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Saw this article in the news: Indonesia Denies NGO Allegations Of Dolphin, Whale Hunting | The Jakarta Globe The picture in the article shows villagers butchering a killer whale. I have a hard time grasping the concept of a apex and intelligent animal such as a killer whale which lives in...

This just made the news...another possible stranding of 100 pilot whales off Scotland. Fears of mass whale stranding as experts rush to Western Isles to treat injured mammals | Mail Online The sad thing about this possible stranding...in the UK there is no rehab facility to treat cetaceans...

Tragic as the killings are, people's attentions have moved on: Year after 'Cove' Oscar, activists shift tactics - Yahoo! News The bottomline is...its going to be up to the Japanese people themselves to bring an end to the slaugther of dolphins in their own country. Lock Washer

I saw this article in the Christian Science Monitor: Pink dolphins are being slaughtered for bait - CSMonitor.com My question is: Where is Ric O'Barry from "The Cove" movie? These dolphins are more endangered than the slaugther of them in Japan. They are going to end up going extinct...

Saw this article today, and couldn't believe it until I saw the pictures. BBC - Earth News - Mediterranean gray whale appears 'back from the dead' But the real question...did it swim over from the Pacific...or is it the last of the Atlantic Gray Whales? Lock Washer

I saw this article in the news about the Gulf of California Porpoise "The Vaquita": Protections stepped up for small porpoise Granted this small, endangered member of the cetacean family (whales, dolphins, porpoises) doesn't get the same attention as the "Whale Wars", "The Cove", or the...

Saw this article today: Arctic Sea Ice about to hit ‘normal’ – what will the news say? Watts Up With That? To me: this puts alot of the claims about Global Warming/Climate Change as questionable. Lock Washer

Just wanted to see if anyone's got any information or experience with Emergency Personal Locator Beacons. Are there any models out there now that all you have to do is turn them on, and they immediately connect to current SAR satillites, and rescue organizations and give your location? Are...

Saw this article today about porpoises being hunted in Japan Al Jazeera English - Asia-Pacific - Fears over Japan porpoise hunting With all the media attention going on with: the "Whale Wars" in the Antarctic, the Dolphin Slaughter in Japan brought to life with "The Cove" movie, and the...

I saw this article today in the news. I am nuts about cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) myself. I think whaling is unnecessary, and the dolphin slaughter in Japan is tragic...but I think they have gone off the deep end on this article. Dolphins are almost as clever as humans - so...

If any one ever doubted that great white sharks don't show up in Florida...here's story, photo, and video: Local boaters spot great white shark - Action News Jacksonville Lock Washer

Run into this bizzare story... Sleeping with the fishes ... | The Sun |News Lock Washer

This porpoise is down to 150 animals left. The Chinese River Dolphin "The Baiji" just went extinct this year. Extinction Countdown: Last chance to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction? Easy Reader - The South Bay's Hometown News There's no problem with pollution affecting this...

Saw this article today about dolphins killing porpoises. Monterey Bay researchers say dolphins are causing porpoise deaths - Santa Cruz Sentinel It goes to show you that dolphins are not exactly what everyone thinks they are: kind, gentle animals. Lock Washer

Just wanted to bring this to the attention of Southern California divers... I noticed this while diving this past Sunday at Corona Del Mar Beach ("Little Corona")...I saw countless numbers of sea urchin exo-skeletons laying all over the reef. They weren't broken up, but they seem to be...

Looks like we got another species of dolphin disappearing...the Irrawaddy Dolphin: Here is the story from the WWF (and I don't mean he World Wrestling Federation). WWF International - Mekong dolphins on the brink of extinction F.Y.I. In Mexico: The Gulf of California Porpoise..."The...

Saw this article on ABC News Website: Unable to Fit In With His Own, The Real 'Free Willy' Was Better Off Among People, Researchers Find Why Freeing Willy Was the Wrong Thing To Do - ABC News I wish Jean-Michel Cousteau of Ocean Adventures and the Earth Island Institute would read this...

a new alternative to the EPIRB: http://www.uwjournal.com/issues/UWJ-issue10.pdf Go to page 46 Just wondering if anyone thinks carrying one of these would be a great idea. Compared to other EPIRB's that are on the market. I have looked at the ACR Electronics, and Sea Marshall brands...

Always knew that the great white shark was seen in the gulf of mexico and off Florida...now this proves it. Great white sharks: Even the scariest of winter visitors in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast need protection - St. Petersburg Times Lock Washer

I am looking for assistance in finding the right EBRIB, PLB for diving. I do have product questions about EPRIB/PLBs emergency beacons for diving. I was wondering if anybody has had experience using them. With the recent rash of divers being left behind by dive boats, I am seriously...