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Orca Whale Article Appears in Salon

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Informative article with one expert saying captivity can drive orcas insane. Tags: Sea World captivity killer whales Orcas. I'm not surprised. They are used to miles and miles of ocean. The argument that they have "plenty of room" has been made about elephants too. Animals are commodities for her.

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Whales Losing the Will to Live?

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I came across this British article from 2008. The steeply declining number of whales in the world's oceans is causing the remaining creatures to suffer loneliness and 'lose the will the live', a leading expert has claimed. Tags: norway iceland whales Japan whaling endangered species. From the Daily Mail.

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Efforts to Rescue Lolita the Orca from Miami

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Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service. They sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for excluding captive killer whales from listing under the Endangered Species Act. The federal complaint focuses on a whale named Lolita, who was captured more than 40 years ago, and has been held at the Miami Seaquarium.

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Japanese Article on Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd

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Tags: sea shepherd paul watson whales Japan.

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Japan Mad about Banning Bluefish Tuna Fishing

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I'm not surprised considering their attitude about whale meat. The article's writer is a bit more objective about this than I am.) Apparently, it's all "cultural imperialism. Considering Japan's history in East Asia, it is seriously ironic to me that they throw the word "imperialism" around. Give me a break.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges.

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The Inuit Point of View on Polar Bears

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Here's an article in the Nunatsiaq News that talks about polar bear conservation from the Inuit point of view. s director of wildlife, Gabriel Nirlinguyak} said, recalling that the two had cooperated on bowhead whale management issues. The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In But not with polar bears."