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Animals News tagged with orcas

Help Keep Strong Protections for California Salmon, Steelhead, Sturgeon & Orcas ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, fish salmon, orcas, marine life, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 159 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Please send a message to your Congressional representative today and urge them to uphold the protections for endangered Central Valley salmon -- and let them know you will be watching how they vote on upcoming amendments. You can do even more by making
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Oil Hunters Started Decimating Whale Populations as Early as 1800
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, oil, hunters, environment, endangered, extinction, humans, orcas, blue, sharks, thresher, porpoise, dolphin, new zealand, england, ocean, sea, fishing, science, investigation, research, study, discovery )

Tom
- 188 days ago - thaindian.com
One of several astonishing reconstructions of ocean life in olden days suggests that the ocean around New Zealand teemed with about 27,000 southern right whales, about 30 times as many as today, before oil hunters started to whaling in the early 1800s.
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Whale-Watch Boats Cited: Canadian Vessels Run Afoul of Washington State Legislation
Animals  (tags: canada, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, whale watching boats, cited, endangered, extinction, protection, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 257 days ago - whale-museum.org
Canadian whale-watch companies using high-speed inflatable boats are running afoul of a Washington state law designed to protect endangered killer whales in the boundary waters of Haro Strait off San Juan Island. "There is a bit different technique C
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Sausalito Boat Tour Spots Rare Killer Whale Pod Off Farallones
Animals  (tags: Farallon Islands, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, pod, endangered, extinction, environment, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 258 days ago - whale-museum.org
Whale watchers on a Sausalito-based sightseeing boat spotted a rare pod of killer whales near the Farallon Islands that was likely in search of food 800 miles from home. The pod of about 40 orcas - which usually stays in the waters off Washington and
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West's Best Spots to Watch Whales
Animals  (tags: washington state, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, whale watching, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 260 days ago - whale-museum.org
In a remote corner of San Juan Island National Historic Park, sitting cross-legged on a granite boulder overlooking the glass-calm Strait of Juan de Fuca, I suddenly had the feeling I was not alone. I raised my eyes toward the water. No more than 15
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Killer Whales Benefit From Global Warming: Researchers
Animals  (tags: pcaific northwest, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, global warming, benefit, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, environment, protection )

Jacquelin
- 263 days ago - whale-museum.org
WINNIPEG -- Scientists fear melting sea ice could one day make killer whales the Hudson Bay's top predator, a startling ecosystem shift and a blow for Inuit populations already reeling from dwindling polar bear numbers. After four years of studying th
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Brand New Orca Calf J45
Animals  (tags: haro strait, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, new calf, J45, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 268 days ago - care2.com
Thanks to a call from Jeanne Hyde, Dave Ellifrit, John Durban and I got out with J pod in Haro Strait just before sunset last night (3 March 2009) and confirmed that there are now TWO new babies in J pod: J44 with J17 and J45 with J14. Both babies appeare
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March Brings Sighting of Another J Pod Baby!
Animals  (tags: pacific northwest, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, J45, new calf, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 269 days ago - whale-museum.org
Over the weekend, Jeanne Hyde took what she thought were pictures of J-44, the new calf spotted by the Center for Whale Research last month. Turns out, she actually got the first photos of J-45. Confirmed yesterday by the Center for Whale Research, J-45 m
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How Are the Little Ones Doing?
Animals  (tags: pacific northwest, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, off spring, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 269 days ago - orcanetwork.org
A quick look at this population chart, compiled from data supplied by the Center for Whale Research, shows the precarious survival of the Southern resident orcas. Their survival rate seems to reflect overall salmon abundance with a lag time of a year or t
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Ottawa Issues Order To Protect Besieged Orcas
Animals  (tags: canada, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, enadangered species, protection, endangered, extinction, humans )

Jacquelin
- 276 days ago - theepochtimes.com
The 85 remaining southern resident killer whales off Canada's west coast received a gift from the federal government this week in the form of legal protection for the endangered species' habitat. This marks the first time Canada has issued an order und
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Free Lolita ~ Demonstration
Animals  (tags: florida, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, captive, free lolita, endangered, extinction, protection, suffering, humans, demonstration )

Jacquelin
- 276 days ago - care2.com
There will be a demo THIS Saturday, February 28th in front of the Miami Seaquarium from 12 Noon until 2 PM to protest against Lolita's horrible living conditions and to promote her retirement to a protected bay pen in Washington. Every last Saturday of t
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Orcas Make Rare Winter Visit to Puget Sound ~ Video
Animals  (tags: washington state, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, rare winter visit, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 282 days ago - king5.com
Whale researchers are getting a rare treat. Two resident orca pods are in Puget Sound for a rare winter visit. "This is rare in the last few decades," said Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research. "Back in the 70s they'd visit once a month du
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TWO NEW CALVES BORN INTO J AND L PODS!
Animals  (tags: san juan islands, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, 2 new calves born, j and l pods, endangered, extinction, environment, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 285 days ago - whale-museum.org
Good news!!! According to Ken Balcomb, Senior Scientist at The Center for Whale Research located on San Juan Island, two new calves were recently spotted in the Southern Resident Community - one in J pod and one in L pod. The Center researchers want to ha
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Locally Well-Known Killer Whale Goes Missing
Animals  (tags: puget sound, marine wildlife, whales, orcas, L-57, missing, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 285 days ago - kitsapsun.com
A 31-year-old killer whale name Faith -- a large male who was the most recognizable orca among the "Dyes Inlet whales" -- has gone missing, portending the likelihood that another Puget Sound killer whale has died. Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Res
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