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Monday, 05 January 2009 15:56 |
 (From dailytimes.com.pk) East Timor - One of the world’s highest concentrations of dolphins and whales — many of them protected species — has been discovered off the coast of East Timor, local and Australian researchers said on Wednesday. A “hot spot” of marine cetaceans migrating through deep channels off the Timor coast, including blue and beaked whales, s… |
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 13:40 |
 (From tcpalm.com) Treasure Coast, Florida- Twenty-one endangered manatees died in the Treasure Coast's coastal waters this year, with Indian River County leading the way in the area, according to state figures through Dec. 12. The county's latest was an infant manatee found dead in the St. Sebastian River, near Sebastian, in the second week of December. It… |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 20:24 |
 (From indianexpress.com) Andaman Islands, India - The dugong, a massive sea mammal often mistaken by sailors as the mythical mermaid, has most of its last viable populations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The population here too, of these slow breeding, 13 feet long animals, is only 25-30. Now, there’s one less. The long arm of poaching has not spared t… |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 11:09 |
 (From hawaiireporter.com) Honolulu - The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is asking all recreational and commercial boaters to be extra cautious during whale season, especially during the height of the season, January through March, to help ensure the continued restoration of the thriving population of these treasured mammals. From now through… |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 11:00 |
 (From iht.com) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - A rare 23-foot-long (7-meter-long) whale shark got entangled in a fishing net off Malaysia's northwest coast and was towed to shore but died due to injuries, local media reported Saturday. Fisherman Key Chai Yang told the New Straits Times newspaper that it took two hours to tow the two-ton shark, known as a Rhincodon … |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 10:32 |
 (From abc.net.au)- The anti-whaling ship the Steve Irwin is withdrawing from its pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean to refuel. The captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's protest ship, Paul Watson, says the move will leave the Japanese fleet free to slaughter whales over the next fortnight. Captain Watson says the Steve Ir… |
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