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2008
September
- 23 September - Speculation is raised over whether an object washed up near Wellington, New Zealand could be ambergris; City Council spokesman Richard MacLean says this is unlikely. Read more...
- 17 September - A man in Trefriw, Wales pleads guilty to the uncertified selling of a Harbour Porpoise skull on eBay. Read more...
- 10 September - Australia and New Zealand announce a non-lethal whale research program to challenge Japan's whaling. Read more...
August
- 26 August - Findings from the controversial Japanese whaling research program suggest that a loss of Antarctic sea ice due to increased temperatures has lowered whales' food supply, causing an overall decline in blubber. Read more...
- 12 August - IUCN changes the conservation status of the Humpback Whale and Southern Right Whale to "least concern" due to the species' recovery. Read more...
- 1 August - Snubfin Dolphins are recorded on camera for the first time along the Australian coastline. Read more...
July
- 17 July - In Dorset, the corpse of a dolphin is found 0.8 kilometers inland. Read more...
- 11 July - Two Greenpeace activists in Japan are prosecuted for theft of whale meat. Read more...
[edit] May
- 19 May - Iceland's commercial whaling hunt begins with a lower quota of 40 Minke Whales, despite whalers hopes for 100. Read more...
[edit] March
- 8 March - A survey conducted by Greenpeace suggests that most stores and sushi restaurants in Japan are not selling whale meat. Read more...
[edit] February
- 20 February - Sperm Whales are filmed sleeping for the first time. Read more...
- 16 February - Anti-whaling protester Sophie Wyness and her father Martin speak against the decision to drop charges against them in court for their trespass at the Japanese Embassy in London. Read more...
- 7 February - Photographs portraying slaughter of whales, including that of an alleged mother and calf, are released in Australian media; Japanese authorities claim that the whales in the picture are not related. Read more...
[edit] January
- 26 January - President George W. Bush exempts the United States Navy from a law against high-power sonar, a decision met with criticism. Read more...
- 24 January - Fourteen-year-old Sophie Wyness, along with her father Martin, is arrested for an act of protest outside of a Japanese whaling embassy in London. Read more...
[edit] 2007
[edit] December
- 18 December - Environmental activists express their unhappiness toward Belugas wearing Santa hats in a Japanese aquarium, while the same country's whalers launch an expedition to kill whales in Antarctica. Read more...
[edit] June
- 14 June - A Bowhead Whale is found with a nineteenth century weapon fragment lodged in its shoulder, suggesting it was over 100 years old. Read more...
- 1 June - Japan threatens to leave the International Whaling Commission and set up a rival organisation. Read more...
[edit] May
- 28 May - The 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission commences in Anchorage, Alaska. Read more...
[edit] February
- 9 February - Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary are disrupted by two Sea Shepherd ships. Read more...
[edit] January
- 31 January - Princess Cruises pleads guilty to killing a pregnant Humpback Whale in Alaska. Read more...
- 17 January - Greenpeace looks for 30,000 campaigners to help stop whaling through an online "recruitment drive". Read more...
[edit] 2006
[edit] December
- 13 December - The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, is declared functionally extinct. Read more...
- 4 December - According to Xinhua News Agency, a month-long, 30-member expedition to survey the Yangtze River has failed, and the Chinese River Dolphin may be extinct. Read more...
[edit] November
- 30 November - South Pacific whale welfare observers meet in New Caledonia to assess the status of the region's Humpback Whales. Read more...
- 27 November - Humpback Whales have been found to have a type of brain cell that only humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans have, suggesting that they are more intelligent than previously thought. Read more...
- 22 November - Viewing the practice as inhumane, many marine biologists and zoo and aquarium administrators join together to protest dolphin drive hunting in Japan. Read more...
- 12 November - New Zealand Department of Conservation officials euthanise a beached young Pilot Whale whose distress calls caused many other pod members to become stranded. Read more...
- 7 November - The chief executive of Hvalur, an Icelandic whaling company, plans to export Fin Whale meat to Japan. Read more...
- 6 November - The World Society for the Protection of Animals begins to raise money to buy the lives of Fin Whales from Iceland. Read more...
- 5 November - Japanese researchers say that an extra set of fins on a Bottlenose Dolphin may be the evolutionary remains of hind legs. Read more...
[edit] October
- 21 October - Icelandic whalers kill a Fin Whale against International Whaling Commission regulations. Read more...
- 13 October - Sheriff's deputies shoot a seriously injured Dwarf Sperm Whale that beached itself on October 11 near Santa Rosa Beach. Read more...
- 8 October - A group of Big Tancook Island residents are able to rescue a beached Pilot Whale. Read more...
[edit] September
- 26 September - Police urge people not to approach "Dave", a dolphin in the English Channel, after kayakers are seen harassing him. Read more...
- 25 September - Minister of Conservation Chris Carter is to open a whale and dolphin training workshop. Read more...
- 20 September - U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline issues a stay to ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. over government requirements that effects of seismic oil exploration on Bowhead Whales over a large part of the Chukchi Sea be monitored by the company. Read more...
- 7 September - Money is being raised for an operation to give an artificial tail to a Bottlenose Dolphin who lost hers near Cape Canaveral. Read more...
- 6 September - Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat from its "scientific research" catch to the Faroe Islands against CITES regulations. Read more...
- 5 September - A four-year-old, 45-tonne North Atlantic Right Whale has been hit by a ship and killed in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Read more...
[edit] August
- 31 August - Local officials fear that ambergris found along the coast of North Wales could trigger a "gold rush." Read more...
- 25 August - Cape Cod environmentalists search for a severely wounded Humpback Whale that swam away after a rescue in what specialists are calling the worst incident of entanglement they have seen in 20 years. Read more...
- 18 August - Norwegian whalers harpooned only half their quota of 1,052 Minke Whales in 2006, prompting reports that the demand for the food had decreased. Read more...
- 12 August - 20ft Minke Whale and another smaller sea mammal (possibly a Harbour Porpoise) have been washed up dead on the shore at St. Bees beach, Cumbria, UK. Read more...
- 7 August - Nine of every 10 whales killed by Japan last summer were in Australia's Antarctic whale sanctuary. Read more...
[edit] July
- 14 July - Migaloo the white Humpback Whale is about to enter Queensland waters on his 2006 migration. Read more...
- 13 July - Norway's whale catch falls short, catching only half of its quota this season. Read more...
- 4 July - US Navy ordered to temporarily stop using SONAR equipment because it may harm cetaceans. Read more...
[edit] June
- 27 June - Albino Humpback Whale Migaloo spotted off Australian coast. Read more...
- 25 June - A Sperm Whale dies after being stranded for days in shallow water off Prince Edward Island, Canada. Read more...
- 21 June - Key victory for pro-whaling nations leads to compromise in IWC talks in St Kitts and Nevis. Read more...
