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8/04/05

Scientists Plan to Reintroduce Gray Whales Off UK
LONDON — Squadrons of Gray Whales Could be Winging Their Way Across The Atlantic Within a Decade to Restock British Waters Under Plans Put Forward by Two Conservation Scientists. - Read Story

Commercial Whaling - Read Story

Animal Rights Group Sues Over Sea Lions - Read Story

Man Gets Prison Term For Killing Walruses - Read Story

New Dolphin Species Found in Australia - Read Story

Iceland Tells Japan Cooperation on Commercial Whaling - Read Story

Annual Count of Otters Shows Slight Decrease - Read Story

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7/12/05

Reward Offered for Information Linked to Sea Otter Killings - Read Story

Whaling Talks End With Talk of 'farce'
Nations on both sides of debate agree system needs to be changed.
ULSAN, South Korea — The International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting wound up on Friday having passed toothless resolutions urging Japan to curb its hunt and with members saying the body desperately needed an overhaul. - Read Story

Japan's Whaling Bid Frustrated - Read Story

IWC Notes Growth of Whale Watching Industry Worldwide - Read Story

Whale Burger Goes on Sale in Japan - Read Story

Anti-Whaling States Aim for Sanctuaries, Hunt Curbs - Read Story

Scientific Whaling Program Weak on Science -- An ENN Commentary - Read Story

Dog Stew Diners Puzzled by Fuss Over Whale Meat - Read Story

Nets Kill Nearly 1,000 Marine Mammals a Day, Group Says - Read Story

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2/11/05

Toxic Warning: Dolphin Meat is Poisoning the Japanese People
Three international environmental organizations -- the Elsa Nature Conservancy (ENC) of Japan, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute (EII), and One Voice -- warned today that dolphin meat sold to the Japanese people is highly contaminated with mercury, methylmercury, cadmium, DDT, and PCBs. Despite the scientific evidence of dangerous contamination, the Japanese government provides no warning to its people that eating dolphin meat is a serious health hazard. - Read Story

Yale Study Suggests Chemical Might Cause Hearing Loss in Whales
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-- A toxic chemical used to prevent barnacles from clinging to ship hulls may cause deafness in marine mammals and could lead whales to beach themselves, Yale researchers say. The hearing loss would be the latest environmental hazard linked to TBT, a chemical already known to be harmful to some aquatic life. TBT is banned in many countries but is still widely used. - Read Story

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2/4/05

Australian Government Says It Won't Back Anti-Whaling Lawsuit
SYDNEY, Australia — Australia's government will not support a court action by an animal rights group against a Japanese whaling company over allegations it illegally killed hundreds of whales inside an Australian whale sanctuary, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Last year, the Australian-based Humane Society International filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku had illegally slaughtered more than 400 minke whales in Antarctic waters that form part of Australia's economic zone and have been declared a whale sanctuary. - Read Story

Study suggests whales may be related to hippos - Read Story

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1/26/05

Porpoises Flee Killer Dolphins
Harbour porpoises are being killed in increasing numbers by bottlenose dolphins around British coasts, possibly due to competition for food. The evidence comes from counts of porpoises washed up on coasts and from post-mortem examination of the animals. A lack of fish may be turning the dolphins on their cetacean relatives, according to some scientists. - Read Story

Environmentalists Say Sound Wave Research Off Yucatan Threatens Marine Life
MEXICO CITY — Scientists working off the Yucatan Peninsula are preparing to use sound waves to search for information about an asteroid that may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. But environmental activists are trying to shut the project down, saying the technology could harm whales, sea turtles and several varieties of fish that provide a livelihood for thousands of Mexicans along the gulf coast. - Read Story

Dolphins Fix Their Roles In Hunts - Read Story

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1/21/05

Conservationists in India Call Scarce 'Mermaids' in Peril after Tsunami - Read Story

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1/14/05

Bad Weather Hampers Efforts to Rescue Stranded Sperm Whales in Australia - Read Story

Whales Suffer From The Bends
Scientists say much more research is needed
A swift ascent from deep water may be just as dangerous for whales as it is for humans, Science magazine reports. Damage consistent with the bends - every diver's nightmare - has been found in the bones of sperm whales. An acute form of the illness was also suspected in beaked whales, which were beached after a naval sonar exercise. - Read Story

US Seeks 'Threatened' Status for Puget Sound Orcas - Read Story

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