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Honey the Dolphin Dies Alone in Japan Park
| By Mark J. Palmer

Are you tired of social isolation? Honey the dolphin spent several years alone in an abandoned water park.
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Return of the Whales
| By Mark J. Palmer

With a reduction in commercial whaling in recent years, some species of whales have bounced back in numbers, research says
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Impacts of Plastics On Marine Life
| By Tara Van Hoorn

Grocery bags mimic jellyfish, wrappers resemble small fish, and microplastics look just like plankton floating in the water.
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SeaWorld Lawsuit: Plaintiffs Tell Their Story At Last
| By Mark J. Palmer

After filing the lawsuit, "Anderson v SeaWorld"five years ago, two plaintiffs finally told their story in court earlier this month.
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IMMP’s SeaWorld Lawsuit Goes to Trial
| By Mark J. Palmer

The well-anticipated trial that's been in the making for 5 years finally goes to trial next week.
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What You Need To Know About the Released Whale Jail Whales
| ​By Mark J. Palmer

The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute is one of the lead organizations globally coordinating efforts on behalf of Russian whales and dolphins. We helped to return the Whale Jail whales of Russia to the ocean and are now working to permanently ban such wild captures of whales and dolphins in Russian waters.
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New US Airbase Threatens Okinawa Dugong
| By Mark J. Palmer

Plans to replace Henoko bay with a huge US airbase have loomed over the people of Okinawa for years. The proposal threatens to destroy the marine ecosystem off the shores of the beautiful bay of Henoko.
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Whales Get a Break
| By Mark J. Palmer

In his recent story, Joe Roman of the University of Vermont notes that “one of the most important global conservation events of the past year was something that didn’t happen.”
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Why Dolphins Don’t Belong in the Las Vegas Desert

Have you ever had the chance to observe bottlenose dolphins in the wild? Watching the highly social marine mammals traveling in pods of 10-15, playfully surfing waves, hunting, mating, and protecting each other is unforgettable. Dolphins have even rescued humans struggling in deep water. There’s no question that dolphins belong in the ocean living wild and free from confinement. The contrast is alarming.
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Leader of Save the Whale Movement, Dr. Sidney Holt, Dead at 93
| Mark J. Palmer

Few scientists have had as much impact on fisheries and the International Whaling Commission as Dr. Sidney Holt, who died just before Christmas at his home in Italy. Dr. Holt was a strong advocate for whale protection, introducing the successful idea of whale sanctuaries, as a delegate for the government of the Republic of the Seychelles. At the IWC his measure for an Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary passed despite opposition from many whaling nations. Eventually, in 1994, the Antarctic Ocean was declared a Whale Sanctuary by the IWC, a provision that Japan objected to and regularly violated.
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  • From the cold reaches of the Russian coast, to Japan's notorious Cove, to global tuna fleets, to Barataria Bay, to the concrete tanks of SeaWorld - the International Marine Mammal Project had key accomplishments for whales and dolphins, thanks to your support!
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  • There's a lot of whale and dolphin jargon out there. Here's some explanations about what we know about cetaceans.
  • The damages of global warming are already here, and worse is to come. Can COP28 overcome national resistance and lobbying from the oil industry to adopt real solutions to global warming, including an equitable phase-out of the burning of fossil fuels?
Save Japan Dolphins >
  • The Taiji dolphin slaughter was as horrendous as always, but the numbers of dolphins being killed and captures continues to decline. Can we end the dolphin hunts for good?
  • A recent analysis by scientists, adopted by the IWC Scientific Committee, shows what many opponents of the Taiji dolphin hunts have feared -- the hunts are depleting several dolphin species along the coast of Japan, leading the dolphin hunters to go after other species, while still killing the depleted species.
  • The Taiji dolphin hunts are well underway, with a pod of bottlenose dolphins recently herded into the notorious Cove. The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission is warning that some dolphin species are declining.
Dolphin + Whale Project >
Keiko Whale Rescue >
  • We are deeply saddened at the death of orca whale Tokitae. Calls for her release were denied for decades and it’s shameful that she never got a chance to go home.
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    Tokitae (also known as Lolita) has died. Photo Credit: Dr. Ingrid Visser, Orca Research Trust

  • 30 years ago, the movie "Free Willy" was a huge hit. The plight of its orca star, Keiko, touched the public along with the moving story. Read how the International Marine Mammal Project took that spark of concern and returned Keiko to his home waters. SeaWorld and other captive dolphin parks would never be the same!
  • The last captive orca in Canada, Kiska, has died, after being kept alone for twelve years at the notorious MarineLand park in Niagara Falls. If Tokitae (Lolita) goes home to a seaside sanctuary, the only North American captive orcas will be those in SeaWorld's three parks.
Dolphin Safe Fishing >
  • For more than 30 years, Trixie Concepcion and her staff have worked to protect dolphins and other marine life in the Philippines, monitoring tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans to ensure the tuna is caught by Dolphin Safe methods, saving the lives of tens of thousands of dolphins annually.
  • The history of the drowning of millions of dolphins by the tuna industry turned a corner in 1990, when US tuna giants agreed to work with the International Marine Mammal Project to establish Dolphin Safe fishing standards that avoid harm to dolphins and other marine life.
  • In order to better monitor tuna vessels to ensure no dolphins are netted or harmed, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute is supporting placing closed circuit television (CCTV) aboard tuna vessels.
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