WDCS joins other organizations supporting the continued US data collection on wildlife trade
The Species Survival Network (SSN), founded in 1992, is an international coalition of over eighty non-governmental organizations committed to the promotion, enhancement, and strict enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Happy New Year of the Dolphin!
Join WDCS in celebrating 2007 International Year of the Dolphin and working for a brighter future for whales, dolphins and porpoises the world over.
New Title Added to Project WET’s Kids in Discovery Series Bozeman, Mont., Oct. 13, 2006 – Today, Project WET announced the addition of a new title to its Kids in Discovery Series (KIDS): Discover Marine Mammals. Project WET’s newest KIDS book was funded by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
Yangtze River dolphin extinct An expedition to document the last remaining Chinese river dolphins has returned
after a six week survey which covered the entire known range of the baiji or
Yangtze River dolphin. A team of international scientists using both visual and
acoustic monitoring techniques made a full sweep of the area but failed to
record one sighting, leading experts to believe that this species is now
extinct.
NMFS to ban gillnetting in calving area for Northern Right whales WDCS applauds that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for taking steps to
protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. On November 15th,
2006, the NMFS has announced that it will ban gillnetting in the Southeast
Restricted Area, the only known calving are for this species.
Whale and dolphin intelligence is confirmed A new scientific paper published in an international journal sheds light on the
previously disputed intelligence of whales and dolphins. Whales and Dolphins are indeed highly intelligent, as has long been believed – this is the conclusion of a new paper from Mark Simmonds, International Director of Science for WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. The research stands in stark contrast to some recent reports that such animals fail to exhibit intelligence.
Risso’s dolphins await their fate in Taiji, Japan As this drive hunt season commences as one of the bloodiest on record in recent
years, WDCS is on the ground in Taiji, Japan, documenting these hunts and
meeting with government and aquarium industry officials to encourage an end to
these cruel and unnecessary hunts. Campaigner Courtney Vail of WDCS and
filmmaker Hardy Jones of Bluevoice.org, together with Sakae Hemmi of Elsa Nature
Conservancy, are providing accounts from the field as these hunts ensue.
Japan’s Pacific hunt falls short
A single Japanese whaling vessel has caught 35 minke whales out of a quota of 60 off its northern island of Hokkaido. The hunt is a component of Japan’s so-called scientific whaling program in the North Pacific (JARPN)..
Iceland kills third fin whale
Icelandic whalers have killed the third fin whale in their new, highly
controversial commercial whaling program.
Futo to Hunt Dolphins This Season
WDCS has learned that the town of Futo, Japan will conduct its drive hunt operations this season. Futo had suspended operations in 1999, only to resume its hunt in 2004 with the capture of over 100 bottlenose dolphins.
Iceland kills first fin whale in decades
Just days after announcing that it would return to commercial whaling in 2006/7,
Iceland killed a fin whale, the second largest species on the planet.
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New protection agreement is born
Signalling a new era of regional leadership, today
Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Niue, Vanuatu, New
Zealand, Australia and France on behalf of their Pacific Territories French
Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna signed an important agreement to
protect and conserve whales and dolphins in the Pacific Islands Region.
WDCS part of group to receive grant to conserve and protect dolphins WDCS, in collaboration with the NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service and NOAA/Sanctuaries program, are developing a voluntary education and compliance scheme directly with dolphin tour operators in the Keys of florida.
Dominican
Republic prohibits dolphin imports
The Dominican Republic has decided
to prohibit further dolphin imports for public display in the country’s captive
dolphin facilities.
Hey Bidder! Whale Trail Bidding Opens!
The bidding for the WDCS Stop, Protect, Connect whale painted by local MA artist Coca Lorrain has opened. All proceeds will go to help WDCS (NA) in its efforts here in the US.
