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Happy New Year Kesslet !

By ruthsmyth | 14th January 2012

Hi Everyone, It was a bitterly cold but a lovely and sunny morning standing watching Kesslet & Charlie as they surfaced to breathe in the...

Proposal For Quotas To Save Whales Rejected By WDCS

By Danny Groves | 12th January 2012

WDCS has questioned suggestions by US researchers writing in the journal, Nature that the introduction of tradable quotas for catching whales could reduce the number...

Orca Keet Faces Stressful Relocation

By Danny Groves | 11th January 2012

WDCS has recently become aware of the impending transfer of the orca Keet from Sea World Texas to Sea World California. This transfer is slated...

Belugas Of Cook Inlet Continue To Decline

By Danny Groves | 11th January 2012

The beluga population of Cook Inlet, Alaska - recently re-listed as endangered - has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 20 years. So say...

WDCS Kids In Südamerika

By Danny Groves | 9th January 2012

Auch in Südamerika helfen Kinder Walen und Delfinen. Durch das Grenzgebiet der Länder Peru, Kolumbien und Brasilien fließt der Amazonas, in dem die gefährdeten Amazonas-Flussdelfine...

Whale-friendly Lunches: Good For Kids, Great For Whales

By Danny Groves | 9th January 2012

Does your school serve 'whale-friendly'* lunches? We know that you care about conservation and wouldn't want your school lunches to be linked to whaling. So,...

Back To Work Again…

By ruthsmyth | 8th January 2012

Hi Everyone, Well, here we are with one week of 2012 behind us and the weather up here near Inverness actually isn't that bad for...

Orcas versus humpbacks

By George Berry | 6th January 2012

Occasionally accounts come our way of observations on whales that are unusual and very interesting. I recently heard of one such incident and asked the guy...

New Year Dolphin Slaughter Begins In Taiji

By Danny Groves | 6th January 2012

Although the fishermen in Taiji took a two week break from hunting and killing dolphins in the drive hunts over the holiday period, reports from...

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