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APRIL 8, 2010

The steeply declining number of whales in the world's oceans is causing the remaining creatures to suffer loneliness and 'lose the will the live', a leading expert has claimed. Tags: norway iceland whales Japan whaling endangered species. I came across this British article from 2008. From the Daily Mail.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Iceland recently announced a quota of 100 fin whales - an endangered species - which is a dramatic increase its original self-assigned quota of nine. They also almost doubled their quota of Minke whales. ". Tags: norway iceland whale Japan whaling. And they flagrantly continue killing.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Half way into her journey got some unexpected company, a 30-foot pygmy whale that Jodie nicknamed Larry. Isn’t it great that Larry the pygmy whale helped a great cause?! Pygmy Whale Befriends Jodie Nelson originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 28, 2010. Tags: cute animals news.

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MAY 18, 2009

Looks like blue whales may be coming back to Alaska. From the Associated Press: Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. Here's hoping Sarah Palin leaves them alone.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. Eighteen scientists will set sail for Antarctica next month to study minke, humpback and blue whale populations. Tags: australia whales new zealand Japan.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Salon has a pretty good piece up about Sarah Palin's attempt to deny protection for beluga whales all for the sake of the oil industry. Tags: whales Palin.

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JANUARY 24, 2009

A brief story with two subjects I love, whales and the Azores. On 5th January 2009 a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) was seen 5 miles south of Faial Island in the Azores by biologists from Whale Watch Azores and the University of the Azores (UA). Tags: oceans right whale azores whaling.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“We did not actually expect them to follow our orders to quit the Whale Sanctuary but they have indeed exited and are now running outside the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.” They have not killed a single whale since February 5th. We intend to turn four whaling free days into weeks.” Tags: sea shepherd.

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JULY 12, 2009

Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death. Tags: whales Japan hunting whaling. Leave it to the Japanese. Always classy. From Wildlife Extra.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Tags: Sea World captivity killer whales Orcas. (By the way, she works for a company that does clinical testing for drug companies. Animals are commodities for her. So why should I be surprised at her elephant comment?).

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MARCH 1, 2010

We just need to end this useless practice of whaling. Tags: australia whales new zealand whaling. I hope they do it.

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JANUARY 26, 2009

First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Tags: whales Japan. This is just yucky to look at. There's a warning that this is not for the squeamish.

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Tags: us supreme court whale sonar military. On the other, the chief justice continued, there is “the potential that a North Korean diesel electric submarine will get within range of Pearl Harbor undetected” if Navy personnel are not properly trained in the use of sonar.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2008

From Sea Shepherd: The Japanese whaling fleet supply ship Oriental Bluebird has been de-flagged and fined by the Panamanian Registry after being found guilty of: Using the ship for purposes it was not licensed for (i.e. The illegal operations of the Oriental Bluebird underscore the illegality of the entire Japanese whaling fleet.

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JUNE 15, 2009

We'll be watching episode 2 (season 1) of Whale Wars tonight. They work on whaling issues, rain forests, and a host of other good causes. Tags: sea shepherd. As I am sure many of you know, it's already on to Season 2. I would bet they aren't happy. Again, this is not to belittle what Greenpeace does.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Tags: marine life whales us endangered species. I don't feel too comfortable about this. Seems a little premature, even though the population has been recovering well.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Sarah Palin, who I am sure reads the latest science journals when she isn't perusing the latest issue of the Economist, doesn't believe beluga whales are declining. Tags: beluga whale Palin. Fortunately, even the Bush Administration thinks they are. Or maybe there isn't enough money in killing off the rest.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Tags: whaling. A crewmen from the Kyoshin Maru is missing and believed dead.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Sea World has hired him to defend the use of captive whales. Tags: Sea World captivity killer whales entertainment Orcas PETA. PETA calls him an animal pimp "entertainer." You can read some pretty strong words from PETA here.

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APRIL 5, 2010

The latter charge arises from an accusation that Bethune threw a jar of butyric acid onto the deck of a Japanese whaling ship, causing an injury to a crew member. Tags: sea shepherd whales new zealand Japan. This is a very serious charge, and if found guilty, Bethune could face up to 15 years in Japanese jail.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Tags: sea shepherd. The Port Captain was going to charge me with gross negligence but I told him there was nothing negligent about it, I hit the ship exactly where I intended to hit it. He told me he could not determine who the owner of the Sierra was and that I was free to go.”.

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APRIL 25, 2010

So, remember the incident in which an orca whale attacked and killed its trainer at Sea World? At a minimum, they should stop the captivity of orca whales. Tags: Sea World captivity marine animals legislation Orcas congress. Now there's going to be a Congressional hearing this week about it.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Tags: sea shepherd paul watson whales Japan. A surprisingly uncritical look at Paul Watson by a Japanese writer for the Japan Times.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Tags: Japan whaling. It's that time of year in Taiji Japan when they start slaughtering dolphins. You can read about Save Japan Dolphin's efforts here. It looks like there is at least some hope.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Eleven of them signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging to protect the whale sharks. The participants also agreed to advance the protection of seven shark species that needed protection—the Basking Shark, Great White Shark, Whale Shark, Spiny Dogfish Shark, Porbeagle Shark, and Shortfin and Longfin Mako Sharks.

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JULY 31, 2009

The use of sonar is controversial because of its harmful effects on marine life such as whales. Tags: seattle navy marine life whales pacific northwest. The Navy has been able to get away with using it for "national security" reasons. From the Seattle P-I (yep, the online newspaper!).

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AUGUST 24, 2009

PETA put up a billboard in Florida that says "Save the Whales, Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian". But, when they start throwing around words like "whale" and "blubber", they're guaranteed to lose their potential audience on that one. Tags: PETA. On it, is an overweight woman standing on a beach. And rightly so.

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Whale Wars will air on Animal Planet in early 2009. During Sea Shepherd’s Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a camera crew on board a campaign that saved the lives of nearly 500 whales, leaving the Japanese fleet with less then half of their quota and costing them tens of millions of dollars.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Sea Shepherd has a new boat in it's anti-whaling fleet. Tags: sea shepherd. The Ady Gil can go 50 knots and runs on biodiesel. Ecorazzi has a better picture of it here.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

PETA has decided to replace the billboard in Florida that compares overweight women to whales. Tags: PETA. They said they never meant to offend anyone.

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MARCH 22, 2010

I'm not surprised considering their attitude about whale meat. Tags: bluefish tuna CITES Japan. Apparently, it's all "cultural imperialism. Considering Japan's history in East Asia, it is seriously ironic to me that they throw the word "imperialism" around. Give me a break. By the way, the proposed ban was defeated.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) said noise from warships' sonar could harm the animals. Tags: dolphin europe sonar military. The moving of Europe's biggest military exercise to the outer Moray Firth poses a threat to bottlenose dolphins, conservations have claimed.

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JULY 21, 2010

With some 400 species estimated to be at risk — from the tiniest oil-eating bacteria to shrimp and crabs, endangered sea turtles, brown pelicans and sperm whales — experts say the impact of oil and chemical dispersants on the food chain has already begun, and could grow exponentially. “A

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Hell, being ridiculed, lampooned and insulted on South Park is a declaration to the world that Sea Shepherd and Whale Wars are effective and have cracked through to the other side of the media culture curtain. Tags: sea shepherd.

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MARCH 13, 2010

Interesting to see Japan and Australia united on some issues, in contrast to their conflict over whaling. Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2009

I admit I haven't been paying attention to what has been going on with the Japanese whaling fleet. The same could be said for any policeman and Sea Shepherd is not down here to protest whaling, we are down here to obstruct illegal whaling as defined under international conservation law. Tags: sea shepherd.

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