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On The Telly Again…

Hi Everyone, Yours truly is on the telly twice this week, first with BBC Newsround today Newsround and then on Thursday night at 8pm, still...

Scottish Dolphins On BBC Newsround

BBC Newsround have recently been up to the Moray Firth to film the bottlenose dolphins and interview WDCS Field Officer, Charlie Phillips.Watch the report at:...

Cetacean rights and the wider debate of animal entitlement

I thought it was worth pointing you to a very interesting posting by Catherine Warren at the Huffington Post. Catherine takes us through some recent...

Normal Service Will Be Resumed…

Hi Everyone, I'm back at work now after a bit of a complicated and hectic period involving destroyed camera gear and a family bereavement -...

Rare Whale Filmed For First Time

Australian scientists have captured what they believe to be the first video of an extremely rare whale. The first film footage of the Shepherd's beaked...

Polar Protection On Ice

WDCS is concerned that long delays to the development of rules aimed at reducing the environmental impact of shipping in the polar waters around the...

Study Reveals Man-made Noise Travels 4000km Under Water

Acoustic ‘listening’ devices placed in the sea to measure seismic ‘noise’ activity over a 10 year period have revealed some astounding and very worrying results....

More Endangered New Zealand Dolphins Die In Nets

Last week, on the 22nd of February, two more New Zealand (Hector's) dolphins died, entangled in a gill net washed ashore on a beach on...

Off For a While Yet…

Hi Everyone, Just to let you know that I'm off for another week yet...sorry ! ©WDCS/Charlie Phillips My pal Alan phoned me this morning to...