http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:23:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This year, the Sea Shepherd crew intend to head on down to the Southern Ocean again with a bedroll full of tactics and surprises, and we intend to do a dangerous but effective "dance" with the Japanese whaling fleet to save the lives of as many whales as we possibly ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/earthrace-and-sea-shepherd-launch-party October 14, 2009 By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere exhibit extensive population structure, according to a new genetic study. An international research team sequenced mitochondrial DNA from about 1,500 humpback whales sampled at more than a dozen sites in the ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/uncategorized/genetic-study-reveals-relationships-between-humpback-whale-populations Coastguards have said a whale reported to be seen struggling in shallow water off Hampshire was actually a seal. A dog walker rang 999 just after 0900 BST after seeing what he though was a whale off Chilling, near Warsash. Marine experts had been on their way to the area when it ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/whale-thought-to-be-in-danger-turns-into-seal Marine experts attempting to rescue a whale in the River Clyde in Glasgow have said they are "not confident it can survive". British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said the whale was in bad shape and may have to be "put to sleep". Vets are uncertain what species the mammal is because ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/fate-of-river-clyde-whale-not-looking-good Report: Three humpback whales dead after Madagascar fuel spill Africa News Sep 16, 2009, 9:37 GMT Antananarivo - Three humpback whales have been found dead in southern Madagascar three weeks after a wrecked Turkish freighter began tipping fuel into the sea, contaminating the coastline, a newspaper on the Indian Ocean island reported ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/report-three-humpback-whales-dead-after-madagascar-fuel-spill Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News Sept. 16, 2009 -- Some killer whale populations favor king salmon so much that the whales will actually die when numbers of this largest member of the salmon family drop, according to new research. The study, published in the latest Royal Society Biology Letters, suggests that although killer ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/killer-whales-die-without-king-salmon BOSTON — A Cape Cod fisherman accused of violating federal laws because he freed a humpback whale that got entangled in his fishing gear has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. A lawyer for Robert Eldridge of Chatham tells the Cape Cod Times that the deal means his client will avoid ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/man-accused-of-harassing-whale-cuts-a-deal Dolphin documentary included despite initial rejection By Gavin J. Blair Sept 16, 2009, 06:18 AM ET [caption id="attachment_332" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Taiji Fisherman Killing Dolphins"][/caption] TOKYO -- The Tokyo International Film Festival's news conference Wednesday was dominated by the announcement that "The Cove," previously rejected by the fest, has been included in the lineup. TIFF chairman ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/the-cove-to-play-at-tokyo-film-festival New oil and gas facilities planned for Class A Nature Reserve August 2009. WWF has warned that an oil spill off Australia's North West coast may take a heavy toll on the region's globally significant wildlife. The oil & gas is spilling from a rig in the Timor Sea and it will take several ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/news/western-australia-oil-spill-a-potential-disaster-for-marine-life These are the sad pictures showing the desperate plight of a whale trapped in a fishing line. The fmale humpback can be seen struggling to swim after the line pinned her pectoral fins to her side making it hard for her to move. Sharks surrounded the whale waiting for her to tire ... http://savethewhalesanddolphins.com/endangered/deep-sea-death-sentence-heartbreaking-images-of-a-whale-trapped-in-a-fishing-net