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Dolphin Births Boom in Mississippi Delta

April 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Dolphin News

A new survey published in the Marine Mammal Science journal says that since Hurricane Katrina dolphin births have boomed off the Mississippi and Alabama coast. The Hurricane destroyed 87 % of the fishing boats and commercial fishing hauls decreased 40-50% during 2005 and 2006. The increased births could be attributed to more fish available and less [...]

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Orca Drowns Trainer

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Animal Suffering, Cetaceans in Captivity, Dolphin News, Dolphin Suffering, Whale News, Whale Suffering

On Wednesday, February 24, 2010 a male Orca at Orlando Sea World grabbed it’s trainer, Dawn Brancheau, around her waist and dragged her under the water until she drowned. Witnesses said that before this happened the Orca’s were not cooperating with the trainers during the show. This is a tragic loss of a human life and I [...]

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Dolphins As Non Human Persons

January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Dolphin News, Dolphin Perception

Scientist are now saying that dolphins are smarter than chimps and maybe as smart as humans so they are suggesting that dolphins be considered as non human persons and as such to be entitled to the same rights as humans. I say right on. The dolphins are probably thinking… maybe we should classify humans as non dolphin cetaceans!!!

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Thousands of dolphins block Somali pirates

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Dolphin Encounters, Dolphin News, Dolphin Stories

On April 14, 2009 Somali pirates were about to attack Chinese merchant ships when out of the blue came a pod of thousands of dolphins that swam in between the pirate boats and the merchant ships causing the pirates to turn away and abandon their attack on the Chinese merchant ships. Hopefully this event will [...]

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Irrawaddy Dolphins

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Dolphin Encounters, Dolphin News

Scientist have discovered over 6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins living off the coast of Bangladesh. They are considered an endangered species so it makes me very happy to know that there exists a large and apparently healthy pod. I say Yeah to the well being of the Irrawaddy dolphin species!!! To read more about this story search Irrawaddy [...]

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