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 The Australian Tue 7 Feb 2012
PETA files case against Sea World claiming killer whales treated as slaves
A JUDGE for the first time in US history has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings. US District Judge... (photo: GFDL / Loadmaster)
PETA Photos Rights Whales Wikipedia: Killer whale |
 Treehugger Mon 6 Feb 2012
Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales, too.
/CC BY 2.0 Every year, humans consume 70 million tons of seafood. Though this is an astonishing volume—one that has a serious impact on ocean populations—it cannot compare to sperm whales... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Oceans Photos Plastic Pollution Seafood Wikipedia: Whale |
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 Wired News Fri 3 Feb 2012
>Army Hunts for New Targets: Manatees, Sea Turtles
The U.S. military’s tech still isn’t sophisticated enough to consistently tell Aunt Irma apart from Terrorist Jane. (Unless Jane is holding an AK-47, that... (photo: Public Domain / Max Smith)
Animal Environment Photos Usa Wikipedia: Sea turtle |
 PhysOrg Mon 30 Jan 2012
What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?
Orca have been studied extensively in the northeast Pacific ocean, where resident killer whales eat fish, but migrating whales eat marine mammals. Five separate ecotypes... (photo: Ark Animal Photo)
Nature Photos Wikipedia: Killer whale whale |
 Sun Star Fri 27 Jan 2012
Tourism boom is uncharted water for ‘shark town’
RIGHT now, they are the most talked about phenomenon in many areas in the country, with the exception of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment. But the whale sharks... (photo: GFDL / Peter Binter)
Cebu Photos Tourism Travel Wikipedia: Cebu City |
 STL Today Thu 26 Jan 2012
Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest coast
Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying... (photo: US Coastguard / PA3 BRENT M. ERB)
Animal Navy Photos Whale Wikipedia: Whale |
 Canberra Times Thu 26 Jan 2012
Blue note: scientists use sound to find lost giants of the deep
IT IS said that the blue whale lights up the sea. Now, Australian scientists have turned to sound to illuminate the hidden lives of the few remaining largest animals on... (photo: Creative Commons / Mike Baird)
Animals Australia Photos Scientists Whale Wikipedia: Blue whale |
 Independent online (SA) Tue 24 Jan 2012
Thirty stranded whales refloated
Wellington - Volunteers succeeded on Tuesday in refloating 39 survivors of a pod of 99 pilot whales that stranded on a remote beach at the top of New Zealand's South... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Donnie Brzuska.)
Animal Photos Wellington Whales Wikipedia: Pilot whale |
