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Good News About Blue Whales

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The hunting peaked in 1931 with more than 29,000 animals killed in one season. Tags: oceans marine life whales environment alaska endangered species. The animals used to cruise from Mexico and Southern California to Alaska, but they had mostly vanished from Alaskan waters.

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"The Cove" Continues to Disturb

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The affecting cloak-and-dagger documentary “The Cove,” which documents a brutal dolphin hunt off the Japanese town of Taiji, is putting would-be amusement park visitors in an ethical bind and park owners on the defensive. The rest are killed with spears, knives and clubs in an orgy of cruelty. From MSNBC.

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Sperm Whales in Kaikoura

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Just offshore is the Kaikoura Canyon, a marine crevasse that means you can quickly pass over water that is a thousand metres deep. 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.

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