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Sperm Whales in Kaikoura

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What put this once small fishing town on the map was not birds but mammals, specifically whales and dolphins. Just offshore is the Kaikoura Canyon, a marine crevasse that means you can quickly pass over water that is a thousand metres deep. Marine Kaikoura marine mammals New Zealand whales'

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Ocean Advocacy and Animal Rights

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I understand that they are trying to encourage people to eat fish and other marine life that are not part of a collapsing fishery. If you are eating a fish, you are still eating a living thing. The purpose is to protect ocean species as a whole. I'm not sure how this fits into my support of animal rights though.

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Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast–A Book Review

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It covers seabirds and marine mammals and miscellaneous living things–creatures likely to be found on day trips from the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. That’s 22 Marine Mammal species and 43 Seabirds. That’s 22 Marine Mammal species and 43 Seabirds. Howell and Brian L.

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Dead Sea Lions in Puget Sound - Again

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KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths. The one found in West Seattle was a California sea lion, protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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