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UN adopts High Seas Treaty to protect the ocean

At the UN 'High Seas Treaty' negotiations in New York, a historic vote for the...

Hopes raised for whale and dolphin protection after last minute landmark nature agreement

WDC's Ed Goodall (far right) at COP15 with Thérèse Coffey (centre) UK Secretary of State...

WDC orca champion picks up award

Beatrice Whishart MSP picks up her Nature Champion award The Scottish Environment LINK, an organisation...

Large number of dolphins moved to Abu Dhabi marine park

Up to 24 captive bottlenose dolphins have reportedly been sent to a new SeaWorld theme...

Georgia Aquarium announces death of another captive beluga

Georgia Aquarium in the US has announced the death of Maris, a female beluga whale held in captivity at the acquarium for over 10 years.  Maris was one of the first beluga whales kept at the facility, which puts the death down to ‘sudden, acute animal death’. Maris gave birth in May, but her calf died just a few weeks later after failing to gain weight during the critical early days.

This news comes shortly after the Georgia Aquarium lost a legal battle to bring wild caught beluga whales from Russia to the United States. The Aquarium had been trying to increase the number of belugas its holds by overturning a US federal decision which initially denied its request to import 18 whales captured in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, on the grounds that the Aquarium had not met conditions required to approve its controversial plan.

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