Despite promises to combat global warming, the Biden Administration is again offering oil leasing on thousands of acres of public lands -- lands that belong to you and me. Yet, the oil industry rakes in record profits.
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For 40 years, the International Marine Mammal Project has been working to protect whales, dolphins, and their ocean homes.
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In May, Mystic Aquarium imported five belugas from the Canadian aquarium MarineLand. The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute and many individuals, scientists and organizations strongly objected to the import, in part because the stress of a move would harm the whales. Now, one of those imported belugas has died from gastric ulcers, a stress-related cause.
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Hvaldimir, the beluga whale suspected of being a Russian spy, is facing his most dangerous mission yet: trying to survive in the wild.
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On August 19, 2021, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute sent the following letter to the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) and the US Coast Guard, urging these agencies to put in place mandatory speed limits for large commercial vessels that threaten whales with ship strikes along the coast of California. Currently, ships speeds are voluntary, and as many as half of the commercial vessels ignore the limits.
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We recently received alerts from the Japanese island of Okinawa, where several bottlenose dolphins suddenly turned up in a small pen offshore the town of Chatan.
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We sadly report that our good friend and friend of animals, Hollywood director Richard Donner, has died at 91.
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On Endangered Species Day, May 21st, I joined a great panel of colleagues to discuss the current situation with marine megafauna (large marine species, such as whales, dolphins, sharks and manta rays) facing population declines and extinction around the world’s oceans.
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Kayleigh Brookes is a nature conservationist, writer, and campaigner living in the United Kingdom. She loves the ocean and all of its wonderful inhabitants, especially orcas. She is passionate about protecting the natural world, celebrating its wonders, raising awareness of issues, and tackling them.
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