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Japan's reduced whale research catch because of "sluggish sales of whale meat" More	5/31/10
Theme Parks criticized for lack of worker safety More	5/30/10
New Yorkers on call to help oil spill rescue efforts More	5/30/10
Tokelau (New Zealand Territory) bans whaling; creates new whale sanctuary in Pacific More	5/27/10
Sperm Whales Could be Wiped Out By Gulf Oil Spill More	5/25/10
300 dead birds, 200 turtles, 19 dolphins: Gulf Oil Spill Victims To Date More	5/25/10
Human Rights Urged for Whales and Dolphins More	5/25/10
Kevin Costner's Device Cleans Oil from Water More	5/23/10
Proposed Whaling Compromise No Deal for Whales More	5/23/10
East Coast US sees rise in stranded seals, whales More	5/20/10
Latin America anti-whaling countries meet ahead of IWC Meeting More	5/18/10
ANOTHER Oil Spill Grows - in Brooklyn More	5/16/10
Oil Slick and Dead Dolphins - 57 Bottlenose Dolphins Stranded More	5/13/10
Barrow, Alaska: 9-year-old kills endangered bowhead whale More	5/11/10
Sea Shepherd launches Bluefin Tuna Campaign More	5/4/10
IWC compromise plan lacking support / Not one member nation has endorsed it - YET More	5/4/10
Surface area of gulf oil spill has tripled More	5/2/10
Australia's Plan to Sue Japan in Int'l Criminal Court over Whaling More	5/2/10
Japan Issues Warrant For Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson More	5/2/10
Gulf Oil Spill to Dwarf Exxon Valdez Disaster - Perhaps Worst Ever More	5/2/10
15 Whales Stranded On Chile Beach More	5/2/10
India: Three Endangered Ganga Dolphins Found Dead More	5/2/10
Obama: Killing Whales is No Way to Save Whales More	5/2/10
Victory For Marine Life! - NJ Gov Christie Rejects LNG FLoating Island More	5/2/10
WHALE POOP - Vital to Plankton, Marine Food Web, Carbon Sequestration! More	4/27/10
THE COVE on OPRAH, Earth Day, 2010 More	4/27/10
Dolphin hunt - a Taiji trainer tells her story More	4/23/10
SeaWorld's whale pool is no place for trainers More	4/21/10
Hong Kong's fight to save rare pink dolphins More	4/20/10
NOAA's report to public on stranded/euthanized baby humpback whale More	4/19/10
Stranded Gray Whale's stomach held human debris - plastic bags, surgical gloves, duct tape... More	4/19/10
21 pygmy killer whales beached in southern Taiwan; 17 rescued More	4/19/10
PETA Asks Orlando D.A. to File Manslaughter Charges Against SeaWorld and Its Chief Executives More	4/18/10
Five Gray Whales Found Dead in Ten Days in Puget Sound More	4/16/10
Yokota base bans 'Cove' to be neutral (Japan Times) More	4/13/10
Killer whale pod attacks gray whale - Puget Sound More	4/13/10
WORLD CETACEAN DAY WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 2010 More	4/11/10
NY (East Hampton) Whale killed with bullet - experts defend actions More	4/11/10
Iceland Blasts US for Whaling Compromise Demand More	4/11/10
Japanese fishing activists try to block showing of THE COVE More	4/11/10
IWC Whaling Compromise Under Attack More	4/11/10
Solitary Dolphin (aged 45 years) Traveling From Fl to NY! More	4/11/10
Ocean Embassy Attacks Porter and Attempts to Free Captured Dolphins in Solomon Islands More	4/11/10
Solomon Islands Dolphin War; Dolphin Dealer Chris Porter Changes His Position More	4/11/10
Whaling compromise would break election promise More	4/5/10
Japan to charge Sea Shepherd captain with illegally boarding ship More	4/4/10
Activists in Netherlands block whale meat heading for Japan (AFP) More	4/4/10
IFAW: Whaling Ban in Jeopardy? (PR Newswire) More	3/31/10
Restaurant selling whale sushi in LA to close More	3/20/10
Why Dolphins Don't Like to Swim With Humans More	3/17/10
THE COVE to Become a TV Series on Animal Planet More	3/17/10
Caribbean Nations That Risk Drop in Tourism by Supporting Japan Whaling More	3/17/10
Anti-whaling Activist Arrested in Japan More	3/13/10
Pricey Restaurant Caught Serving Endangered Sei Whale Meat in Santa Monica More	3/10/10
PBS: "The Cove" Director Puts Oscar in Perspective More	3/8/10
Taiji Dolphin Slaughter Film - THE COVE - Wins Best Documentary Oscar More	3/8/10
IWC Talks: US Seeks Compromise That Would End Moratorium on Whaling More	3/7/10
Former Tillicum Trainer Speaks Out More	3/7/10
Earth Island Institute Calls For Federal Investigation into Death of Trainer Killed by Orca More	2/28/10
Sea World's Decision to Keep Trainer-Killing Orca Amid Captivity Debate More	2/28/10
SEAWORLD CANCELS WHALE SHOWS AT ALL ITS PARKS AFTER ORCA KILLS TRAINER More	2/28/10
Killer whale kills trainer at Orlando's Sea World More	2/25/10
Japan May Charge Sea Shepherd Activist Who Boarded Whaler More	2/22/10
Sea Shepherd Anti-Whaling Activist Faces Questioning by Japan Coast Guard More	2/22/10
Australia tells Japan: Stop whaling or face court More	2/22/10
Dolphins 'too clever to be forced into swimming with people' More	2/22/10
Dolphin deaths in Turkey raise doubts about animals' living conditions More	2/22/10
The Cove - Nominated for an Oscar! More	2/3/10
Whales vs. Navy: NOAA May Limit Sonar Tests, but Another Case Heads to Court More	2/3/10
Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat More	2/3/10
Grotesque business as usual: In Taiji, Japan, fishermen in the Cove are still killing dolphins More	1/31/10
Wild Dolphin Interacts with Humans - Now Facing Assaults More	1/17/10
Mass Stranding: 15 Pilot Whales Strand and Die - New Zealand More	1/10/10
HUNDREDS OF SEA LIONS in San Francisco's Pier 39 HAVE VANISHED More	1/10/10
Australia, New Zealand Will Probe Sea Shepherd/Japanese Whaler Collision More	1/7/10
Scientists: "Dolphins should be treated as 'non-human persons'" More	1/6/10
Japanese Whalers Sink Sea Shepherd Vessel; Crew Rescued More	1/6/10
Japan whaler "spy flights" rile Australia More	1/6/10
New Zealand's Solitary Dolphin "Moko" Enchants, Frightens and Now At Risk? More	1/6/10
Japan Vows to Continue Whaling; Australia Threatens Legal Action More	12/12/09
Dolphins - The Navy's New Breed of Sailor More	12/12/09
Anger as Norway raises whale kill More	12/8/09
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Habitat Protection Proposal More	12/3/09
Japanese Whalers Leave for Antarctica, Southern Ocean More	11/30/09
Anti-Whaling Activists Face Censorship of Evidence in Japan More	11/24/09
Whaling Troubles At Home - Economic Support Faltering More	11/24/09
Turkish Tour Operator Cancels Trips To Captive Dolphin Attractions More	11/19/09
Toxic Fish Found in Lakes, Reservoirs Across 47 States More	11/13/09
Is Lake Worth Mayoral Candidate a Dolphin Trafficker? More	11/12/09
Necropsy of one of the blue whales at Sonoma State U More	11/12/09
Effects of Sound on Marine Mammals More	11/12/09
California Coast: Sonar Ban Lifted and Five Blue Whale Deaths in Past Six Weeks More	11/9/09
Taiji officials may sue over THE COVE More	10/24/09
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population Declining More	10/15/09
Taiji tests residents' hair to gauge mercury levels from dolphin meat More	10/14/09
Iceland's Sale of Endangered Fin Whale Meat More	9/27/09
Iceland plans huge whale meat shipment to JAPAN More	9/27/09
Japan Times: Mercury Danger in Dolphin Meat More	9/25/09
China tells US: Stop Naval Sonar Surveillance More	9/10/09
Import of Taiji Dolphins Subject of Lawsuit in Dominican Republic More	9/10/09
First Taiji dolphin drive 2009: 50 dolphins to aquarium, 50 pilot whales slain, the rest freed More	9/10/09
Cull Of The Wild: Dolphin Slaughter Filmed More	9/5/09
MORE WILD DOLPHINS CAUGHT for Water Parks Abroad in Solomon Islands More	9/2/09
Broome to dump Taiji as sister city over dolphin slaughter More	8/25/09
Ruling on Longline Fishing Aids Turtles More	8/22/09
More far-flung suffering for whales: Faroe Islands, Denmark More	8/13/09
New Sneaky form of commercial whaling from Japan and So. Korea More	8/8/09
New Rules for Navy Sonar May Protect Whales in coastal Pacific NW More	8/4/09
Beluga whale carries struggling diver to surface More	7/30/09
In a Killing Cove, Siding With Dolphins More	7/21/09
Dolphins Visit Long Island Sound More	6/29/09
Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals Deliberately Killed More	6/21/09
Rescuers weep as whales shot More	6/21/09
Plastic bags and debris kill whale with its calf More	6/21/09
Fifty-Five Whales stranded on S. African beach More	6/2/09
IWC News, Whales Still Threatened By Illegal Whaling and Attempts to End Ban on Commercial Whaling More	5/2/09
Korea Seeks Resumption of Whaling More	4/28/09
New U.S. anti-whaling stance puts more pressure on Japan More	3/18/09
European Cetacean Society's Resolution On the Need To Regulate Sonar Mitigation More	3/13/09
"Acoustic Smog" Major Threat to Whales More	3/10/09
China Says US Provoked Naval Incident - Sonar involved More	3/10/09
US To Stand Against Whaling at IWC 2009 Talks More	3/8/09
US Denounces Iceland Whaling Move More	3/2/09
US Opposes Iceland's Decision to Establish Large Commercial Whaling Quota More	3/2/09
Australia promises tough talk at whaling meeting More	3/2/09
Japan Resumes Imports of Norway Whale Meat More	3/2/09
200 Whales beached in Tasmania: 400+ in 4 months More	3/2/09
Hundreds of whales strand as sonar exercises begin More	2/14/09
Oregon Officials Voice Concern About Expanded Navy Training More	2/14/09
High Drama in the Antarctic: Sea Shepherd defends its flock More	2/8/09
Toy helicopters help whale researchers More	2/6/09
Captain's Log: Whaling Ships Attack Sea Shepherd Vessel More	2/6/09
Hillary Clinton to visit Japan, but can she save the whales? More	2/4/09
Palin Sues The Beluga More	2/1/09
Tasmanian Mass Sperm Whale Stranding - 45 Sperm Whales Dead More	2/1/09
Ganges River Dolphin Populations Collapsing Rapidly More	2/1/09
Taiji dolphin slaughter film, THE COVE wins GRAND PRIZE at SUNDANCE! More	2/1/09
Ric O'Barry Interview: Who Killed Flipper? More	1/21/09
Study: Killer Whales Eating PCB-contaminated Salmon More	1/21/09
NY Magazine: Ric O'Barry on new film "The Cove": Japan's secret dolphin slaughter and Flipper's suicide More	1/21/09
Dolphin slave trader Chris Porter sells 11 more wild-caught dolphins from the Solomon Islands More	1/21/09
Australian Dolphin Deaths Linked to Mercury Levels More	1/21/09
Japanese whaling vessel has been ordered to leave the Port of Surabaya, East Java in Indonesia without repairs More	1/21/09
Philippines asked to return dolphins to Solomon Islands More	1/21/09
Indonesian port denies access to repair damaged Japanese whaling vessel More	1/21/09
Climate Blamed for Slow Growth of Great Barrier Reef Corals More	1/13/09
Groups campaign in Iceland to allow whaling, expand quotas More	1/13/09
California Resevoir Pumping System Driving Salmon Species to Extinction More	1/13/09
German Tourist Firm Boycotting Atlantis Dubai More	1/13/09
Mercury-laden whale meat may foster heart disease More	1/7/09
Japanese whalers all at sea in hunt for legal credibility More	1/7/09
Japan wants anti-whalers barred from ports More	1/7/09
Navy, environmentalists settle sonar lawsuit More	1/4/09
There is no Humane Way to Kill a Whale at Sea More	12/21/08
Smith warns Japan PM of more whaling clashes More	12/21/08
Noisy, Acid Oceans Increasingly Harmful to Whales More	12/14/08
Canada's DFO defends decision to allow almost 600 whales to be slaughtered More	12/3/08
DFO Shirks Duty, Delivers Death Sentence to 500 Narwhals More	11/27/08
Pond Inlet hunters to cull hundreds of trapped narwhal More	11/23/08
Diver suffers pain from Navy sonar tests More	11/16/08
A Sad Day For Whales: Supreme Court Decision on Sonar More	11/13/08
Are the Puget Sound Orcas Starving? More	10/27/08
Documentary on orphaned killer whale, Luna, wins awards around the world More	10/26/08
Protest Demonstration for Lolita Rocks Miami Seaquarium More	10/13/08
Great Britain: Military exercise confirmed in mass dolphin deaths More	10/4/08
New Bush plan aims to overturn global whaling ban More	9/28/08
Chile Passes National Whale Sanctuary Law More	9/14/08
Navy to restrict low frequency active sonar use - battle over mid-frequency continues More	8/13/08
California Resolution Calling For Added Protections for Gray Whales More	8/4/08
Dolphin Capture Facility Closes in Panama More	7/21/08
IWC 2008: Japan defends its hunts as host country Chile bans all whaling in its waters More	6/25/08
Supreme Court to hear case involving whales and Navy sonar More	6/23/08
SAIL TO SAVE WHALES - Volvo Around The World Ocean Race More	6/21/08
US Plan to Protect Right Whale From Shipping Blocked by Cheney More	6/17/08
26 Common Dolphin Deaths: Dolphin charities blame Navy for Cornish beachings More	6/16/08
Scientists given a sonar demonstration and warped view of impacts on marine mammals; 240 dB = "A PING" More	6/16/08
Royal Navy submarine implicated in dolphin 'suicides' More	6/14/08
100 Melon-headed Whales Strand Off Madagascar During Oil Exploration More	6/11/08
Chile's President Proposed Ban on Whaling, Whale Sanctuary More	5/25/08
Farmed Salmon: Sea Lice and Virus = Wild Population Extinctions More	5/20/08
Government Shuts Down Salmon Fishing as Populations Collapse More	5/8/08
New Zealand drops legal action against Japan for whaling; Australia likely to follow More	5/8/08
Sea World Dolphin Dies Doing Trick During Show More	4/28/08
Japanese citizens renew call for Japan to end whaling More	4/17/08
Solitary Dolphins On The Rise, Need Protection More	4/17/08
Japan's Dolphins - An Undercover Documentary; World Class Athlete Becomes Activist More	4/9/08
Another Navy Sonar-Coincidental Whale Kill More	4/7/08
Sonar: Navy releases massive environmental impact study More	4/5/08
Navy sonar in state waters concerns whale scientists More	4/5/08
Australia - shark finning up 500 percent; endangered species hit More	4/5/08
Filmmakers outsmart dolphin killers: Secret film will expose Japan's brutality More	4/5/08
Makah's illegal whalers get off lightly Ancient whaling "tradition" remains dubious Many Makah still oppose whaling More	3/28/08
Dying Salmon - Chile's Fish Farms At Fault More	3/28/08
Watson Wins Crocodile Hunter Award More	3/28/08
Thousands of Starfish Dead on British Shores More	3/27/08
Tiny Mexican porpoise near extinct from fish nets More	3/26/08
More Dolphin Strandings - East Coast More	3/21/08
NMFS OK's Killing Of Sea Lions To Protect Salmon Threatened By Dams, Pollution, Spawning Ground Deterioration More	3/21/08
2007 Whaling On The High Seas Outcry and Chronology More	3/21/08
Dolphin Therapy Smells Fishy More	3/12/08
Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales More	3/12/08
Japan denies whaling ship fired at protesters More	3/9/08
Japan Bribing IWC Nation States Confirmed / Sea Shepherd's Pursuit More	3/9/08
Unexplained Dolphin Deaths Continue More	3/4/08
Restrictions on Navy Sonar Use Tightened More	3/2/08
Ocean Ranger Cruise Ship Bill Introduced in California More	2/26/08
World's Coastal Waters Riddled with Invasive Species More	2/26/08
Chile announces permanent whale protection law More	2/23/08
Dead Dolphin Found Near Site of Navy Sonar Testing Another Smoking Gun? More	2/22/08
Is Overfishing Driving Whales to Extremes, and Causing Strandings? Lack of Fish May Be Killing Whales More	2/22/08
Australian Court Orders Illegal Japanese Whale Hunt Stopped More	1/17/08
Text of Demarche signed by over 30 nations (except the US) urging Japan to stop whaling More	1/8/08
Victory: Court Orders US Navy to Limit Sonar Use, Monitor for Whales More	1/6/08
Celebrities Unite to Free Orca Lolita from Years of Solitary Confinement More	1/6/08
California courts ruling on sonar case likely to set precedent More	1/2/08
Crocodile Hunter widow Terri Irwin to launch non-lethal whale research to denounce Japanese "scientific" whaling More	12/30/07
Hungry Dolphins Attack Researchers in Scotland, Abandon Habitat More	12/30/07
Australia to send navy to protect whales from illegal Japanese harpooners in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary Rudd sends military after whalers Rudd drafts plans to spy on whalers	12/15/07
Whale Deaths at Georgia Aquarium Spark Captivity Protests More	12/11/07
2.7 million gallons of crude released in South Korean waters More	12/11/07
Sunken Antarctic cruise ship leaves oil spill threatening marine life in pristine area More	12/11/07
Young whale watcher fights to save whales More	12/9/07
Cambodia and UN join in efforts to save Irawaddy Dolphin from extinction More	12/7/07
Swimmers Brave The Hudson To Save Dolphins More	11/15/07
Dolphin Export From The Slaughter Coves In Taiji To The Dominican Republic Is Cancelled More	11/15/07
Activists Comfort Dying Dolphins More	11/15/07
Denver Author Dives Into Whale Slaughter More	11/15/07
Court orders Navy to reduce effects of sonar on marine life More	11/15/07
Tuna Wars: The ruthless tuna pirates who are driving these majestic creatures to extinction. More	10/1/07
International Body Speaks Against Dolphin Export More	9/5/07
Toxic Dolphin Meat Served in School Lunches in Japan More	9/5/07
Japanese Media Ignores Public Consumption of Mercury-Tainted Dolphin/Whale Meat More	9/5/07
Japanese Official Calls For Ban On Toxic Dolphin Meat in School Lunches More	9/5/07
Iceland Puts Down Its Whaling Harpoons for a Year More	8/30/07
Tuna Wars: Driving the Bluefin to Extinction More	8/30/07
50-60 Pacific Northwest Orcas are threatened by oil spill near Vancouver Island. Scientists Say Diesel Fuel Fumes May Kill Orcas "It couldn't have happened in a worse place." More	8/26/07
Sightings of dolphins in the Bay of Biscay have dropped 80% in just one year. Scientists ask: Where have all the dolphins gone? More	8/26/07
Federal Court Ruling on Dolphin-safe Tuna Becomes Final Bush Administration Forgoes Supreme Court Appeal More	8/4/07
Japan Officials: Dolphin Meat is "Toxic Waste" Warn of Acute Mercury Risk in School Lunches More	8/4/07
Navy Seeking Blanket OK for Sonar in Hawaii Ongoing Battle between Navy and Scientists on Harm to Whales More	8/4/07
Concerns Grow on State of Whales and Dolphins in Caribbean Waters Fishing Nets, Pollution, Intentional Capture Deaths, Acoustic Pollution Cetaceans in Captivity Suffer Extreme Mental and Physical Stress More	8/4/07
Fishermen Laugh While Illegally Slaughtering Dolphins in Brazilian Waters More	8/4/07
A Dolphin Dealer's Dream, A Dolphin's Nightmare Letter Opposing Capture of Wild Dolphins in Solomon Island Waters More	8/4/07
Human noise at sea could imperil creatures that depend on sonar More	8/4/07
2007 IWC Meetings: Japan Struggles to Thwart Whale Conservation More	8/4/07
"Friendly" dolphin attacks, kills human - seen on video. More	7/15/07
Japan is buying pro-whaling votes again: Landlocked LAOS to join IWC to vote with Japan to end the moratorium on commercial whaling. More	5/25/07
Denmark Backs Greenland Request To Kill Some Humpback Whales Greenland plans to ask the IWC for an annual quota of 10 humpback whales off West Greenland, in addition to at least 175 minkes and 19 fin whales. A further 12 minkes are being sought for East Greenland. More	5/25/07
Hundreds of miles of gill and tangle nets could wipe out dolphins and porpoises in English Channel unless immediate action is taken. More	5/16/07
Ocean Embassy Panama, a dolphinarium outside Panama City, has begun capturing wild dolphins for display and the international captivity trade. The first attempt resulted in the deaths of the captured dolphins during transport. More View the Youtube video documenting the truth about the trade of dolphins in captivity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxavbL56GyQ Sign the petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/363299497	4/24/07
Illegal Whaling: 890 whales targeted, 508 taken as Japan's main whaling vessel catches fire at sea! More	3/25/07
MASS STRANDING of DOLPHINS on Long Island: Final toll: 12 dead, 8 rescued Thousands flock to shallow cove in East Hampton More	1/25/07
California Coastal Commission requires US Navy to use common sense measures to protect marine life when practicing with military sonar along California's Coast (NRDC). The CCC recognizes that whales don't have to die for sea exercises More	1/24/07
US Navy declares itself EXEMPT from environmental laws in order to avoid lawsuits involving use of military sonar More	1/23/07
UNITED NATIONS DECLARES 2007 THE YEAR OF THE DOLPHIN More	1/24/07
The BAIJI, the Yangtzee River Dolphin declared "functionally extinct" More
DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER LINKED TO SWIM WITH DOLPHIN PROGRAMS More	1/20/07
A third of all fish species in the Yellow River, China's second longest, have become extinct because of dams, shrinking water levels, overfishing and pollution, state media said. More	1/18/07
THE DOLPHIN DEFENDER Hardy Jones' award winning documentary wins Explorer Club Special Jury Award Join Hardy Jones in his crusade to protect dolphins in PBS/NATURE's THE DOLPHIN DEFENDER. More - 25k	1/20/07

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