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Back To Work Again…

Hi Everyone, Well, here we are with one week of 2012 behind us and the weather up here near Inverness actually isn't that bad for...
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Orcas versus humpbacks

Occasionally accounts come our way of observations on whales that are unusual and very interesting. I recently heard of one such incident and asked the guy...

New Year Dolphin Slaughter Begins In Taiji

Although the fishermen in Taiji took a two week break from hunting and killing dolphins in the drive hunts over the holiday period, reports from...

Dolphin Consumption On Rise In Poorer Nations

Dolphin for dinner is becoming more common as people in poorer nations struggle to put food on their plates. While we might be aware of...

Whaling Vs. Whale Watching

Iceland Review has conducted interviews with Konrád Eggertsson, a whaler, and Hördur Sigurbjarnarson, running an Icelandic whale watching company, asking them both the same ten...

Sperm Whale Jaw For Sale

Further to the removal of the jaw and teeth from the body of a sperm whale that washed ashore in Old Hunstanton in north Norfolk,...

Morgan Having A Rough Time At Loro Parque

It seems WDCS's fears for the welfare of Morgan the orca have sadly been proven correct sooner than previously thought, with new pictures emerging that...
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I am vindicated – Whale poop rocks!

Updated April, 2018 Do you like to breathe? Then you should like whales, and especially like them pee’ing and poo’ing in the world’s biggest swimming...

Makah illegally kill gray whale after eight year hiatus

On 8th September, a gray whale was harpooned and then shot with a .460 caliber rifle by five members of the Makah Native American tribe...