese whaling ship out of exclusive economic...
The Australian government's Environment Minister Tony Burke has ordered a ship with Japan's whaling fleet to immediately leave the country's economic zone, warning that it is not welcome in Australia's territorial waters. The Shonan Maru No. 2 entered... (Source)
- Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PDT - (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Australia blasts Japan after whaling fleet incursion
SYDNEY, Feb 1, 2013 (AFP) - The Australian government Friday lodged a protest with Tokyo after a ship from the Japanese whaling fleet entered its exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean near Macquarie Island. Canberra is strongly opposed to... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:12 PM PDT - (The Japan Times) - Aussies blast whalers' EEZ incursion
SYDNEY - Canberra has lodged an official protest with Tokyo after a ship from Japan's whaling fleet entered Australia's exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean near Macquarie Island. The Shonan Maru No. 2, a support vessel for the whalers... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:12 PM PDT - (Orange UK News) - Australia Tells Japanese Whalers To Stay Away
A Japanese government ship providing security for whalers has entered Australian waters, prompting a furious reaction from Canberra. The Australian embassy in Tokyo lodged a protest with the Japanese government after the Shonan Maru 2 crossed into an... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:12 PM PDT - (Times LIVE) - Australia protests Japanese whaler entering its waters
File picture. Image by: THOMAS PETER / REUTERS. The Australian government has lodged a protest with Tokyo after a ship from the Japanese whaling fleet entered its exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean near Macquarie Island. Save Share... (Source)
- Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:12 PM PDT - (The Age) - Japan wants action against Sea Shepherd
TOKYO has demanded action by the federal government against Sea Shepherd conservationists in response to a complaint over the incursion of a Japanese whalers' ship into Australian waters. The security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 spent at least 16 hours... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:50 PM PST - (au.news.yahoo.com) - Stranded dolphins lured back out to sea
Rangers have prevented a mass stranding of dolphins near Albany by using a dolphin calf to lure up to 150 of the animals out to sea. (Source)
- Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:57 AM PST - (24.com.feedsportal.com) - Young dolphin lures Aus pod to safety
A young dolphin has been used to lure a pod of 100 to 150 others to safety after they were in danger of stranding themselves, Australian officials say. (Source)
- Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:14 AM PST - (bbc.co.uk) - Dolphins 'saved' by distress call
The distress call of a young dolphin is used to lure to safety a large pod of the animals in danger of being stranded off Western Australia. (Source)
- Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:31 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whaling fleet gets Japanese taxpayer subsidy
TONY EASTLEY: The ABC has learned that in a bid to keep its whaling fleet afloat in the Antarctic, Japan has begun injecting a new taxpayer funded subsidy into the program. It's believed the so-called 'profitable fisheries program' is helping to keep... (Source)
- Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:31 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whaling fleet gets Japanese taxpayer subsidy
TONY EASTLEY: The ABC has learned that in a bid to keep its whaling fleet afloat in the Antarctic, Japan has begun injecting a new taxpayer funded subsidy into the program. It's believed the so-called 'profitable fisheries program' is helping to keep... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:18 PM PST - (scoop.co.nz) - Protesting Against Dolphin- And Whale-Hunts
After a nice and very friendly demonstration in the center of Zuerich, the activists now put their promise to junk a Japanese car into effect. With this action they want to put a stop to the Japanese dolphin- and whale-hunt. (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:18 AM PST - (wickedlocal.com) - Right whales sighted off Plymouth Coast
North Atlantic right whales number approximately 370, and are ranked among the most endangered species in the world. These leviathans are supposed to migrate south during the winter, when females give birth off the coasts of Florida or Georgia. That's why the sighting of a right whale mother and her calf off the coast of Plymouth and Provincetown is cause for concern to Whale and Dolphin... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:30 AM PST - (newyork.grubstreet.com) - Chefs Who Served Whale Sushi Are Going to Jail
Spicy blubber rolls: Not worth the jail time. In 2010, the documentarian-activist team behind the Academy award winning movie 'The Cove' which exposed the cruelty and the clandestine practice of dolphin-slaughter in Japan - made waves stateside when they revealed that a popular sushi restaurant near the Santa Monica Airport was serving endangered whale meat in plain sight. After two undercover... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:28 AM PST - (ktnv.com) - Paint with the dolphins at Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat
(KTNV) - You have probably heard of swimming with the dolphins, now you can paint with them too. (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Japanese whaling industry 'dead in the water', says animal welfare group
Japan refuses to abandon its whaling programme, despite years of opposition from countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Patrick Ramage, the director of Ifaw's global whale programme, said that was due in part to the influence wielded by... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Taxpayers bailing out Japanese whalers
Japan has begun injecting new tax-payer-funded subsidies into its whaling program in a bid to keep the fleet afloat, the ABC has learned. It is believed the "profitable fisheries program" is helping to keep the so-called scientific research program's... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PDT - (The Age) - Whalers threaten contempt action against Sea Shepherd
A lawyer for Japan's whalers claims the Australian Sea Shepherd ship, Brigitte Bardot, has breached a US court restraining order in the Southern Ocean. In the first test of the conservation group's shift of its anti-whaling campaign to Australian hands... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Japanese whaling industry 'dead in the water', says animal welfare group
Japan refuses to abandon its whaling programme, despite years of opposition from countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Patrick Ramage, the director of Ifaw's global whale programme, said that was due in part to the influence wielded by... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Taxpayers bailing out Japanese whalers
Japan has begun injecting new tax-payer-funded subsidies into its whaling program in a bid to keep the fleet afloat, the ABC has learned. It is believed the "profitable fisheries program" is helping to keep the so-called scientific research program's... (Source)
- Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36 PM PDT - (The Age) - Whalers threaten contempt action against Sea Shepherd
A lawyer for Japan's whalers claims the Australian Sea Shepherd ship, Brigitte Bardot, has breached a US court restraining order in the Southern Ocean. In the first test of the conservation group's shift of its anti-whaling campaign to Australian hands... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PST - (scotsman.com) - Protest over dolphin killing
PROTESTERS have announced plans to demonstrate outside the Japanese embassy in the Capital to urge an end to the country's killing of dolphins. (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PDT - (Deutsche Welle) - Study sinks Japan's 'scientific whaling' program
Of all the statistics, culled from official sources, that are cited in the International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW) study "The Economics of Japanese Whaling," Dr. Ralf Sonntag, director of the IFAW's operations in Germany, says the one that... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PDT - (Times LIVE) - Whaling costs Japan $10 million a year: pressure group
Japan's whaling fleet left port in December aiming to catch around 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean, where they are being pursued by militant environmentalist group Sea Shepherd. Japanese coastguard officers will be aboard the ships to cope with... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PDT - (Environment News Service) - Sea Shepherd Australia Thwarts Japanese Whalers
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, February 4, 2013 (ENS) - The month of January, usually the prime whale catching month for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, has come and gone without the death of a single whale, says Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PDT - (Deutsche Welle) - Study sinks Japan's 'scientific whaling' program
Of all the statistics, culled from official sources, that are cited in the International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW) study "The Economics of Japanese Whaling," Dr. Ralf Sonntag, director of the IFAW's operations in Germany, says the one that... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PDT - (Times LIVE) - Whaling costs Japan $10 million a year: pressure group
Japan's whaling fleet left port in December aiming to catch around 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean, where they are being pursued by militant environmentalist group Sea Shepherd. Japanese coastguard officers will be aboard the ships to cope with... (Source)
- Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PDT - (Environment News Service) - Sea Shepherd Australia Thwarts Japanese Whalers
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, February 4, 2013 (ENS) - The month of January, usually the prime whale catching month for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, has come and gone without the death of a single whale, says Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:25 AM PDT - (New York Times) - Japan Spends Heavily to Keep Whaling Industry Afloat, Report Says
TOKYO - A wildlife conservation group said in a report on Wednesday that Japan has been propping up its whaling industry with nearly $400 million in tax money in recent years, stepping up subsidies even as consumption of whale meat here has slumped. (Source)
- Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:25 AM PDT - (Care2.com (blog)) - Sea Shepherd Claims Early Victory Against Whalers
Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) has continued to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where commercial whaling is banned, under the guise of scientific research, which many believe is nothing more than a pathetically... (Source)
- Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:25 AM PDT - (New York Times) - Japan Spends Heavily to Keep Whaling Industry Afloat, Report Says
TOKYO С A wildlife conservation group said in a report on Wednesday that Japan has been propping up its whaling industry with nearly $400 million in tax money in recent years, stepping up subsidies even as consumption of whale meat here has slumped.... (Source)
- Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:25 AM PDT - (Care2.com (blog)) - Sea Shepherd Claims Early Victory Against Whalers
Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) has continued to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, where commercial whaling is banned, under the guise of scientific research, which many believe is nothing more than a pathetically... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Japanese whalers' resupply ship snared
The Japanese whaling fleet's key re-supply ship, Sun Laurel, has been found by anti-whaling activists south of Australia, throwing into doubt the whalers' ability to refuel. The 5,700 tonne tanker was located on Thursday in the Southern Ocean about 1... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (New Zealand Herald) - Japan govt accused of propping up whaling industry
The Japanese government has been accused of using tsunami relief funding to support its struggling whaling industry. The International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW) report - The Economics of Japanese Whaling - was published today, following a year... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Sea Shepherd locates Japan whaling fleet's resupply ship, aims to block access
Activist group Sea Shepherd says that is has located the key resupply ship for Japan's whaling fleet, the Sun Laurel, and plans to prevent any of the nation's vessels from refueling. The 5,700 ton tanker ship is said to have been found in the Southern... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (The Maritime Executive) - Sea Shepherd Severs Fuel Supply to Japanese Whaling Fleet
This morning, Sea Shepherd Australia's ship, the SSS Sam Simon, found the refuelling tanker for the Japanese whaling fleet, the Panamanian registered and Korean-owned vessel Sun Laurel, 1,250 miles South of Albany, Australia (at 55 Degrees 41 Minutes... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Japanese whalers' resupply ship snared
The Japanese whaling fleet's key re-supply ship, Sun Laurel, has been found by anti-whaling activists south of Australia, throwing into doubt the whalers' ability to refuel. The 5,700 tonne tanker was located on Thursday in the Southern Ocean about 1... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (New Zealand Herald) - Japan govt accused of propping up whaling industry
The Japanese government has been accused of using tsunami relief funding to support its struggling whaling industry. The International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW) report - The Economics of Japanese Whaling - was published today, following a year... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Sea Shepherd locates Japan whaling fleet's resupply ship, aims to block access
Activist group Sea Shepherd says that is has located the key resupply ship for Japan's whaling fleet, the Sun Laurel, and plans to prevent any of the nation's vessels from refueling. The 5,700 ton tanker ship is said to have been found in the Southern... (Source)
- Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:54 AM PDT - (The Maritime Executive) - Sea Shepherd Severs Fuel Supply to Japanese Whaling Fleet
This morning, Sea Shepherd Australia's ship, the SSS Sam Simon, found the refuelling tanker for the Japanese whaling fleet, the Panamanian registered and Korean-owned vessel Sun Laurel, 1,250 miles South of Albany, Australia (at 55 Degrees 41 Minutes... (Source)
- Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:27 AM PDT - (New York Times (blog)) - Whaling: Who Gets to Decide if Cultural Tradition Justifies Slaughter?
Japanese whaling is losing money, in part because younger generations are losing their appetite for whale meat. As a result, the Japanese government is subsidizing the controversial industry. That's the conclusion of a report released this week that... (Source)
- Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:27 AM PDT - (New York Times (blog)) - Whaling: Who Gets to Decide if Cultural Tradition Justifies Slaughter?
Japanese whaling is losing money, in part because younger generations are losing their appetite for whale meat. As a result, the Japanese government is subsidizing the controversial industry. That's the conclusion of a report released this week that... (Source)
- Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:03 PM PDT - (OregonLive.com) - Portland lawsuit: Sea Shepherd takes new tack, suing Japanese whalers for...
sea_shepherd_ady_gil.JPG View full size The sheared off bow of the Ady Gil, a high-tech speed boat that resembles a stealth bomber after a collision with a Japanese whaling ship in the frigid waters of Antarctica on Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. (Source)
- Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:03 PM PDT - (The Guardian (blog)) - Whale oil to fuel whaling ships is a gruesome and surreal proposition
The story might seem a bizarre development even in the Alice in Wonderland world of modern whaling, where Japanese whaling fleets claim to be conducting "scientific research" and the US, while striking a vehemently anti-whaling stance, nonetheless... (Source)
- Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:03 PM PDT - (OregonLive.com) - Portland lawsuit: Sea Shepherd takes new tack, suing Japanese whalers for...
sea_shepherd_ady_gil.JPG View full size The sheared off bow of the Ady Gil, a high-tech speed boat that resembles a stealth bomber after a collision with a Japanese whaling ship in the frigid waters of Antarctica on Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010.... (Source)
- Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:03 PM PDT - (The Guardian (blog)) - Whale oil to fuel whaling ships is a gruesome and surreal proposition
The story might seem a bizarre development even in the Alice in Wonderland world of modern whaling, where Japanese whaling fleets claim to be conducting "scientific research" and the US, while striking a vehemently anti-whaling stance, nonetheless... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PDT - (Raw Story) - The Sea Shepherd takes battle with Japanese whalers to the US Supreme Court
The Sea Shepherd conservation group asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to lift an order forcing it to steer clear of Japan's whalers, who are seeking legal reprisals over harassment at sea. Since 2002, Sea Shepherd has annually disrupted Japan's... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PDT - (The Seattle Times) - Anti-whaling group sues Japanese whalers in crash
The anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has sued Japanese whalers in federal court in Portland, Ore., accusing them of terrorizing one of the society's crews in a January 2010 vessel collision off Antarctica. The Associated Press... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PDT - (News24) - Whaling heads to court battle
The Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru has two minke whales transferred up the ramp of the factory ship in the Southern Ocean. (Kate Davison, AP, Greenpeace). Multimedia В· User Galleries В· News in Pictures Send us your pictures В· Send us your stories... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PDT - (Raw Story) - The Sea Shepherd takes battle with Japanese whalers to the US Supreme Court
The Sea Shepherd conservation group asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to lift an order forcing it to steer clear of Japan's whalers, who are seeking legal reprisals over harassment at sea. Since 2002, Sea Shepherd has annually disrupted Japan's... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PDT - (The Seattle Times) - Anti-whaling group sues Japanese whalers in crash
The anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has sued Japanese whalers in federal court in Portland, Ore., accusing them of terrorizing one of the society's crews in a January 2010 vessel collision off Antarctica. The Associated Press... (Source)
- Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:12 AM PDT - (News24) - Whaling heads to court battle
The Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru has two minke whales transferred up the ramp of the factory ship in the Southern Ocean. (Kate Davison, AP, Greenpeace). Multimedia б User Galleries б News in Pictures Send us your pictures б Send us your stories... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:49 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Japan worried about fair hearing in whaling case
Japan is said to be deeply concerned about obtaining a fair hearing in the whaling case brought against it by Australia at the International Court of Justice. The Japanese government says "serious anomalies" arise from the admission of New Zealand as... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:49 PM PDT - (The Maritime Executive) - Sea Shepherd Takes Fight Against Japanese Whalers to Supreme Court
Whaling was outlawed worldwide in 1986, but Japan continues to hunt whales under a research exemption in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and surrounding waters. An estimated 20,000 whales have been killed for research by Japan, without a... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:49 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Japan worried about fair hearing in whaling case
Japan is said to be deeply concerned about obtaining a fair hearing in the whaling case brought against it by Australia at the International Court of Justice. The Japanese government says "serious anomalies" arise from the admission of New Zealand as... (Source)
- Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:49 PM PDT - (The Maritime Executive) - Sea Shepherd Takes Fight Against Japanese Whalers to Supreme Court
Whaling was outlawed worldwide in 1986, but Japan continues to hunt whales under a research exemption in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and surrounding waters. An estimated 20,000 whales have been killed for research by Japan, without a... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:15 PM PST - (sandiego6.com) - Dolphin Entangled in Fishing Line Freed Off La Jolla
Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal specialists located the dolphin in the waters a mile off La Jolla Friday after a kayaker reported spotting the distressed animal. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:30 PM PST - (abcnews.go.com) - Dolphin Entangled in Fishing Line Freed
Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed after hour-long rescue effort off San Diego (Source)
- Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:17 PM PST - (startribune.com) - Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed after hour-long rescue effort off San Diego
SAN DIEGO - A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego. Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal specialists located the dolphin in the waters a mile off La Jolla Friday after a kayaker reported spotting the distressed animal. (Source)
- Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:42 PM PST - (fox5sandiego.com) - Dolphin rescue caught on video
SAN DIEGO - SeaWorld and San Diego Lifeguards responded to a call from a Kayaker who saw an entangled dolphin near Scripps pier Friday before noon. 'It would have died,' SeaWorld Mammal Curator Keith Yip said. 'I have no doubt in... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:47 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Sea Shepherd activists claim Japanese whalers are in Aussie waters
In this file photo the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and a Japanese whaling ship collide in the waters of Antarctica. Source: AP. ANTI-WHALING group Sea Shepherd says Japanese whalers have harpooned a large minke in... (Source)
- Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:47 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Sea Shepherd activists claim Japanese whalers are in Aussie waters
In this file photo the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and a Japanese whaling ship collide in the waters of Antarctica. Source: AP. ANTI-WHALING group Sea Shepherd says Japanese whalers have harpooned a large minke in... (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:01 AM PST - (wbko.com) - Entangled Dolphi Rescued near San Diego
A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:27 AM PST - (alabamas13.com) - Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed off Calif.
Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal specialists located the dolphin in the waters a mile off La Jolla Friday after a kayaker reported spotting the distressed animal. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:45 AM PST - (Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed off Calif.) - NBC40.net
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego. Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal specialists located the dolphin in the waters a mile off La Jolla Friday after a kayaker reported spotting the distressed animal. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:18 PM PST - (ktla.com) - Rescuers Save Dolphin Caught in Fishing Line off San Diego
LA JOLLA, Calif. (KTLA) - Marine biologists from Sea World and San Diego lifeguards rescued a dolphin entangled in fishing line off the La Jolla coast. A person who was kayaking in the area came across the distressed dolphin and... (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:37 PM PST - (nbclosangeles.com) - Dolphin Rescued "Was Just a Little Guy"
A dolphin was rescued off the coast of La Jolla on Friday morning, according to San Diego lifeguards. Photo Credit: NBC 7 San Diego (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:22 AM PST - (bigpondnews.com) - Wake boarders followed by dolphin pod
Two lucky wakeboarders have filmed a pod of dolphins swimming with them in Mexico. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:32 AM PST - (abclocal.go.com) - Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed off San Diego
A dolphin entangled in a fishing line was freed after a kayaker spotted him in the waters off San Diego. (Source)
- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:19 AM PST - (cbs47.tv) - Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego. Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal specialists located the dolphin in the waters a mile off La Jolla Friday after a kayaker reported spotting the distressed animal. They used a pole to gather the 50- to 100-foot line, then snipped it around the dolphin's dorsal fin... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:30 AM PST - (adelaidenow.com.au) - New baby dolphin born in Port River
THE Port River has welcomed an addition to its growing community - a new baby dolphin called Summer. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:51 PM PST - (wap.news.bigpond.com) - Wake boarders followed by dolphin pod
Two lucky wakeboarders have filmed a pod of dolphins swimming with them in Mexico. (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:18 PM PST - (thecelebritycafe.com) - Dolphin trapped in fishing line is freed
Lifeguards and SeaWorld employees rescued a dolphin that was caught in a fishing line off the coast of San Diego on Friday. read more (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:34 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - activists in ocean stand-off with whalers
SEA Shepherd activists and Japanese whalers are involved in a stand off and the Australians are appealing to the Federal Government to intervene. The activists claim a minke whale was harpooned in Australia waters off Antarctica on Friday. They also... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:34 PM PDT - (msnNOW) - Sea Shepherd claims partial victory in clash with Japanese whalers
Sea Shepherd is faring better at sea than in the courts. The anti-whaling fleet is claiming at least a draw in a showdown in Australian waters with Japanese whalers after the SSS Bob Barker intervened with a harpoon vessel trying to load a minke whale... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:34 PM PDT - (Ninemsn) - Japan 'kills whale in Australian waters'
February 17, 2013: Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd are in standoff with Japanese whalers, following reports that a large Minke in Australian Antarctic waters. Sea Shepard founder Paul Watson joined Weekend TODAY with the latest on the Japanese... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:34 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - activists in ocean stand-off with whalers
SEA Shepherd activists and Japanese whalers are involved in a stand off and the Australians are appealing to the Federal Government to intervene. The activists claim a minke whale was harpooned in Australia waters off Antarctica on Friday. They also... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:34 PM PDT - (msnNOW) - Sea Shepherd claims partial victory in clash with Japanese whalers
Sea Shepherd is faring better at sea than in the courts. The anti-whaling fleet is claiming at least a draw in a showdown in Australian waters with Japanese whalers after the SSS Bob Barker intervened with a harpoon vessel trying to load a minke whale... (Source)
- Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:34 PM PDT - (Ninemsn) - Japan 'kills whale in Australian waters'
February 17, 2013: Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd are in standoff with Japanese whalers, following reports that a large Minke in Australian Antarctic waters. Sea Shepard founder Paul Watson joined Weekend TODAY with the latest on the Japanese... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:33 AM PST - (ktla.com) - Must See: Huge Dolphin Pod Stretches 7 Miles
SAN DIEGO (KTLA) - Check out this video of a giant pod of dolphins that stretched seven miles long. A ship captain spotted the group of 100,000 dolphins swimming together off the coast of San Diego. He estimated that the... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:07 AM PST - (businessinsider.com) - Mystery 7-Mile-Long 'Super Mega-Pod' Of Dolphin Recorded Off California [VIDEO]
Videos of natural phenomenon have a special place among Internet surfers everywhere and this dolphin video may be today's online darling. NBC 7 San Diego reports the group of dolphins, called a pod, spans seven miles of ocean off the coast of San Diego and was recorded Thursday from aboard a tour boat. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:02 PM PST - (10news.com) - 'Dolphin stampede' off San Diego coast
A Valentine's Day whale-watching excursion turned into a rare treat off the San Diego coast as an estimated 100,000 dolphins swarmed offshore, according to one boat captain. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:26 PM PST - (kplr11.com) - Mega Dolphin Pod Stretches 7 Miles
(KTLA) - A ship captain spotted the huge group of dolphins off the coast of San Diego, California. The pod... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:49 PM PST - (local15tv.com) - Dead Dolphin Discovered in Fort Morgan
A dead dolphin discovered on Fort Morgan has been sent to Fort Walton Beach for tests. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:20 PM PST - (q13fox.com) - Video: Mega dolphin pod stretches 7 miles
A ship captain spotted the huge group of dolphins off the coast of San Diego (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST - (thedestinlog.com) - Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge investigating dolphin with severe head wound
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge and Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Network officials measure a dolphin found dead. (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Japanese Whaling Fleet Dropped Fuel in Antarctic, Sea Shepherd Says
In the Southern Ocean, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd is again doing battle with the Japanese whaling fleet during its annual hunt. But while trailing the whaling fleet's re-supply ship, Sea Shepherd said it discovered the ship left “fuel slicksin... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Sea Shepherd accuses whalers of spilling oil trying to crash into them
Environmental extremist and anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has issued a statement that accuses Japan's fleet of spilling oil in Australian waters. Using four vessels to try to obstruct Japan's yearly whale hunt in the Southern Ocean, Sea Shepherd says... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (FRANCE 24) - Activists confront Japanese over whale kill
AFP - Militant environmentalists Monday accused Japanese whalers of attempting to crash into their ship as they tried to prevent harpoonists from hauling a slaughtered whale on board. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which is chasing the Japanese... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Japanese Whaling Fleet Dropped Fuel in Antarctic, Sea Shepherd Says
In the Southern Ocean, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd is again doing battle with the Japanese whaling fleet during its annual hunt. But while trailing the whaling fleet's re-supply ship, Sea Shepherd said it discovered the ship left Тfuel slicksУ in... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Sea Shepherd accuses whalers of spilling oil trying to crash into them
Environmental extremist and anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has issued a statement that accuses Japan's fleet of spilling oil in Australian waters. Using four vessels to try to obstruct Japan's yearly whale hunt in the Southern Ocean, Sea Shepherd says... (Source)
- Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (FRANCE 24) - Activists confront Japanese over whale kill
AFP - Militant environmentalists Monday accused Japanese whalers of attempting to crash into their ship as they tried to prevent harpoonists from hauling a slaughtered whale on board. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which is chasing the Japanese... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:40 PM PST - (csmonitor.com) - Super mega dolphin pod off San Diego: Why the big party? (+video)
Super mega dolphin pod, which indulged in a feeding frenzy off the coast of San Diego over the holiday weekend, is only the latest in a recent string of odd behaviors by large creatures of the sea.еК (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:36 PM PST - (csmonitor.com) - Super mega dolphin pod off San Diego: Why the big party?
Super mega dolphin pod, which indulged in a feeding frenzy off the coast of San Diego over the holiday weekend, is only the latest in a recent string of odd behaviors by large creatures of the sea.еК (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:09 PM PST - (ayrshirepost.net) - Scottish News: Dolphin whistle 'seals social bond'
Dolphins mimic the whistle of those closest to them as a way of saying they want to be reunited, new research suggests. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:58 PM PST - (kilmarnockstandard.co.uk) - Dolphin whistle 'seals social bond'
Dolphins mimic the whistle of those closest to them as a way of saying they want to be reunited, new research suggests. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:35 PM PST - (dailymail.co.uk) - How a dolphin missing mum will car for her by name: Animal mimics whistle to try and trigger a reunion
A dolphin calf separated from its mother mimics her short, sharp whistle in what is thought to be a way of trying to trigger a reunion. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:32 PM PST - (clickorlando.com) - Dolphin stampede spotted off San Diego coast
You've probably never seen a "super mega dolphin pod" of dolphins swimming in the ocean, but that is exactly what a group of tourists off the coast of San Diego saw last week. The Los Angeles Times reports Captain Joe Dutra of Hornblower Cruises told local news stations that the pod was more than seven miles long and five miles wide. Dutra said he thought there were probably about 100,000... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:35 AM PST - (news.yahoo.com) - San Diego tourists treated to dolphin 'superpod' sighting
Think of it as the anti-Carnival Triumph experience. Last week, a group of tourists on a boat off the coast of San Diego were treated to a sight both unusual and awesome - a "superpod" of dolphins. Footage taken from the deck of the ship shows thousands of dolphins elegantly leaping above the waves. KFMB San Diego [...] (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:51 AM PST - (ibtimes.co.uk) - 100,000 Dolphin Super-Mega-Pod Spotted off California [VIDEO]
Up to 100,000 dolphins in massive school filmed by cruise ship passengers off San Diego's Pacific coast. (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Macleans.ca) - New report suggests Japanese whaling industry is drowning
It is a national tradition that has boiled the blood of environmentalists for decades, but a recent report says the Japanese whaling industry is dead in the water. While the government has always asserted that eating whale meat was an indispensable... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Japan's whalers call on Netherlands to take action against Sea Shepherd activists
In the wake of a dangerous stunt performed by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an animal activist group, when a Dutch-registered vessel came very close to two Japanese ships in the Atlantic Ocean last Friday, February 15, Japan asks Netherlands... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Macleans.ca) - New report suggests Japanese whaling industry is drowning
It is a national tradition that has boiled the blood of environmentalists for decades, but a recent report says the Japanese whaling industry is dead in the water. While the government has always asserted that eating whale meat was an indispensable... (Source)
- Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Japan Daily Press) - Japan's whalers call on Netherlands to take action against Sea Shepherd activists
In the wake of a dangerous stunt performed by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an animal activist group, when a Dutch-registered vessel came very close to two Japanese ships in the Atlantic Ocean last Friday, February 15, Japan asks Netherlands... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:39 PM PST - (news4jax.com) - Cat and dog people‰ҐП
A rescue team assembled Wednesday morning to rescue and disentangle a dolphin calf swimming in the St. Johns River with a reddish-orange object wrapped around its head near its dorsal fin. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:28 PM PST - (firstcoastnews.com) - Dolphin calf freed from ocean debris by rescuers
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A dolphin calf is now untangled from a aerobie, similar to a frisbee, that was stuck around its head thanks to a team of 40 rescuers Wednesday. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:57 PM PST - (actionnewsjax.com) - Rescue team frees dolphin calf from object wrapped around head
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A team of 40 people helped remove a frisbee-like object from around the neck of a dolphin calf Wednesday morning. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:16 PM PST - (upi.com) - Dolphin calls may give language clues
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, Feb. 20 (UPI) - Dolphins mimic calls of those they share a social bond with, findings that could give insights into human language and communication, British researchers say. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST - (lagunabeachindependent.com) - Street Beat
Laguna Beach's most exclusive art gallery, Top of the World Elementary School's Dolphin Gallery, opened its doors for the second time on Friday, Feb. 8. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:29 PM PST - (firstcoastnews.com) - Dolphin calf freed of ocean debris by rescuers
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A dolphin calf is now untangled from a aerobie, similar to a frisbee, that was stuck around its head thanks to a team of 40 rescuers Wednesday. (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Sea Shepherd activists clash with Japanese whaler in Southern Ocean
The International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling in 1986 but a clause in the moratorium allows Japan to catch just fewer than 1,000 whales in the Antarctic every winter for "scientific research". The meat from the hunts is sold legally... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (CNN) - Anti-whaling activists say they were attacked by Japanese ships
Hong Kong (CNN) - The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said ships from the Japanese whaling fleet attacked its vessels, ramming them and hurling concussion grenades. "There's been the most outrageous attack on the Sea Shepherd Australia ships... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - Japanese whaling ship, protesters' boats collide
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - An anti-whaling activist group accused a Japanese whaling vessel of intentionally ramming two of its ships Wednesday in waters near Antarctica. Japan's Fisheries Agency, however, insisted the protesters were responsible for... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Japanese whaling ship rams Sea Shepherd protesters
THREE Sea Shepherd ships have been rammed by Japan's whaling fleet while it was attempting to refuel in Australian Antarctic Territory waters, the conservation group says. Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says the Nisshin Maru has hit the Steve Irwin,... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Japanese whalers rammed two Sea Shepherd ships
ANTI-whaling group Sea Shepherd says a Japanese whaling ship has rammed its two protest ships, and one, the Bob Barker is taking on water. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Captain Paul Watson, in a posting on his Facebook page this afternoon,... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Raw Story) - Sea Shepherd environmental activists say Japanese whalers 'rammed' their ships
Environmental campaigners from the militant Sea Shepherd group said on Wednesday a Japanese whaling ship had “rammedits vessels in a skirmish in the Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd director Bob Brown said the Japanese factory boat the Nisshin... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Sea Shepherd activists 'rammed by Japanese whalers'
The Antarctic whaling conflict has escalated, with collisions and some damage reported as activists and whalers dispute the refuelling of the whaling fleet. After several days of close manoeuvres between the two sides north of Australia's Davis station... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Sea Shepherd damaged when 'rammed by Japanese whalers'
A Sea Shepherd ship has been disabled and a tanker ship hit amid ice-strewn Antarctic waters in a clash with Japanese whalers. The anti-whaling group's long range vessel Bob Barker was hit in the stern by the factory ship Nisshin Maru, Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Straits Times) - Environmental activists say Japanese whalers 'rammed' ships in skirmish
This handout photo taken on Feb 15, 2013 and received on Feb 18 from Sea Shepherd Australia shows a Minke whale loaded on to the slipway of the Japanese whaling fleet's factory vessel, the Nishin Maru (left), as the Yushin Maru No. 2 (right) looks on... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Guardian) - Sea Shepherd activists clash with Japanese whaler in Southern Ocean
The International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling in 1986 but a clause in the moratorium allows Japan to catch just fewer than 1,000 whales in the Antarctic every winter for "scientific research". The meat from the hunts is sold legally... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (CNN) - Anti-whaling activists say they were attacked by Japanese ships
Hong Kong (CNN) - The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said ships from the Japanese whaling fleet attacked its vessels, ramming them and hurling concussion grenades. "There's been the most outrageous attack on the Sea Shepherd Australia ships... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Huffington Post) - Japanese whaling ship, protesters' boats collide
WELLINGTON, New Zealand С An anti-whaling activist group accused a Japanese whaling vessel of intentionally ramming two of its ships Wednesday in waters near Antarctica. Japan's Fisheries Agency, however, insisted the protesters were responsible for... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Japanese whaling ship rams Sea Shepherd protesters
THREE Sea Shepherd ships have been rammed by Japan's whaling fleet while it was attempting to refuel in Australian Antarctic Territory waters, the conservation group says. Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says the Nisshin Maru has hit the Steve Irwin (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (NEWS.com.au) - Japanese whalers rammed two Sea Shepherd ships
ANTI-whaling group Sea Shepherd says a Japanese whaling ship has rammed its two protest ships, and one, the Bob Barker is taking on water. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Captain Paul Watson, in a posting on his Facebook page this afternoon (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Raw Story) - Sea Shepherd environmental activists say Japanese whalers 'rammed' their ships
Environmental campaigners from the militant Sea Shepherd group said on Wednesday a Japanese whaling ship had ТrammedУ its vessels in a skirmish in the Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd director Bob Brown said the Japanese factory boat the Nisshin... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Sea Shepherd activists 'rammed by Japanese whalers'
The Antarctic whaling conflict has escalated, with collisions and some damage reported as activists and whalers dispute the refuelling of the whaling fleet. After several days of close manoeuvres between the two sides north of Australia's Davis station... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Sea Shepherd damaged when 'rammed by Japanese whalers'
A Sea Shepherd ship has been disabled and a tanker ship hit amid ice-strewn Antarctic waters in a clash with Japanese whalers. The anti-whaling group's long range vessel Bob Barker was hit in the stern by the factory ship Nisshin Maru, Sea Shepherd... (Source)
- Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Straits Times) - Environmental activists say Japanese whalers 'rammed' ships in skirmish
This handout photo taken on Feb 15, 2013 and received on Feb 18 from Sea Shepherd Australia shows a Minke whale loaded on to the slipway of the Japanese whaling fleet's factory vessel, the Nishin Maru (left), as the Yushin Maru No. 2 (right) looks on... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:21 PM PST - (globalpost.com) - Study: Dolphins call each other by name
The dolphin name study found that dolphins use squeaks and whistles to call out the names of loved ones when they become separated. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:01 PM PST - (newsfixnow.com) - Lifeguards rescue dolphin entangled in fishing line
NEAR LA JOLLA, CA - Flipper was a friendly dolphin who gave a helping fin to his human friends. But it was a dolphin near La Jolla, California was the one who really needed some help. Marine biologists from Sea... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (TVNZ) - Japanese whalers reject Sea Shepherd claims
Japanese whalers say Sea Shepherd crews sabotaged a refuelling process in the Southern Ocean, causing several collisions. The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) has responded to claims by the anti-whaling group that a Japanese whaling ship collided... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (GlobalPost) - Japanese turn against whaling
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's declining appetite for whale meat is nothing new; but is the country also losing patience with its whaling industry? The answer is yes, according to a new report that highlights the huge cost to the Japanese taxpayer of... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Yahoo!7 News) - Japan denies whaling season is over
The Japanese government says Sea Shepherd activists have not put an end to this year's Southern Ocean whale hunt. The whaling fleet has been between its ship and two Sea Shepherd boats. Sea Shepherd hailed the suspension as a victory, saying with... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japan rejects claim whaling season is over
Japan has rejected claims this year's whale hunt in the Southern Ocean is over, despite the suspension of its fishing and refuelling activities. Japan's Consul-General in Melbourne, Hidenobu Sobashima, has told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific program... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Economic Times) - Protesters clash with Japanese whalers, call for naval intervention
MELBOURNE: Anti-whaling activists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said a Japanese whaling ship collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Japan puts whaling mission on hold
Anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd have released video which it says shows a Japanese whaling ship ramming one of its protest vessels in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean. Mana Rabiee reports. (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Navy ruled out for patrol of Japanese Antarctic whaling
Raw vision from The Sea Shepherd organisation show a Japanese whaling ship bumping the Sea Shepherd vessel while refueling. Vision: Sea Shepherd. The Japanese whaling vessel, the Nisshin Maru, rams the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin. Picture: Tim... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - No plan to end whale hunt: Japan
Japanese officials insist no decision has been made to cut short the country's Southern Ocean whaling season after a dramatic clash with Sea Shepherd vessels. Japan's whaling fleet was forced to abandon a refuelling operation on Wednesday after a... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (TVNZ) - Japanese whalers reject Sea Shepherd claims
Japanese whalers say Sea Shepherd crews sabotaged a refuelling process in the Southern Ocean, causing several collisions. The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) has responded to claims by the anti-whaling group that a Japanese whaling ship collided... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (GlobalPost) - Japanese turn against whaling
TOKYO, Japan С Japan's declining appetite for whale meat is nothing new; but is the country also losing patience with its whaling industry? The answer is yes, according to a new report that highlights the huge cost to the Japanese taxpayer of... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Yahoo!7 News) - Japan denies whaling season is over
The Japanese government says Sea Shepherd activists have not put an end to this year's Southern Ocean whale hunt. The whaling fleet has been between its ship and two Sea Shepherd boats. Sea Shepherd hailed the suspension as a victory, saying with... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Japan rejects claim whaling season is over
Japan has rejected claims this year's whale hunt in the Southern Ocean is over, despite the suspension of its fishing and refuelling activities. Japan's Consul-General in Melbourne, Hidenobu Sobashima, has told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific program... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Economic Times) - Protesters clash with Japanese whalers, call for naval intervention
MELBOURNE: Anti-whaling activists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said a Japanese whaling ship collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship.... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Stuff.co.nz) - Japan puts whaling mission on hold
Anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd have released video which it says shows a Japanese whaling ship ramming one of its protest vessels in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean. Mana Rabiee reports.... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (The Australian) - Navy ruled out for patrol of Japanese Antarctic whaling
Raw vision from The Sea Shepherd organisation show a Japanese whaling ship bumping the Sea Shepherd vessel while refueling. Vision: Sea Shepherd. The Japanese whaling vessel, the Nisshin Maru, rams the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin. Picture: Tim... (Source)
- Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - No plan to end whale hunt: Japan
Japanese officials insist no decision has been made to cut short the country's Southern Ocean whaling season after a dramatic clash with Sea Shepherd vessels. Japan's whaling fleet was forced to abandon a refuelling operation on Wednesday after a... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:54 PM PST - (bangkokpost.com) - Fishery blamed for dolphin deaths
TRAT - Sixty-five Irrawaddy dolphins have been found dead in Trat province over the past three years and the fishing industry being blamed for many of the deaths. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:24 PM PST - (thedestinlog.com) - 'Loved to death'?: Recent spate of dolphin deaths has area on alert
'Loved to death'?: Recent spate of dolphin deaths has area on alert (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:21 PM PST - (wtsp.com) - Emeril's Florida episode airs this weekend
The Sandpearl Resort and Winter the Dolphin are among the venues touted in a Cooking Channel program that airs Sunday. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:02 PM PST - (news.yahoo.com) - The Surprising Skill Dolphins Have in Common With Humans
If you were a dolphin, what would your name be? (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:00 AM PST - (ibtimes.com) - Dolphins May Call Each Other By 'Name' With Signature Whistles
When a dolphin chatters, squeaks or whistles, it might be calling out to a friend, according to a new study. Scientists have known for some time that a dolphin's vocalizations have special qualities - dolphins seem to be able to recognize certain whistles , even if produced by a computer-generated voice - suggesting that the signature of a particular whistle might have a 'name' distinct from the... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Gillard 'green lighting' whaling: Sea Shepherd
Japan's consul-general in Melbourne, Hidenobu Sobashima, said: ''We have temporarily suspended refuelling activities but not more and not less than that.'' News agency AFP also quoted a Japanese Fisheries Agency official in Tokyo saying the whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whaling no risk to relationship with Australia: Japan
The Japanese government says its relationship with Australia is not at risk of being weakened, despite conflicts between whaling vessels and Sea Shepherd activists this week. The Japanese have suspended refuelling of whaling ships after two Sea... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Japanese Whaling Unprofitable, Highly Subsidized
A file photo of Japanese fishermen processing a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada Port in Chiba, Japan in June 2007. Activists clashed with Japanese whalers in the Antarctic seas Wednesday, potentially halting the hunt for the rest of the season, but the... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Yahoo!7 News) - Activists say Japanese whalers 'rammed' ships
SYDNEY (AFP) - Environmental campaigners from the militant Sea Shepherd group said Wednesday a Japanese whaling ship had rammed its vessels in their worst confrontation in the Southern Ocean in three years. Sea Shepherd said the Japanese factory... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - Japan says whaling suspension temporary
The whaling fleet has suspended fishing and refuelling after a collision between its ship and two Sea Shepherd boats. Sea Shepherd hailed the suspension as a victory, saying with so little of the whaling season remaining Japan's hunt is effectively over. (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Wildlife Extra) - Sea Shepherd ships collide with Japanese whaling ship
The ships of the Sea Shepherd Society, currently in the southern ocean doing their best to disrupt and halt the Japanese whalers, have clashed with the Japanese whaling factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. The Sea Shepherd Society's ships, the SSS Bob... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Gillard 'green lighting' whaling: Sea Shepherd
Japan's consul-general in Melbourne, Hidenobu Sobashima, said: 'We have temporarily suspended refuelling activities but not more and not less than that.' News agency AFP also quoted a Japanese Fisheries Agency official in Tokyo saying the whaling... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (ABC Online) - Whaling no risk to relationship with Australia: Japan
The Japanese government says its relationship with Australia is not at risk of being weakened, despite conflicts between whaling vessels and Sea Shepherd activists this week. The Japanese have suspended refuelling of whaling ships after two Sea... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (The Epoch Times) - Japanese Whaling Unprofitable, Highly Subsidized
A file photo of Japanese fishermen processing a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada Port in Chiba, Japan in June 2007. Activists clashed with Japanese whalers in the Antarctic seas Wednesday, potentially halting the hunt for the rest of the season, but the... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Yahoo!7 News) - Activists say Japanese whalers 'rammed' ships
SYDNEY (AFP) - Environmental campaigners from the militant Sea Shepherd group said Wednesday a Japanese whaling ship had rammed its vessels in their worst confrontation in the Southern Ocean in three years. Sea Shepherd said the Japanese factory... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Radio New Zealand) - Japan says whaling suspension temporary
The whaling fleet has suspended fishing and refuelling after a collision between its ship and two Sea Shepherd boats. Sea Shepherd hailed the suspension as a victory, saying with so little of the whaling season remaining Japan's hunt is effectively over.... (Source)
- Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PDT - (Wildlife Extra) - Sea Shepherd ships collide with Japanese whaling ship
The ships of the Sea Shepherd Society, currently in the southern ocean doing their best to disrupt and halt the Japanese whalers, have clashed with the Japanese whaling factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. The Sea Shepherd Society's ships, the SSS Bob... (Source)
- Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:30 PM PST - (lohud.com) - Clearwater Beach, the clear winner
Brooke and Emily Kearney get up close with Hope, a resident dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which specializes in marine rescue and rehabilitation. (Source)
- Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (DigitalJournal.com) - Sea Shepherd fires back at whalers' claims with new video footage
After a collision in the Southern Ocean between Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships and a Japanese whaling vessel, the conservation group has issued new footage of the Nisshin Maru pushing the Bob Barker into a South Korean fuel tanker. (Source)
- Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (DigitalJournal.com) - Sea Shepherd fires back at whalers' claims with new video footage
After a collision in the Southern Ocean between Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships and a Japanese whaling vessel, the conservation group has issued new footage of the Nisshin Maru pushing the Bob Barker into a South Korean fuel tanker.... (Source)
- Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:58 PM PDT - (KING5.com) - Video shows Sea Shepherd boats being hit by Japanese whaling vessel
The San Juan Islands-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has released video of what they say is two of their boats being intentionally rammed by a Japanese ship in Australian Antarctic waters. (Source)
- Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:14 AM PST - (gamesbids.com) - Activists Target Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid and IOC to End Dolphin Hunts; Demonstrations Organized Internationally
Just a week ahead of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission (EC) visit to Tokyo to assess the city's bid to host the 2020 (Source)
- Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:00 AM PST - (thailandnews.net) - Bottlenose dolphin rare in Phuket found dead
The first bottlenose dolphin to be found beached in Phuket in years, was discovered too late for the PMBC to attempt to rescue it. Photo: Thawit... (Source)
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