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Animals News tagged with whales

Japan's Whaling Fleet Sets Sail Under Pressure
Animals  (tags: wildlife, whales, protection, endangered, animalwelfare, animals, humans )

Cal
- 4 hours ago - theage.com.au
JAPANESE whalers have set out for waters off the Australian Antarctic Territory - the third season since the Rudd Government came to power hoping to end Southern Ocean whaling.
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Australia 'Disappointed' at Japan Whaling Mission
Animals  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, whales, wildlife )

Maria
- 5 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt. Environment Minister Peter Garrett urged Japan, which says the killings are for
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Sea Shepherd Could Lose Dutch Flag
Animals  (tags: whales, Sea Shepherd, politics, wildlife, animalwelfare, animals, humans )

Cal
- 1 day ago - rnw.nl
The organisation's flag ship sails under the Dutch flag, but a Dutch cabinet member is fed up with the situation. Deputy Transport Minister Tineke Huizinga says Sea Shepherd is endangering relations with Japan. If she gets her way, the environmental organ
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700+ Whales and Dolphins Seen From Scilly Ferry
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, whales, dolphins, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wildlifeextra.com
Cornish marine survey records 8 species from ferry November 2009. Marine life surveys conducted onboard Scillonian III this season by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust have turned up some fantastic results, confirming that this route between Penzance
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Latin America Demands The Ending Of Scientific Whaling
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, whales, whaling, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wdcs.org
Forty environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in Latin America requested their governments to take diplomatic actions against the killing of whales under supposed scientific purposes.
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Whale-Song Recording Goes Deep
Animals  (tags: whales, whale song, recording, studies, marine life )

Simone
- 9 days ago - nature.com
Silently slipping to 1,000 metres below the ocean surface, an undersea glider equipped with a recording device is cruising off Hawaii to capture unprecedented detail on the sounds made by whales.
1 comment
ACTION ALERT: Stop Illegal Whaling Done By The Japanese!
Animals  (tags: whales, dolphins, whaling, illegal, president obama, japanese whaling, cruelty )

Simone
- 12 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Help me fight against the illegal whaling being done by the Japanese. I will send a letter with everyones signature on it showing how many people want to stop the slaughter of innocent dolphins and whales. Please put your signature on this petition and
7 comments
Rare Whale Gathering Sighted
Animals  (tags: whales, GoodNews, animals, wildlife, wildanimals, investigation, protection )

Cal
- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A large group of a rarely sighted, mysterious species of whale has been seen off the coast of Antarctica.Approximately 60 Arnoux's beaked whales were seen and photographed frolicking on the surface in the Gerlache Strait.
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Scientist Claims Sperm Whales in Southern Ocean Are Carbon Neutral
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 24 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Because of their enormous body size, whales have been thought to contribute a considerable amount of carbon dioxide to the total greenhouse gas build-up whenever they exhale. However, Trish J. Lavery of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia claims
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Success For Cetaceans In The Moray Firth
Animals  (tags: animals, dolphins, whales, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 24 days ago - wdcs.org
We have been informed by the UKs Royal Navy that they did not conduct active sonar operations as part of exercise Joint Warrior within the Moray Firth in Scotland, and that any military activities that did take place in the North Sea were carried out
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Blue Whales -Video - Story- Photos
Animals  (tags: whales, protection, humans, habitat, killed, extinction, endangered, conservation, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, environment )

Daphna
- 24 days ago - ngm.nationalgeographic.com
In Acapulco Harbor, amid the white yachts, R.V. Pacific Storm stood out: a working boat, black hulled, a West Coast trawler in a previous life, reborn now as a research vessel. There were bigger, more opulent boats in the harbor--fortunes are invested in
3 comments
Two Endangered Blue Whales Struck By Ships
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, killed, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 27 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Earlier this week, an ocean survey vessel reported feeling a "shudder underneath the ship" in the waters of northern California. Soon after, a whale was spotted "bleeding profusely." A few hours later, an endangered blue whale whale washed ashore in
5 comments
Whale Forensics Highlights Japanese Threat to Species
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, Japan, threat, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killing, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 28 days ago - all-creatures.org
A high proportion of the whale meat on sale in Japan comes from a population of north Pacific minke whales that some fear is under serious threat.
1 comment
Epic Humpback Whale Battle Filmed! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 28 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
It is the greatest animal battle on the planet, and it has finally been caught on camera
3 comments
Japanese Annual Marine Research Expedition Kills 59 Whales
Animals  (tags: whales, wildlife, suffering, death, animalwelfare, animals, animalcruelty, killing )

Cal
- 31 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Japan has caught 59 whales near the northern island of Hokkaido, officials said today, under a research programme critics allege is a cover for commercial whaling.
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