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Whale of a Trip: Humpback makes record migration (AP)

October 13th, 2010

This 2001 photo released by F. Johansen and taken in Madagascar, shows a female humpback whale's tail fin, commonly known as a 'fluke.' This photo was used to identify a whale that traveled some 6,200 miles from coastal Brazil to waters off the African island of Madagascar. (AP Photo/F. Johansen) NO SALESAP - It wasn’t love. It could have been adventure. Or maybe she just got lost.


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Activist: Beached whale in Brazil can’t be saved (AP)

September 10th, 2010

People splash water on a beached whale on Praia do Sol beach in Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Thursday Sept. 9, 2010. Marine biologists said Thursday an endangered right whale stranded on a beach in southern Brazil for the past two days is too weak to be rescued and returned safely to the sea. (AP Photo/Charles Guerra-Agencia RBS)AP - An animal-rights activist says an endangered right whale stranded on a beach in southern Brazil for two days is too weak to be rescued and returned safely to…

Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

In this photo taken on June 17, 2010, whale meat restaurant Magonotei manager Tomohiro Akio slices a chunk of lean meat of a whale caught in the Antarctic as he prepares for a sashimi dish at its kitchen in Tokyo Thursday, June 17, 2010. Makoto Ito, managing director of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the company that runs the annual Antarctic hunt, said he didn't think they should be ended, because 'we need to collect more data.' Japan's refusal to give up its Antarctic hunt puzzles even observers within the country. Current coastal catches, also conducted for scientific research, provide fresher meat and are cheaper. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Nations at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission say they have failed to reach an agreement to curb whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland.


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Commission proposes limited commercial whale hunts (AP)

April 22nd, 2010

AP - The International Whaling Commission has proposed allowing whale hunts with strict limits for minke and other species, replacing a ban in place since 1986.

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