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Marine mammals on the menu in many parts of worldWashington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2012 The fate of the world's great whale species commands global attention as a result of heated debate between pro and anti-whaling advocates, but the fate of smaller marine mammals is less understood, specifically because the deliberate and accidental catching and killing of dolphins, porpoises, manatees, and other warm-blooded aquatic species are rarely studied or monitored. To shed more light on the issue, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Okapi Wildlife Associates have conduct ... read more |
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 Three injured as Japan whalers use hooks: activists Three anti-whaling demonstrators have been injured after Japanese crew members used grappling hooks and bamboo poles against them in a high seas clash, activist group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Anti-whaling activists back in Australia Three activists who sparked a diplomatic incident by boarding a Japanese whaling ship arrived back in Australia Monday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard blasted their "irresponsible" behaviour. ... more | .. |
Japanese whalers hand over Australian activists Three activists who boarded a Japanese whaling ship on the high seas were Friday successfully transferred to an Australian customs vessel after Tokyo agreed to release them without charge. ... more | .. |
 Can we save the whales by putting a price on them? Every year, a group of anti-whaling nonprofit organizations that includes Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd, and the World Wildlife Fund spend, by conservative estimates, some $25 million on a variety of act ... more |
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 Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japan whalers Environmental activists threw paint and foul smelling acid at whaling ships in the Antarctic ocean in a fresh bid to halt the annual hunt, Japanese authorities said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan to hand over Australian anti-whaling activists An Australian customs vessel was Tuesday steaming towards a Japanese whaling ship to pick up three activists held on board after Tokyo agreed to release them without charge. ... more | .. |
Activists board Japanese whaling ship The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said three Australian activists were being held as "prisoners" by the Japanese harpoon fleet Sunday after sneaking aboard one of their vessels overnight to protest. ... more | .. |
Japan to hand over Australian anti-whaling activists Tokyo has agreed to release three anti-whaling activists held aboard a ship escorting the Japanese harpoon fleet on an Antarctic hunt, the Australian government said on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Japan whaling fleet obstructed by activists Anti-whaling activists have interrupted the Japanese Antarctic hunt for the first time this season, Japan's fisheries agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Anti-whalers find Japanese harpoon ship Anti-whaling activists claimed a small victory in their Antarctic campaign Wednesday with the discovery of a Japanese harpoon ship, as one of their boats limped back to Australia badly damaged. ... more | .. |
Huge waves damage anti-whaling boat Anti-whaling activists chasing the Japanese harpoon fleet suffered a major setback Thursday when the hull of one of their ships cracked in massive seas and a second had to divert to its rescue. ... more | .. |
 Huge waves damage anti-whaling boat Anti-whaling activists chasing the Japanese harpoon fleet suffered a major setback Thursday when the hull of one of their ships cracked in massive seas, forcing a second to divert to its rescue. ... more |
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So. Cal. whale census yields record number Migrating gray whales are swimming through Southern California waters in record numbers this winter, longtime whale watchers say. ... more | .. |
Anti-whaling activists' drone tracks Japan fleet Anti-whaling activists intercepted Japan's harpoon fleet far north of Antarctic waters Sunday, they said, with the help of a military-style drone. ... more | .. |
White whale rescue operation suspended An operation to rescue dozens of white whales trapped in ice off Russia's Chukotka Peninsula was suspended Monday because of weather conditions, officials say. ... more | .. |
 100 Beluga whales trapped in Russian Far East Over 100 Beluga whales are trapped in water between ice floes in the Chukotka region of Russia's Far East, the authorities said, calling on the government to send an ice-breaker to free them. ... more |
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 New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life Armadillo rocket flys high New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps Scientists help define structure of exoplanets Russia to Start Own Search for Extrasolar Planets Eight more Galileo navsats agreed Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station | .. |
 US, Australia, NZ 'disappointed' on Japan whale hunt The United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands said Tuesday they were "disappointed" over the start of Japan's annual whale hunt off Antarctica and warned against violent clashes. ... more | .. |
Japan whaling operator sues Sea Shepherd Japan's whaling authorities said Friday they are suing militant environmentalist group Sea Shepherd and its head in the United States in a bid to stop them interfering in the annual whale hunt. ... more | .. |
 Latin American nations urge Japan to stop whaling Latin American members of the International Whaling Commission urged Japan on Wednesday to stop "scientific" whaling in Antarctic waters and to respect sanctuaries. ... more | .. |
Japan whaling fleet off to Antarctica Japan's whaling fleet left port Tuesday for the country's annual hunt in Antarctica, press pictures showed, with security measures beefed up amid simmering international protests. ... more |
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Australia refuses to protect whale hunt Australia said Wednesday it had rejected a call from Japan to provide more security for its whaling fleet in Antarctic waters, the site of violent clashes with animal rights activists in previous years. ... more | .. |
Necropsy planned for beached whale A team of whale experts will try to determine Wednesday what killed a fin whale that washed ashore on Sunset Beach in San Diego, researchers said. ... more | .. |
61 whales die in New Zealand mass stranding More than 60 pilot whales died in a mass stranding at a remote New Zealand beach, conservation officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Antarctic killer whales may seek spa-like relief in the tropics NOAA researchers offer a novel explanation for why a type of Antarctic killer whale performs a rapid migration to warmer tropical waters in a paper published this month in the science journal Biolog ... more |
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