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Mark McDonald of The International Herald Tribune ran an excellent article titled Japanese whaler and ecologists set sail for annual confrontation. He also interviewed Steve Shallhorn of Greenpeace. Captain Paul Watson responds to Shallhorn's comments.

AT least 200 narwhal whales in Canada's Arctic, trapped by winter ice and facing starvation or suffocation, must be culled, officials say.

The world's most lavish hotel has been condemned by environmentalists for shipping dolphins from the South Pacific to the Middle East to stock a marine attraction.

The Canadian government is preparing for the 2009 seal hunt, despite the proposed ban on importation of seal products in the European Union. The new fisheries minister, hailing from PEI, has shown support for the status quo with respect to the seal hunt

In March and April this year, over 200,000 harp seal pups were beaten and shot to death for their fur. The Canadian government would have allowed tens of thousands more seal pups to be killed; but thanks to high gasoline prices, deadly sealing boat accide

HOLLYWOOD star Daryl Hannah has joined the fight to save the world's whales from Japanese hunters. Anti-whaling crusaders the Sea Shepherd recruited the actress, who will be aboard their flagship Steve Irwin when it departs for Antarctica next month.

Authorities say a woman is facing animal neglect charges after investigators found 90 dogs living in poor conditions at her Polk County home. The Polk County Sheriff's Office found the dogs living