Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Wild thingGold Coast News - goldcoast.com.au, AustraliaWorking alongside volunteers at the facility run by ORRCA, a volunteer organisation devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of whales, dolphins and seals, she helped look after tiny seal pups that had lost their mothers. "They were training the pups …
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
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Giant seabird's fossilized skull found in PeruThe Associated Press… of the other fossil pelagornithids found in the Pisco Formation." The formation, a coastal rock bed south of the capital, Lima, is known for yielding fossils of whales, dolphins, turtles and other marine life dating as far back as 14 million years.
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Entangled whale freed from fishing gear in NJThe Republican - MassLive.com, MAThe whale was not yet fully grown; adult humpback whales typically reach 40 to 50 feet long, Frady said. The site was not far from where a family of 16 bottlenose dolphins stayed in two rivers near the Sandy Hook Bay for half of last year, …
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
AP NewsBreak: Entangled whale cut freeNewsday, NYThe whale was not yet fully grown; adult humpback whales typically reach 40 to 50 feet long, Frady said. The site was not far from where a family of 16 bottlenose dolphins stayed in two rivers near the Sandy Hook Bay for half of last year, …
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Where were the feds?Windsor Star, CanadaInstead, the DFO ordered the "humane harvest" of these endangered whales. The Inuit shot them all, like fish in a barrel. The whales killed that day did not even have an effect on the Inuit hunting quota set by the DFO. So what is the DFO spending …
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Shedd oceanarium prepares for reopeningABC7Chicago.com, USABy Theresa Gutierrez February 25, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — The vacation will soon be over for the Shedd Aquarium's Beluga whales, dolphins, sea lions and penguins. They've been visiting other aquariums since September as the Shedd renovates the popular …
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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Shedd Oceanarium To Reopen SoonWBBM780, ILBetween now and May 22nd the belugas, Pacific-white sided dolphins, sea otters and other animals will be returning to the Shedd to start getting acquainted with their new surroundings. The whales and dolphins have been housed at the aquarium in Mystic, …
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