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Ambitious plan to free captive orca Lolita announced

The new owner of the Miami Seaquarium in the US has announced that it is...

Trade sanctions announced after Mexico fails to protect near extinct porpoise

The international body behind the treaty that protects endangered plants and animals from the threats...

WDC exposes failure of Government scheme to protect whales and dolphins from net deaths

Following our investigations, we have revealed that a UK Government scheme to protect whales and...

First cases of bird flu in dolphins discovered in the UK

The UK Government has announced that two dolphins and a harbour porpoise have died from...

Japanese whaling fleet may set sail on Tuesday

Following its decision to restart ‘research’ whaling in the Antarctic, Japanese officials have announced that a fleet of whale hunting ships will set sail as early as Tuesday.

This provocative move has been taken despite a ruling by the International Court of Justice (IJC) calling for the hunts to end on the basis that they were basically commercial whaling dressed up as research, and that they had little scientific merit.


About George Berry

George is a member of WDC's Communications team and website coordinator.