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Pee pals: Dolphins taste friends' urine to know they're around
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Think about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: perhaps their voice, or a favored perfume.
Concerns grow for Arctic beluga whale in Thames estuary
AFP, Published on 26/09/2018
» LONDON - Concerns were growing Wednesday for a beluga whale spotted in the River Thames estuary outside London, thousands of kilometres (miles) from the cherished white species' natural home in Arctic waters.
'Devastating' red tide massacring Florida dolphins
AFP, Published on 16/08/2018
» SARASOTA, Florida: A state of emergency has been declared in Florida as the worst red tide in a decade blackens the ocean water, killing dolphins, sea turtles and fish at a relentless pace.
BP oil spill 'caused dolphins' lung disease'
AFP, Published on 21/05/2015
» MIAMI - Dolphins swimming in the oil-contaminated waters of the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 BP spill suffered unusual lung lesions and died at high rates because of petroleum pollution, US scientists said Thursday.
Japan zoo group puzzled over dolphin hunt exclusion
AFP, Published on 30/04/2015
» TOKYO - The group representing Japan's zoos and aquariums said Thursday it was baffled by its exclusion from a global body over the way its members catch dolphins.
Activists urge Singapore casino resort to free dolphins
AFP, Published on 05/06/2014
» Singapore animal-rights activists on Wednesday repeated calls for a casino resort to release dolphins from a marine life park after four of them died in captivity.
Japan's PM defends dolphin hunting
AFP, Published on 25/01/2014
» Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended Japan's dolphin hunting and asked the world to understand that the controversial tradition is part of its culture and financially supports fishing communties.
Fishermen kill 30 more dolphins in Taiji
AFP, Published on 23/01/2014
» Fishermen in the small Japanese town of Taiji killed more than two dozen striped dolphins on Thursday, campaigners said, as global outrage over the slaughter grows.
Japan dolphin hunt goes on after slaughter: campaigners
AFP, Published on 22/01/2014
» Japanese fishermen were out at sea attempting to trap more dolphins on Wednesday, campaigners said, after the bloody slaughter of dozens of the animals the previous day was hidden from view behind screens.
US envoy asked to visit Taiji to see 'humane' dolphin hunt
AFP, Published on 21/01/2014
» The US ambassador to Japan should visit Taiji to see the "humane" killing methods used in the dolphin hunt, a local fisheries official said Tuesday, days after Caroline Kennedy tweeted her disapproval of the slaughter.