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other cetaceans. Including wild dolphins in Singapore, the region and
the world. Conservation and threats. Also captive dolphins, marine mammals
and whale sharks, sharks and large fishes. see also global
marine issues and Singapore shores.
 photo by Tan Ching Kian taken 13 May 07 latest
dolphin sighting in Singapore Media articles Captive marine mammals lead short, miserable lives By John M. Crisp Scripps News 29 Oct 07 Iran alarmed by mass dolphin deaths Yahoo News 29 Oct 07 Norway's whalers fail to meet quota for 2007 Yahoo News 26 Oct 07 Pacific dolphins adapt to life at Dubai hotel Yahoo News 27 Oct 07 Dolphins a $24million Asset for New Zealand Four Corners 23 Oct 07 Dolphin airlift enrages environmentalists Randy Boswell CanWest News Service 19 Oct 07 Dubai imports 28 dolphins for marine extravaganza on artificial island Associated Press Metro News 19 Oct 07 3 dolphins found dead in Solomon Islands By George Herming Yahoo News 17 Oct 07 Solomon Islands to export 30 dolphins to Dubai Yahoo News 12 Oct 07 Greenpeace to monitor endangered whales Yahoo News 10 Oct 07 Right whales remain rare and elusive By Mary Pemberton, Yahoo News 10 Oct 07 Canada creates safe haven for endangered whale Yahoo News 10 Oct 07 Australia Challenges Japan Whaling on Youtube Story by Rob Taylor PlanetArk 10 Oct 07 Guangzhou's new whale shark a jaws-dropping sight China Daily 15 Sep 07 Gray whale recovery limited by Pacific ecosystem damage: study Yahoo News 10 Sep 07 Japanese schoolchildren fed toxic dolphin meat Justin McCurry in Tokyo The Guardian 5 Sep 07 New hope for Chinese dolphin thought probably extinct Yahoo News 30 Aug 07 Solomons to resume export of live dolphins for animal shows Barbara McMahon in Sydney The Guardian 28 Aug 07 Bloody whale hunt off Japan shocks tourists: report Channel NewsAsia 25 Aug 07 Iceland ends whaling due to lack of demand By Charles Clover The Daily Telegraph 24 Aug 07 Scientists ask: Where have all the dolphins gone? Yahoo News 22 Aug 07 Rare river dolphin 'now extinct' BBC 7 Aug 07 Whalemeat in Japanese School Lunches Found Toxic PlanetArk 2 Aug 07 Brazil fishermen caught killing dolphins By Alan Clendenning Yahoo News 17 Jul 07 Are whale sharks the new panda? by Ron Brownlow Taipei Times 15 Jul 07 Fish oil saviour for dolphins Dhubri The Telegraph 12 Jul 07 Giants of the deep draw tourists to quiet corner of Philippines by Karl Wilson Yahoo News 22 Jun 07 First manta ray born in captivity is killed Yahoo News 21 Jun 07 Other big aquariums face risks of cutting-edge captivity By Jim Tharpe The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 18 Jun 07 Aquarium loosens lid on whale shark deaths Chemical used in tank identified for first time By Mark Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 16 Jun 07 Sad death of whale spurs call to tighten up on litter Neil Riddell Shetland Today 15 Jun 07 Georgia aquarium probes second whale shark death By Daniel Yee, Associated Press Yahoo News 14 Jun 07 Sawu sea haven for whales and dolphins A. Junaidi Jakarta Post 12 Jun 07 Whaling fights: Everyone's a winner By Richard Black BBC 1 Jun 07 Georgia aquarium gets 2 new whale sharks By Doug Gross, Associated Press Writer Yahoo News 1 Jun 07 Under the skin of whaling science By Richard Black BBC 25 May 07 Taiwan approves export of 2 whale sharks Georgia Aquarium predicts June arrival By Craig Simons, Mark Davis Atlanta Journal-Constitution 25 May 07 Whale shark numbers dropping www.au.com 25 May 07 Japanese boatman drops harpoon to turn whale-watcher by Shingo ItoThu Yahoo News 24 May 07 Marine life all at sea from climate change threat: WWF Yahoo News 22 May 07 Taiwan bans whale shark consumption, trade by 2008 By Craig Simons, Mark Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 21 May 07 Aquarium hits snag in shipment of Taiwan's whale sharks By Craig Simons Cox News Service Atlanta Journal Constitution 18 May 07 Did Greens help kill the whale? By Richard Black BBC 16 May 07 Poor Indian fishermen threaten to kill rare sharks By Rupam Jain Nair Reuters 17 May 07 Popular whale shark dies mysteriously Mainichi Daily 14 May 07 Reports: Atlanta aquarium getting 2 more whale sharks from Taiwan By Mark Davis, Craig Simons Atlanta Journal Constitution 11 May 07 Beyond the harpoon - whale saving begins at home By Michael Jasny BBC 11 May 07 All about Dolphins! New multilingual manual for young readers launched Year of the Dolphin website 2 May 07 Pacific whale decline 'a mystery' By Richard Black BBC 30 Apr 07 U.S. can't alter "dolphin-safe" tuna rules: court By Adam Tanner Yahoo News 28 Apr 07 Taiwan hesitates at request for more whale sharks Death of Ralph raises concerns By Mark Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 25 Apr 07 Kiwis of the Sea: New Zealand dolphins under threat By Jen Riches WWF 16 Apr 07 Questions on whale shark's death linger By Mark Davis Atlanta Journal Constitution 30 Mar 07 Aquarium: Stomach problems led to whale shark's death by Bryce Mursch WISTV 28 Mar 07 Dolphin Numbers Still Low Despite "Safe" Tuna Fishing, Experts Say John Roach National Geographic 26 Mar 07 River Dolphin Closer to Extinction Despite Reports, Experts Say Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 21 Mar 07 Texas dolphin die-off puzzles scientists Yahoo News 20 Mar 07 Population of rare dolphins in Philippines falls, says WWF Yahoo News 8 Mar 07 Rare Mekong Dolphin Making a Comeback PlanetArk 8 Mar 07 Naturally Deadly? Records Reveal 11 Dolphins Deaths at the Las Vegas Mirage Casino Since 1990 Underwatertime 19 Feb 07 New Zealand tells Japan to move stricken whaler in oil spill scare Yahoo News 16 Feb 07 Jumping wild dolphins 'confirmed' their love By Teh Jen Lee Electric New Paper 15 Feb 07 Whaling ship fire in Antarctic quelled By Carl Freire Yahoo News 15 Feb 07 Greenpeace try eating whale to stop whaling Yahoo News 14 Feb 07 Japan pushes whaling as consumers' appetite fades By Elaine Lies Yahoo News 10 Feb 07 Japanese tech may save India's river dolphins: WWF By Nita Bhalla Yahoo News 9 Feb 07 Protests surface after high-profile aquarium deaths By Mark Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 29 Jan 07 Spiritual guru's word saves hundreds of whale shark in Gujarat Sreenivas Janyala The Indian Express 24 Jan 07 Whale shark death sparks renewed debate on captivity By Jim Tharpe The Atlanta Journal Constitution 12 Jan 07 Californian Aquarium Releases Second Great White Shark PlanetArk 17 Jan 07 Chinese Vets Stumped, Ask for Help as Captive Beluga Whale 'Tina' Suffers from Pus-filled Lumps, Lacerated Tail Qingdao, China Underwatertimes 17 Jan 07 US 'celebrity' whale shark dies BBC 12 Jan 07 Whale shark death sparks renewed debate on captivity By Jim Tharpe The Atlanta Journal Constitution 12 Jan 07 Climate food threat to porpoises BBC 10 Jan 07 Scientists baffled by U.S. stranding of dolphins By Julie Masis Yahoo News 9 Jan 07 Cook Inlet belugas face extinction risk By Mary Pemberton, Associated Press Yahoo News 8 Jan 07 Bloodbath: Japan's dolphin cull gets underway The Independent 6 Jan 07 Bidding the Baiji Adieu We Herald the Year of the Dolphin UNEP 2 Jan 07 2007, the Year of the Dolphin: Factbox PlanetArk 2 Jan 07 China to set up breeding base for rare dolphin Channel NewsAsia 20 Dec 05 Oslo Ups Whale Hunt to Two-Decade High of 1,052 Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 22 Dec 05 Captive Beluga whale gravely ill one year after world's biggest indoor aquarium opens By Jim Tharpe The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 15 Dec 06 Marine Biology Mystery Solved: Function of "Unicorn" Whale's 8-foot Tooth Discovered EurekAlert 13 Dec 05 Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic WWF 12 Dec 05 Yangtze expedition fails to find endangered Chinese dolphin by Pratap Chakravarty Yahoo News 2 Dec 06 Baby beluga dies at Spain marine park Yahoo News 28 Nov 06 Swimming with dolphins lifts depression: study Channel NewsAsia 25 Nov 05 UN urges protection for dolphins By Richard Black BBC Online 23 Nov 05 Fishing Nets Major Risk for Small Cetaceans UNEP website 23 Nov 05 Cayman's Tourism Minister: Some Dolphin Deaths Expected at New Dolphin Tourist Park; 'It will Happen' by Basia Pioro Underwatertimes 21 Nov 06 Cayman's Animal Welfare Agency Kept in the Dark About Captive Sharks Underwatertimes 21 Nov 06 Pink dolphin tumbles off Taiwan By Ralph Jennings IOL 20 Nov 06 Six Sharks Die at New Cayman's Amusement Park as Life Support System Fails; 'There is a Strong Learning Curve' by Cliodhna McGowan Underwatertimes 17 Nov 06 Captured Dolphin With Four Fins Spotlights Controversial Hunt John Roach National Geographic 14 Nov 06 Group wants Japan to end dolphin hunting Yahoo News 21 Nov 06 Dolphins seen near Terengganu coastline The Star 14 Nov 06 Where do you think dolphins in marine parks come from? Here's some clues... Dolphin kill dogged by mercury, activists By Boyd Harnell, Japan Times 1 Nov 06 10 rare Irrawaddy dolphins born in Cambodia Yahoo News 4 Oct 06 Scientists Protest Dolphin Slaughter LiveScienceYahoo News 21 Sep 06 UN Launches the Year of the Dolphin 2007 Campaign UNEP 15 Sep 06 South Pacific States To Sign Whale, Dolphin Conservation Agreement By Ray Lilley, Associated Press ENN 14 Sep 06 2 Humpbacks entangled off New England Yahoo News 17 Jul 06 Rare Whales Can Live to Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals John Roach National Geographic 13 Jul 06 Norway's whale catch falls short By Richard Black BBC 13 Jul 06 Boycott the dolphin parks By Jonathan Owen The Independent 2 Jul 06 Last chance for China's dolphin By Richard Black BBC 27 Jun 06 Fund raiser for Sea Shepherds Email from Grant Pereira 22 Jun 06 Scientific study, my fish! Goh Boon Choo Today Online 24 Jun 06 Your whaling questions answered BBC 22 Jun 06 Site of human-dolphin partnership becomes protected area Wildlife Conservation Society EurekAlert 22 Jun 06 IUCN and the International Whaling Commission IUCN 20 Jun 06 How did the anti-whalers lose? By Richard Black BBC 19 Jun 06 'Historic' triumph against hunting ban for whaling nations AFP Yahoo News 19 Jun 06 Fierce rows rock world whaling talks Channel NewsAsia 18 Jun 06 Greenland seeks to hunt humpback, bowhead whales By Michael Christie Yahoo News 17 Jun 06 Japan mulls comeback after whaling defeat Channel NewsAsia 17 Jun 06 The lure of the whale trade By Richard Black BBC 16 Jun 06 Population of endangered Indus dolphin rises By Paul Garwood Yahoo News 8 Jun 06 Dead dolphin washed ashore in Singapore The Straits Times 25 May 06 Zanzibar Dolphin Deaths Puzzle Scientists By Ali Sultan, Associated Press ENN 4 May 06 Dozens of Dolphins Die in Black Sea Fishing Nets PlanetArk 4 May 06 Scientists seek to determine why hundreds of dolphins washed up dead on Zanzibar's coast Written by Ali Sultan PlanetSave 1 May 06 China Plans Sanctuary for Rare White Dolphins Sean Markey National Geographic 21 Apr 06 China plans first reserve for endangered white dolphin Channel NewsAsia 9 Apr 06 Japanese Firms Quit Whaling Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 3 Apr 06 Follow Thai government's lead - release dolphins at Sentosa back into the wild Letter from ACRES Straits Times Forum Online 25 Feb 06 Releasing dolphins is good animal husbandry Letter from Richard Gascoigne Straits Times Forum Online 25 Feb 06 Rare Dolphin Heading For Extinction in Cambodia PlanetArk 16 Feb 06 Dolphin death toll mounting in Asia WWF 3 Feb 06 Australia Urges Calm in Southern Whale Protests PlanetArk 17 Jan 06 China to set up breeding base for rare dolphin Channel NewsAsia 20 Dec 05 Swimming with dolphins lifts depression: study Channel NewsAsia 25 Nov 05 UN urges protection for dolphins By Richard Black BBC Online 23 Nov 05 Fishing Nets Major Risk for Small Cetaceans UNEP website 23 Nov 05 Japanese Fleet Sets Out to Double Whale Catch PlanetArk 9 Nov 05 Japan's whaling fleet sets sail By Richard Black Environment Correspondent BBC website 9 Nov 05 EU bid to evade driftnet ban likely to kill thousands of dolphins WWF website, 20 Jun 05 Caught in nets: WWF report identifies dolphins, porpoises most in need of urgent action WWF website, 9 Jun 05 Japan's science: a whale of a tale WWF website, 13 Jun 05 links Year of the Dolphin website all about dolphins and YOD activities worldwide Acres: Suffering, not Smiling campaign for release of captive dolphins in Singapore International Coastal Cleanup Singapore website join the effort to understand and reduce marine litter dolphin sighting in Singapore Dolphins spotted off Raffles Lighthouse (6 Jan 06) on the habitatnews blog Dolphins sighted off St. John's Island (2 Sep 05) on the habitatnews blog Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin carcass on Labrador Beach (15 Jun 05) on the habitatnews blog Dolphin's off St. John's island (1 Feb 05) on the habitatnews blog Dolphins off Pulau Senang (4 Jan 05) on the habitatnews blog Dolphins sighting at Sisters islands (22 Jun 04) on the habitatnews blog Dolphins sighted off St John's Islands (12 Mar 04) on the habitatnews blog more reports of dolphins in Singapore Dead dolphin washed ashore in Singapore The Straits Times 25 May 06 Dolphins and dugongs Photos and details of recent sightings on Jani's The Blue Tempeh blog Dolphin washes up at Marina South photos and more details on Debby's Hantu Blog About dolphins in captivity
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