Dear ECS and MARMAM List subscribers,
I have been absent the last month, therefor you get a summary of
Cetacean news for the last four weeks:
August 5, 2008
DoE to collect data on marine life - http://www.caymannetnews.com/
news-9077--1-1---.html
August 4, 2008
Ending whaling - the solution to climate change? - http://
www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/oceans/ending-whaling-the-solution-to-
climate-change20080804
August 5, 2008
Scientists look into death of harbor porpoises - http://
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/04/
MNA4124QUA.DTL&tsp=1
August 6, 2008
Pioneering study of sonar, mammals done during Rimpac - http://
www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080806/
NEWS08/808060423/1018/LOCALNEWSFRONT
August 6,2008
Beached sperm whale dies in firth - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7544504.stm
August 7, 2008
Marinelife Undertakes A Scientific Survey for Whales and Dolphins in
the Waters North of Scotland - http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/38085/
August 7, 2008
Two dolphins healthy and swimming after Edouard washes them up on
Crystal Beach - http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/
two_dolphins_healthy_and_swimming_after_edouard_washes_them_up_on_crysta
l_beach_08-07-2008.html
August 8 2008
B.C.'s orca matriarch believed dead at 98 - http://news.aol.ca/
article/bc-orca-matriarch-dies/303827/
August 8, 2008
Whale Watchers Off Cape Cod Filled With Awe - http://www.courant.com/
news/local/columnists/hc-nature0808.artaug08,0,3166706.column
August 11, 2008
North Wales porpoise deaths a mystery - http://www.dailypost.co.uk/
news/north-wales-news/2008/08/11/porpoise-deaths-a-
mystery-55578-21507896/
August 12, 2008
Court Restricts Navy's Use of Low-Frequency Active Sonar - http://
www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-12-094.asp
August 12, 2008
Humpback whale on road to recovery, reveals IUCN Red List - http://
cms.iucn.org/news_events/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=1413
August 13, 2008
Group seeks protection for endangered Taiwan dolphin - http://
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSTP78059
August 13, 2008
Lost Humpback Seen Lunching on German Coast - http://www.spiegel.de/
international/germany/0,1518,571848,00.html
August 14, 2008
Bann fish attract aquatic visitor - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7561410.stm
August 16, 2008
Dolphins on the brink off Vizag, Kakinada - http://www.hindu.com/
2008/08/16/stories/2008081655652200.htm
August 18, 2008
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES WHALE SANCTUARY - http://
www.santiagotimes.cl/santiagotimes/2008081814446/news/enviromental-
news/chamber-of-deputies-approves-whale-sanctuary.html
August 18, 2008
UK. ICOM helps to save whales - http://www.bymnews.com/news/
newsDetails.php?id=41213
August 21, 2008
Mexico starts campaign to save endangered porpoise - http://
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/21/news/Mexico-Endangered-Porpoise.php
August 22, 2008
Whale orphan may have been spotted off JB last week - http://
nowra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/whale-orphan-may-have-
been-spotted-off-jb-last-week/1251511.aspx
August 23, 2008
Survey hopes to help marine species thrive - http://news.scotsman.com/
scotland/Survey-hopes-to-help-marine.4420542.jp
August 23, 2008
Primal instinct behind whale grief - http://www.smh.com.au/news/whale-
watch/primal-instinct-behind-whale-grief/2008/08/22/1219262525193.html
August 24, 2008
book review: Spellbound by monsters of the deep - Leviathan or, The
Whale by Philip Hoare - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/24/
scienceandnature
August 25, 2008
An interview with Dr. Jay Barlow: Extinction of the baiji a 'wake-up
call' to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans - http://
news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-hance_barlow_interview.html
August 26, 2008
Japanese scientists teach whale to talk - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/26/eawhale126.xml
August 26, 2008
Whales lose blubber due to climate change - http://
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/26/
eawhale226.xml
August 26, 2008
Saving species needs a shift in values - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
science/nature/7576705.stm
August 27, 2008
Japanese whalers claim vindication - http://www.theage.com.au/world/
japanese-whalers-claim-vindication-20080826-42ze.html
August 28, 2008
Stranded porpoise sent to Vancouver rescue facility - http://
www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?
id=264391ba-2c20-452e-829e-0d36a4a1b636
August 29, 2008
Emaciated porpoise calf gains strength - http://www.canada.com/
vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=99c4b0ae-bc44-4080-
aa79-3710497238bd
August 29, 2008
Surfers For Cetaceans (S4C) to launch presence in USA - http://
www.globalsurfnews.com/news.asp?Id_news=36090
August 30, 2008
Education and Conservation Benefits of Marine Wildlife Tours:
Developing Free-Choice Learning Experiences - http://www.redorbit.com/
news/science/1538290/
education_and_conservation_benefits_of_marine_wildlife_tours_developing_
freechoice/
August 31, 2008
Plan would slow ships to protect whales - http://
www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080826/NEWS/808260321
Wildlife Extra had some Cetacean news this month as well:
August
Mediterranean Whale survey indicates declining numbers - http://
www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/mediterranean-whales.html
Adelaide dolphins learn to ‘Tailwalk’ - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/
go/news/adelaide-dolphins.html
All best,
Catharina Clausen
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