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MAY 11, 2010

Tags: dead animals marine life marine animals 2010 oil spill.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

I understand that they are trying to encourage people to eat fish and other marine life that are not part of a collapsing fishery. I'm not sure how this fits into my support of animal rights though. Tags: oceans marine animals. For the past couple of issues I've read, it has had a "sustainable seafood recipe."

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Critter News

JUNE 20, 2010

If so, the notion that whales are intelligent and sentient beings threatens to demolish, like an explosive harpoon, the assumption that they are simply an animal commodity to be harvested from the sea. Tags: marine life marine animals whales.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

Researchers say the animals appear to be following abundant swarms of krill - the tiny, shrimp-like creatures that make up whales' favorite food group - right into the path of ship traffic. Tags: california san francisco marine life marine animals whales krill.

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Critter News

APRIL 22, 2010

A gray whale that died after stranding on a West Seattle beach had a large amount of trash in its stomach, ranging from a pair of sweatpants to a golf ball, said biologists who examined the animal. Tags: seattle whale marine life pollution. Starvation was not considered a major contributor to its death.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2010

Huang Yong, deputy bureau chief for Dalian, China Maritime Safety Administration, told Dragon TV on Wednesday, "The oil spill will pose a severe threat to marine animals, and water quality, and the sea birds." Tags: oil spill marine life china pollution.

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MAY 18, 2009

The endangered whales, possibly the largest animals ever to live on Earth, have yet to recover from the worldwide slaughter that eliminated 99 percent of their number, according to the American Cetacean Society. The hunting peaked in 1931 with more than 29,000 animals killed in one season.

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2010

Tags: dolphin marine life marine animals.

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MAY 3, 2010

Tags: oil spill marine life marine animals turtles Gulf of Mexico.

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JUNE 9, 2018

Featured image – Photo in “Bird-lore” by the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals). That last bit of knowledge was shared by a pilot with a gift for understatement. And, I hear that the night sky is worth it! For more info – Dry Tortugas Bird Checklist.

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Critter News

JULY 21, 2009

Tags: california animal rescue marine life sea lions.

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JULY 24, 2009

Tags: sea gulls seattle animal cruelty marine life.

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JULY 26, 2009

Tags: seattle animal rescue marine life seals.

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JANUARY 3, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 2, 2010: **The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; **the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; **the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness (..)

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Critter News

AUGUST 6, 2009

Whenever I read about dolphins in places like Sea World, I think of an ex-co-worker named Gretchen who admitted she had "issues" with animals. Once penned, some dolphins are picked out by dolphin trainers and animal brokers for purchase and transport to amusement parks and resorts. The cries of the dolphins are pathetic.

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Critter News

MARCH 28, 2010

It's in response to the pathetic CITES conference which basically screwed marine animal protection. Tags: CITES marine animals Japan endangered species. I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour."

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APRIL 23, 2013

These nutrient-rich currents provide sustenance for a variety of marine-life, including the many thousand of seabirds that call this place home. These mangroves function as a sanctuary for fish and other animals that then make their way as adults across the channel to the coral reefs that surround the island.

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Critter News

AUGUST 28, 2012

Allegations are that sea animals are not being well-cared for at this Niagara Falls resort.

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JANUARY 17, 2008

For more information about the effect of sonar on marine mammals, see the NRDC's extremely comprehensive report: “ Sounding the Depths II: The Rising Toll of Sonar, Shipping and Industrial Ocean Noise on Marine Life.” Whoever thought President Bush was a pro-animal environmentalist?

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MARCH 2, 2015

As the climate warms and snowpack decreases on mountain peaks, habitats (and their plant and animal communities) downslope will inevitably shift higher and higher in altitude to keep up with changing temperatures and precipitation. This has repercussions across the food web.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Full story posted on Global Animal and from the Huffington Post. On February 8, a federal judge said ‘no,’ stopping a historic case filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against SeaWorld for violating the 13th Amendment on slavery. Here's hoping we see more of these legal challenges.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

A Dutch court had suspended the government's export permit after an animal rights coalition presented a plan to release her to the wild in stages. This feels like a defeat because an animal like this really belongs in the sea and not a zoo," Bleker said in a statement. Morgan belongs in the wild, but not at all costs.".

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths.

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Critter News

APRIL 26, 2012

It's just another sign of the garbage we throw into the oceans. There was also some plastic and pieces of rope, but there's no determination of what may have actually killed it. It was not emaciated so it's still a mystery as to whether what it consumed played a factor in its death. Full story here in Washington Post.

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APRIL 10, 2013

This makes the waters massively productive, which attracts fishermen and marine life close to the shore, where it can be watched without hours spent reaching the continental shelf. The Sperm Whale is the fourth largest whale, and the largest toothed whale (and animal) in the world.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The World Wildlife Fund has reported that dolphins and other marine life have been swimming around in an oil spill off the coast of Australia. There have not been many deaths yet, but the toxicity could lead to long-term health effects for the animals. Tags: australia dolphin oil spill marine life.

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