Vaquita: Top News

Entanglement: The Threat of Commercial Fishing to Dolphins and Whales

Jan 02, 2018 | Mark J. Palmer

Fishing gear can kill cetaceans at a high enough level that populations can become threatened. Read More >

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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin Safe Tuna, Dolphins, Tuna Industry, Vaquita, Whales

Navy Decides To Stop Killing Vaquita Porpoises

Nov 09, 2017 | Laura Bridgeman

Isolation, rape, ripping apart of families, and death: these are the unfortunate hallmarks of “conservation”, the sort that zoos and aquariums, in particular, love to employ. Read More >

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Topics: Captivity Industry, Navy, Military, Vaquita

Navy Deploys Captive Dolphins to Capture Wild Vaquitas

Oct 09, 2017 | Laura Bridgeman

Forced breeding and separation of families is what the Navy thinks will save Vaquita. Read More >

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Topics: Dolphins, Navy, Military, Vaquita

Sign This Petition to Save the Vaquita Porpoise

Sep 13, 2017 | Laura Bridgeman

Tell the Mexican Government to save the vaquita from extinction. Read More >

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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Vaquita

Campaign Top News

International Marine Mammal Project >

• Tour of Grief is Over - But Family’s Troubles Are Not
  What will humans do to save the Southern Residents?
  Aug 15, 2018 - Laura Bridgeman
• Iceland Ends Hunts for Minke Whales – For Now
  Iceland continues to defy the global moratorium and kill endangered whales.
  Aug 13, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• 野生イルカの暮らし
  野生のシャチやイルカに法的権利を与え 人間の危害や捕獲から解放してあげよう。
  Aug 13, 2018
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Save Japan Dolphins >

• 野生イルカの暮らし
  野生のシャチやイルカに法的権利を与え 人間の危害や捕獲から解放してあげよう。
  Aug 13, 2018
• Japan To Propose IWC End Commercial Whaling Moratorium
  Will Japan succeed in resuming commercial whaling?
  Jul 09, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• Japan Whaling Program Discovered Pregnant Whales Easier to Kill
  The whaling fleet went over their quota by killing pregnant whales.
  Jun 04, 2018
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Dolphin + Whale Project >

• Tour of Grief is Over - But Family’s Troubles Are Not
  What will humans do to save the Southern Residents?
  Aug 15, 2018 - Laura Bridgeman
• Iceland Ends Hunts for Minke Whales – For Now
  Iceland continues to defy the global moratorium and kill endangered whales.
  Aug 13, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• Defenders of Mexico’s Environment Chronicle Their Battle
  A book review on one incredible environmental activists' journey and success.
  Aug 08, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• More Stories >

Keiko Whale Rescue >

• Tour of Grief is Over - But Family’s Troubles Are Not
  What will humans do to save the Southern Residents?
  Aug 15, 2018 - Laura Bridgeman
• Breach the Dams, for the Orcas!
  Take action to save the Southern Residents today!
  Aug 06, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• Is this One Orca Mother’s Last Cry for Help?
  Are the Southern Residents trying to tell us something?
  Aug 01, 2018 - Laura Bridgeman
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Freeing Whales & Dolphins from Captivity >

• 野生イルカの暮らし
  野生のシャチやイルカに法的権利を与え 人間の危害や捕獲から解放してあげよう。
  Aug 13, 2018
• Жизнь диких дельфинов
  Несправедливо удерживать дельфинов в неволе.
  Aug 08, 2018
• Thomas Cook Stops Selling Orca Captivity!
  Over ninety percent of respondents told the company to take animal welfare into consideration.
  Jul 30, 2018 - Laura Bridgeman
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Dolphin Safe Fishing >

• Friend of the Sea Leads Efforts to End Ship Strikes of Whales
  Friend of the Sea has included new standards for whale watching and other activities to protect dolphins and whales.
  Jun 27, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• What Does Dolphin Safe Mean?
  In the late 1980s, before the Dolphin Safe label, about 80,000 to 100,000 dolphins a year were being killed in tuna nets.
  Apr 25, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• Five Myths About Dolphin Safe Tuna - Don’t Be Fooled!
  Many of these myths come from the dolphin-killing tuna industry.
  Jan 10, 2018 - Mark J. Palmer
• More Stories >