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Humpback whales intervene in orca attack on gray whale calf Special

Monterey - In what is probably the first time such an event has been witnessed and recorded, humpback whales appeared to try to intervene when a pod of killer whales attacked a baby gray whale.
Digital Journal Report by Candace Calloway Whiting - 5 comments

Iceland May Resume the Slaughter of Endangered Fin Whales

Gentle, and increasingly friendly to whale watchers, fin whales enjoy worldwide protection as their population struggles to recover from whaling. However, Iceland defies world agreements and hunts these whales, often selling the meat illegally to Japan.

Op-Ed: Activists slam Amazon.com, Hong Kong Air and secure wins in court Special

From successful court cases in Japan and the US, to threatened boycotts of Hong Kong Airlines and Amazon.com, cetacean activists are on a roll.
Digital Journal Report by Elizabeth Batt

Animal welfare group proposes bill of rights for dolphins

Vancouver - A coalition of scientists, ethicists and animal welfare groups is proposing a bill of rights for dolphins. The group says dolphins are so intelligent that they should be thought of as "non-human persons" and given due protection under law.
In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus

Researchers link ocean noise to whale stress after 9/11 attack

Boston - For the first time researchers say, they have managed to link ocean noise to whale stress, after combining two experiments conducted after 9/11.
In the Media by Elizabeth Batt - 3 comments

Op-Ed: SeaWorld's worst nightmare as former trainers launch website Special

Orlando - SeaWorld shakes off the critics who lambast the organization's role in the captive mammal entertainment industry, by mostly ignoring them. A newly-launched website created by former SeaWorld marine mammal trainers may not be so easy to disregard.
Digital Journal Report by Elizabeth Batt - 7 comments

Op-Ed: Why is a 'humane' law firm working for a whaling organization?

Seattle - Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) has hired American law firm Miller Nash to represent it in a suit aimed to prevent "acts of violence" by Sea Shepherd activists during this year's whale hunt. What was Miller Nash thinking?
In the Media by Elizabeth Batt

Scientists looking for help to ID whale songs

The Whale Song Project, presented by Scientific American and by the Citizen Science Alliance within its Zooniverse project suite, is inviting citizen scientists to help study whale communications and document their observations online.

SeaWorld trainers prepare to swim with killer whales again

Orlando - SeaWorld officials say they are preparing trainers to re-enter the tanks with the park's killer whales for the first time in a year following the death of veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, who was killed by the orca Tilikum in full view of an audience.
In the Media by Kim I. Hartman

33 whales die on Irish beach

Thirty-three long-finned pilot whales died after becoming stranded on a beach in County Donegal, Ireland. It is one of the biggest mass deaths of whales in Irish history.
In the Media by Lynn Curwin - 3 comments
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A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.
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The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.
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Japan uses tsunami relief funds to kill whales

The world community is well aware of Japan's so-called 'scientific research' in the form of brutal slaughtering of...
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The Animal Welfare Argument Against Whaling

Humans kill 1400 whales each year. For most who are opposed to the practice of whaling, the objection is based on...
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