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Garbage Found in Dead Whale

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Scientists with the Cascadia Research Collective said the examination did not immediately determine why the 37-foot near-adult male died, but it was found to be in better nutritional condition than other gray whales that died recently. Tags: seattle whale marine life pollution.

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At Least Five Dead Whales Around Bay Area

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We're definitely seeing an increase in ship strikes - it's awful," said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Tags: california san francisco marine life marine animals whales krill.

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Charity Navigator Gives People for Puget Sound "Three Stars"

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I'm starting a new mini-feature in which I'm posting about the results of my research into some of the groups I support. Tags: oceans marine life donations charities nonprofits. I recently signed up with Charity Navigator, an online service that provides financial information about and ratings for specific charities.

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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. I think that ocean life, with the exception of mammals, are often overlooked because they are not the sentient, communicating species that we identify with, like primates, dogs, cats, etc.

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

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Altering the ocean’s chemistry alters the way marine life reproduces and develops; for example, a young marine snail simply cannot develop a shell in conditions that are too acidic, and will die. This has repercussions across the food web.

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Think Bush Is a Pro-Animal Environmentalist? Think Again!

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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.” Navy to do so?

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Dutch Whale Denied Freedom; Must Go to Spanish Amusement Park

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Unfortunate, but the court decided she would not survive being returned to the wild. Here's an excerpt from the online Boston Globe.

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