Ocean Sentry
The Trump administration today denied Endangered Species Act protection to the Pacific walrus, which is imperiled by climate change.
October, 2017
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4 October
Uncertain future of the North Atlantic right whale linked to its tiny prey
Right whales move into more hazardous waters as they pursue a dwindling food source, research suggests.
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2 October
Outrage as a rare dolphin is hacked to death and gutted on a Chinese beach
Chinese authorities have arrested a villager after a sickening viral video with nearly 20 million views showed him tying a rare dolphin to his boat and later gutting the animal on a beach.
September, 2017
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29 September
Orca’s death raises fears of extinction
The death of a juvenile orca that had been showing signs of malnutrition has killer-whale researchers despairing about the long-term viability of the southern residents.
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28 September
New method to estimate abundance, detect trends in North Atlantic right whales confirms recent population decline
Between 1990 and 2010, the abundance of North Atlantic right whales increased just under three percent per year, from about 270 animals in 1990 to 482 in 2010. After relatively steady increases over that time, abundance has declined each year since 2010 to 458 animals in 2015.
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28 September
Activists reveal horrors of latest slaughter in Taiji
After being netted in the cove and left overnight, with no access to food and shelter, the pod of approximately 35 pilot whales would soon learn their fate as fishermen arrived in the early morning.
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27 September
Researchers puzzle over why beluga whales in Alaska haven’t recovered
New research aims to find out why highly endangered beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet have failed to recover despite protective measures.
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27 September
Pilot whale slaughtered imminent in the Cove in Taiji
Another heartbreaking story has emerged out of Taiji, Japan, this early morning. Hunters rounded up a family of 35 pilot whales and drove them towards the netted shoreline.
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26 September
Japan kills 177 whales in Pacific campaign
Japan said Tuesday it killed 177 whales off its northeast coast in an annual hunt that sparks anger among animal rights activists and others.
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26 September
Around 200 white-sided dolphins and 9 pilot whales slaughtered in brutal grinds in the Faroe Islands
A pod of 9 pilot whales was spotted off Hvalba yerterday morning and driven to the shore to be slaughtered by feroese locals. A few hours later, around 200 Atlantic white-sided dolphins suffered the same fate at Skálabotnur at the end of Skálafjørður on the Faroese island of Eysturoy.
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25 September
Water scheme threatens Yangtze River porpoises with extinction, scientist warns
Only about 1,000 of the critically-endangered aquatic mammals survive in China.
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21 September
One dolphin “spared”, the rest of the risso’s pod slaughthered mercilessly
According to The Dolphin Project, which has a team of monitors recording the situation on the ground in Taiji throughout the hunting season, after 15 consecutive Blue Cove days, a small pod of Risso’s dolphins was forced into the killing Cove.