Many whales and dolphins benefited this year from the work of the International Marine Mammal Project. Read about our accomplishments in 2022.
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With high gas prices, it is no surprise that the oil and gas industry are taking advantage to push extreme legislation to bypass environmental and health rules to favor streamlining drilling and pipeline projects. Senator Joe Manchin is back proposing to offer such amendments to must-pass Congressional legislation.
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The government of Japan, while no longer a voting member of the IWC, continues to manipulate other governments at the International Whaling Commission, offering, through their puppets, a resolution to legalize commercial whaling and killing a proposed South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary.
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A roundup of news about whaling by Iceland and Norway, Tokitae's health, and IMMP's efforts in Washington DC for whales and dolphins.
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The fight in the US Congress continues over whether or not to approve new leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands and offshore waters. Indigenous people are often shunted aside, and marine mammals suffer from noise, oil spills, and global warming.
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A pod of pilot whales and a pod of Risso's dolphins are now dead, having been slaughtered in just the first week of the notorious Taiji dolphin hunting season last week. The captures, often resulting in a lifetime of dolphin misery in captivity, and slaughter for meat will continue for another six months. WARNING: Graphic Photos.
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A new sanctuary has been established by the government of Chile to protect wild lands and waters, including areas used by endangered blue whales. Good news about a species brought to the brink of extinction by whaling.
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New legislation introduced into Congress would phase out the captivity of orcas, beluga whales, pilot whales, and false killer whales, all species that do poorly in small concrete tanks. If passed the SWIMS Act would prohibit breeding in captivity, importing and exporting these species, with an exception for moving the animals to seaside sanctuaries.
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Fewer whales and even fewer people wanting to buy whale meat are taking a toll on the world's remaining commercial whaling nations -- Japan, Norway and Iceland. COVID and public aversion to whaling are also ruining things for the whale killers. Read all about it.
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An entangled humpback whale was freed of the plastic gill net that was killing it, but the whale washed up dead a few days later. Plastic gill nets must be banned.
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