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  SeaWorld to Upgrade Killer Whale HabitatsUnder Pressure to Revamp Parks, Company Invests Several Hundred Million Dollars for Expansion By TOM GARA CONNECT <http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/seaworld-to-upgrade-killer-whale-habitats-1408089841-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwNTExNDUyWj#> Updated Aug. 15, 2014 10:44 a.m. ET Following lagging attendance and bad publicity, SeaWorld will announce a new expansion of the habitats housing its signature killer whales. WSJ’s Tom Gara reports...

<http://www.bangkokpost.com//search/news-and-article?xDate=15-08-2014&xAdvanceSearch=true > at 04:51 PM – Online news: Pattaya Dolphin World has been giving tourists in the Thai resort town the chance to swim with dolphins, and outraging animal welfare activists, since it opened in 2011. The proliferation of such places, where animals are paraded for photo opportunities and their wellbeing allegedly neglected, has drawn...

Dolphin Drive Fishery in Taiji: WAZA/JAZA summit leads to incremental progress Date: 2014/08/10   WAZA convened a meeting today in Tokyo with representatives from the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA)…   10 August 2014, Tokyo, JAPAN – The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) convened a meeting today in Tokyo with representatives...

http://sfglobe.com/?id=1990&src=share_fb_new_1990 This is the most extraordinary footage of a stranding of 30 dolphins.   My bet is the pod was chased inshore by sharks or something.   Thank heavens and deep gratitude to the guys who managed to rescue the entire pod.

Vancouver Aquarium whale, dolphin breeding program to end Park Board votes to allow aquarium to keep cetaceans in captivity, but bans most breeding NewJul 31, 2014 7:44 PM PT CBC News The Vancouver Park Board voted unanimously to allow the aquarium to keep cetaceans in captivity at a special meeting Thursday night, but ordered an...

Island of trash discovered in Pacific 1,000 miles off California coast Jed Kim July 22 2014 Researchers have discovered an island of trash, solid enough to stand on, in a region of the ocean that has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Algalita Researchers have discovered a mass of garbage floating in the ocean...

BARNABY JOYCE IS NOT FIT TO BE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE Last night I watched Q & A on ABC Television.   I listened carefully to the thoughtful question asked of Joyce about cruelty in abattoirs and the need for supervision, perhaps by internal cameras. Joyce responded with his usual vitriol against those who were brave enough...

25 July 2014, 2.35pm AEST Could this be one reason why whale populations have not recovered following hunt ban? When commercial whaling was banned in 1986 it put an end to a harvest that threatened the existence of some of the most majestic animals on Earth. With several species reduced to tiny fractions of their… Author...

Tegan Hallcroft, 12, with Lorraine de Roode and their talkative cockatoo Darling. Photo Brenda Strong / The Observer Brenda Strong A PEEPING Tom gave a Tannum Sands woman a shock when he called out “hello my darling, how are you doing?” as she came out of the shower last week. Her fright turned to relief...

The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/jul/06/ukraine-combat-dolphins-russia-give-back —- It wasn’t just the miles of gorgeous coastline, the plush dacha compounds of the Soviet elite and the naval bases of the Black Sea Fleet that Russia acquired when it annexed Crimea this year; it was also Ukraine’s combat dolphins, part of a secret programme that trains sea mammals to carry...