This is the grisly moment a 50ft blue whale is eaten alive by a pack of bloodthirsty orcas off the Australian coast. The orcas were captured tearing into the blue whale, causing a streak of blood in the water in their wake. Jemma Sharp, who runs Whale Watch Western Australia, was only a few metres […]
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New SWIMS Act Will End The Capture and Breeding of Whales for Public Display
The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has successfully developed its first federal legislation to end the capture and breeding of whales for public display. The Nonhuman Rights Project is the only organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to securing legal rights for nonhuman animals. The SWIMS Act was introduced by Representatives Adam Schiff […]
The Faroe Islands to limit dolphins killed to 500 following international backlash
The Faroe Islands will limit the number of dolphins killed in its annual hunt after it faced a backlash for the number of animals slaughtered last year. In September 2021, more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed in just one day sparking international outrage. In response, the prime minister of the Faroe Islands announced that […]
Rescuers work to free whales stranded on Cape Cod
CHATHAM, Mass. — Rescuers worked to free five whales stranded on a Cape Cod beach Saturday. The pilot whales were beached on a sandbar in the southern part of Chatham Harbor, across from the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, according to Brian Sharp, director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Marine Mammal Rescue and Research […]
Pilot whales killed in season’s first Faroese hunt
On May 7th, more than 60 pilot whales were captured and butchered in this year’s first pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands. Ingi Sørensen, a Faroese diver, author, and underwater photographer who is fiercely against the practice documented the slaughter, known as grindadráp in Faroese. His video recording shows several motorized boats driving the […]
Large pod of whales stranded across almost two miles of beach in South Island
Last week, around 30 pilot whales died in New Zealand’s “death trap” following mass beaching in a region known for whale deaths. A pod of around 30 whales was discovered washed up on the beach, stretching for over two kilometres. Mammal strandings are common at the Farewell Spit beach in northern New Zealand’s South Island. […]
1428 Dolphins Slaughtered in the Faroe Islands Sunday Night
On Sunday night, September 12th, a super-pod of 1428 Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins was driven for many hours and for around 45 km by speed boats and jet-skis into the shallow water at Skálabotnur beach in the Danish Faroe Islands, where every single one of them was killed. Photos by Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd believes this […]
Sri Lankans save pilot whales in epic rescue after mass stranding
PANADURA, Sri Lanka — Volunteers in Sri Lanka defied the ongoing COVID-19 second wave to join a mammoth overnight rescue effort to push more than 100 stranded pilot whales back into the sea. At least five whales were reported to have died despite the efforts. The whales beached in the southwestern town of Panadura, about […]