Latin American governments are considering a bloc response to the Japanese whaling fleet's departure for Antarctica, in a new season of what it claims is "hunting for scientific purposes" and which threatens to kill 1,000 whales in the protected Southern

The new film, The Cove, profiles the dramatic efforts of a small group of activists to document and expose the annual slaughter of thousands of dolphins in the Japanese drive hunts. This documentary exposes these hunts in a dramatic action film that has

For years, dolphin hunts off the seaside town of Taiji, which turn coastal waters red with blood each winter, have drawn the ire of Western activists. But few among the Japanese public seemed to care, or even know, about the slaughter.

GRRRR. Despite earlier reports that she was expected to survive, the dog thrown off a bridge in Lithuania has died, according to the Lithuanian website that has been credited with helping to track down the man who was videotaped doing the deed. RIP Pepper

As we enter the final critical weeks for the revision of EU Directive 86/609 on the use of animals in experiments your emails are needed urgently !! BUAV findings show the total inadequacy of the proposals that are currently on the table.

Every year more than 20,000 small whales, dolphins and porpoises are brutally killed each year off the coast of Japan. One of the methods used is drive hunts, where large groups of animals are rounded up using boats and driven towards the shore and

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

THE state Environment Department is using a well-known Moreton Bay island as a secret dumping ground for increasing numbers of dead whales.

Whales Threatened by Speeding Cargo Ships Collisions with ships are the number one cause of death among North Atlantic right whales. Please help end the right whales slide toward extinction. Collisions can be prevented by slowing down cargo ships that

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