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Europe’s first dolphin sanctuary to open in Italy
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» ROME - The Mediterranean’s first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity will open off Italy next year, as demand for re-homing rises with the closure of marine parks across Europe.
Scientists unearth 'cute' but fearsome ancient whale
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» SYDNEY - Australian scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying Wednesday the species was "deceptively cute" but a fearsome predator.
Mexican lawmakers vote to ban dolphin shows
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Congress on Thursday approved a ban on entertainment shows involving dolphins and other marine mammals, the lower house announced, delighting animal rights campaigners.
Cambodian leader U-turns on rare dolphin conservation law
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Thursday cancelled a law he created just two months ago to protect critically endangered Mekong dolphins as the mammals continue to die from illegal fishing activities.
French court orders fishing bans to protect dolphins
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» PARIS - France's top administrative court on Monday ordered the government to ban fishing in parts of the Atlantic to protect dolphins which have washed up dead in their hundreds.
Battle to save Cambodia's river dolphins from extinction
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» KRATIE, Cambodia: Bulging grey heads break the turbid waters of the Mekong River in Cambodia as a pod of rare Irrawaddy dolphins surfaces to breathe, drawing excited murmurs from tourists watching from nearby boats.
Two endangered pink dolphins rescued from shallow Colombia river
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» BOGOTá - Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where the endangered mammals were trapped in shallow water, the navy said.
Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» MANOKO (PERU) - They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral home in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Australian rescuers race to save stranded pilot whales
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» OCEAN BEACH (AUSTRALIA) - Australian rescuers battled Friday to refloat the last surviving pilot whales from a mass stranding that killed nearly 200 of the animals on a surf-battered beach in Tasmania.
Black Sea dolphins casualties of Russia's war in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 30/08/2022
» PRYMORSKE (UKRAINE) - Pacing up and down a beach of fine white sand on the Black Sea coast, 63 year-old Ukrainian scientist Ivan Rusev breathes a sigh of relief: he did not find any dead dolphins today.