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Japan arrests 'Flipper' trainer as dolphin hunt starts
Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese police said Tuesday they had arrested US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry, who trained dolphins for the TV show "Flipper", near the town of Taiji as ...
Anti-whaling activists barred from entering Faroe Islands
Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)
Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands announced Monday that they had refused entry to a ship carrying 21 activists from the militant conservation group Sea Shepher...
Federal officials, scientists investigating Alaska whale deaths
Aug 21, 2015 (UPI)
Over the last few months, at least 30 whales have perished on or near the shores of the western Gulf of Alaska. On Thursday, the NOAA declared the die-off an "u...
Five anti-whaling activists barred from Denmark's Faroe islands
Aug 15, 2015 (AFP)
Five activists from the militant Sea Shepherd conservation group have been ordered to leave the Faroe Islands after they tried to disrupt a traditional whale hu...
Faroe court convicts five anti-whaling activists
Aug 07, 2015 (AFP)
A Faroe Islands court on Friday found five activists from the militant conservation group Sea Shepherd guilty of disrupting the region's traditional whale hunt,...
Humpback whale recovery in Australia - A cause for celebration
Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)
Australia has one of the highest rates of animal species that face extinction, decline or negative impacts from human behavior in the world.* However, over the ...
Two anti-whaling activists arrested in the Faroe Islands
Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)
Militant conservation group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday that two of its volunteers had been arrested in the Faroe Islands for allegedly interfering with the ter...
First images of dolphin brain circuitry hint at how they sense sound
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
Neuroscientists have for the first time mapped the sensory and motor systems in the brains of dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B is publishing the res...
Iceland whaling season underway despite protest
Jun 29, 2015 (AFP)
Icelandic whaling boats have left port to begin the 2015 whaling season, authorities said on Monday as more than 700,000 people signed a petition calling for an...
Sea Shepherd launches anti-whaling action in Faroes
Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)
Militant conservation group Sea Shepherd said Tuesday it had dispatched a vessel from Bremen in Germany to the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic to campaign a...
Japan intends to resume whale hunt this year
Jun 22, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's chief whaling negotiator said Monday the country intends to resume hunts in the Antarctic this year, despite a call by global regulators for more eviden...
Japan must do more to justify whaling plans: IWC
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
The International Whaling Commission on Friday demanded that Japan provide more information to prove that its revised whaling programme is for scientific resear...
Environmental group to pay $2.55m to Japan whalers
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
A radical environmental group has agreed to pay $2.55 million to Japanese whalers for breaching a US court injunction to stay clear of their vessels in the Anta...
Half of live dolphins caught in Japan exported despite hunt outcry: report
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
About half of live dolphins caught in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji were exported to China and other countries despite global criticism of the hunting tech...
Iceland ships 1,700 tonnes of whale meat to Japan
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
A ship carrying 1,700 tonnes of whale meat left Iceland on Thursday bound for Japan, said a leading animal welfare group that is protesting against the controve...
IWC talks on Japanese whaling 'constructive'
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
Talks at which Japan pressed its case for pursuing whaling despite a landmark UN ruling were described as "constructive" Wednesday, as a meeting of scientific e...
Japan dolphin fishermen vow to continue slaughter
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese fishermen vowed Wednesday to continue their dolphin hunt, despite a pledge by zoos and aquariums not to buy animals caught with the controversial metho...
Oregon town hopes replica orca scares resident sea lions
May 26, 2015 (UPI)
Oregon's coast is experiencing a massive influx of sea lions. In Port of Astoria, the sea mammals have taken over the local docks, keeping boaters from using th...
Deepwater Horizon spill contributed to high number of dolphin deaths
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
As part of an unusual mortality event investigation, a team of scientists has discovered that dead bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico s...
I knew it was you by the sound of your whale voice
May 21, 2015 (SPX)
Human beings have unique voices - from the deep, resonating bass of James Earl Jones to the raspy melodies sung by Broadway star Carol Channing - and we routine...
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