Ocean Sentry
The pools are empty at Wake Bali Dolphin! The tourist attraction in Keramas Beach in Bali, known for its dolphin-swim programs, has had its permits withdrawn by the Ministry of Forestry.
April, 2018
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16 April
Rescuers try to disentangle endangered right whale off Massachusetts
Researchers off the coast of Provincetown said Saturday they’ll keep trying to free an endangered North Atlantic right whale from fishing line wrapped around her jaw.
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13 April
11,654 defenceless baby seals beaten and shot to death in Canada
Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans reports that from Monday through today sealers have landed 11,654 harps seal pups.
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11 April
The Yangtze river porpoise, unique for living in freshwater, has special genetic adaptations
The Yangtze finless porpoise is the only freshwater porpoise in the world and is critically endangered. An international group of researchers have sequenced its genome and found the gene responsible for the Yangtze porpoises’ ability to live in freshwater.
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8 April
Japanese ships leave for whale hunt off northeastern coast
Japanese ships left a port in northeastern Japan on Thursday to conduct what the government calls research whaling off the coast in the Pacific Ocean through late April, a whaling group said.
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7 April
Sperm whale washed up dead on Spanish coast after swallowing 64 Lbs of plastic
A sperm whale found dead on the coast of Murcia in southern Spain was killed by gastric shock caused by ingesting 29 kilos (64 lb) of plastic waste, authorities in the region said on Friday.
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5 April
Canada’s DFO has just announced the seal hunt is to begin on Monday, April 9
Canada’s DFO has just announced the seal hunt is to begin on Monday, April 9. These seal killers waste no time, so we are expecting a bloody massacre of tens of thousands of defenseless pups to take place within just the first days.
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5 April
Norway’s whaling season begins
April 1st saw the start of the whaling season in Norway. Despite a widely-accepted international moratorium on commercial whaling, Norway and Iceland continue to hunt minke whales in the North Atlantic as they objected to the agreement.
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3 April
As Canada moves to reopen its controversial commercial seal hunt, one more market – India – bans seal skins
In the coming days, Canada is expected to open its commercial seal hunt, where defenseless, weeks-old pups are shot or battered to death with clubs. But we just got some terrific news about India banning the import of seal skins, eliminating yet another potential market for commercial seal skins.
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2 April
Sea caves destruction blocked
The desecration of stunning and environmentally sensitive sea caves area in the municipality of Peyia in Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus has been going on for years by the construction of so-called ‘luxury homes’ and other developments by those who seem intent on destroying the area in their never-ending …
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2 April
Dolphins forced to break into nets to find food by overfishing in the Mediterranean, report says
Dolphins short on prey are resorting to underhand tactics to find a meal – tearing into nets to access the fish inside.
March, 2018
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31 March
Japan whalers return from Antarctic hunt after killing more than 333 minke whales
Japanese whaling vessels returned to port on Saturday (March 31) after catching more than 300 of the mammals in the Antarctic Ocean without facing any protests by anti-whaling groups, officials said.