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Ric O'Barry works to stop the capture, sale, and trade in dolphins, whales, and porpoises- especially when captive dolphins are used in entertainment (at shows or for swim-with or touch-the-dolphins programs).
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Orcas near Seattle and Vancouver face challenges- A CBC report says that in order for the orcas to increase their numbers to be a sustainable population, the orcas need: reduce salmon fishing, stop ships from dumping sewage, preventing new...
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link Marchs, boycotts, protests outside embassies, fiction, recordings of whalesongs along with general distrust of lying institutions and politicians during the Vietnam War- all led to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Pelley amendment. Friends and...
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NYT article Only 450 remain. Solutions: weaker ropes for lobster traps, more regulations to prevent ships from hitting them , and reducing climate change.
One whale sequesters as much carbon as 30,000 trees. One blue whale is worth $ 2 million in carbon storing. link
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Over 57 Whales have been killed by plastics and/or pollution near the Phillipines. NPR
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These airgun soundbursts can be heard 2,500 miles away and go off every 10 seconds for months. They are planned on the Atlantic coast from Delaware down to Florida. Please support Greenpeace, Oceana, NRDC, and Sea Shepherd as they oppose...
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These suuperloud seismic airgun blasting for oil could injure 138,000 whales and dolphins from Delaware to Florida. The blasts go off every 10 seconds 24 hours a day. They threaten the endangered right whale. I first became entranced with whales...
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link LA Times on 9-14-15
