White beaked dolphins used to be common around the Hebrides, but have moved away as the waters have warmed. Credit British Divers Marine Life Rescue.
July 2009. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) were alerted by members of the public that 3 White-beaked dolphins had stranded on North Uist. BDMLR medic Martin Vaci arrived on the [...]

New rules for safe shipping may save whales
Andrew Darby in Hobart
July 18, 2009
THE world’s only factory whaling ship may be driven from the Antarctic by tighter regulations.
The Nisshin Maru is vital to the operations of the Japanese whaling fleet, but it will run foul of new rules imposed by the United Nations International Maritime Organisation, [...]

Editorial
A Non-Ban on Whaling
Published: June 27, 2009
At this point in its troubled history, it appears that the main function of the International Whaling Commission, which met last week on the Portuguese island of Madeira, is to ensure its own survival — and with it, the survival of a 40-year-old loophole-ridden “ban” on commercial whaling that [...]

Fishermen asked to aid search for entangled whale
Posted Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:40am AEST
South Australian fishermen are being asked to help in the search for a humpback whale entangled in lobster netting.
The Environment Department has been trying to find the whale since it entered South Australian waters about two days ago.
Deb Kelly from the department [...]

The Colombian Army have started shooting the world’s largest invasive species. Credit Carlos Andres Lopez.

Hippo pool at Escobar’s ranch. Photo credit Carlos Andres.
From Carlos Andres Lopez in Colombia.
July 2009. I have been working on finding ways to save around 20 hippos that have been roaming freely in the area of the now deceased drug baron [...]

Sea Shepherd Advisor Calls Japanese Dolphin Slaughter a “Travesty”
Former AustralianSenator and Environment Minister Ian Campbell is calling for a boycott of Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, in protest at .Japan’s alleged annual slaughter of 23,000 dolphins
Ian Campbell is now an advisor to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
From the MelbourneAge:
Boycott JapanOlympics bid: ex-minister
July 15, 2009
Former [...]

Target:
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman
Sponsored by:
Suzie Magann Wildlife warrior
Recently the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin
was forced to leave Melbourne when the berth that the ship had been
using for free for three years was suddenly changed to a $59,000 a
month moorage bill. In Brisbane the ship is being forced to pay over
$400 a day for moorage.
Meanwhile
the Japanese [...]

Time
Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska
By Wesley Loy / Anchorage Saturday, Jul. 18, 2009
A group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called “the blob.” It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles through the Chukchi [...]