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NewsJun 17, 2025
Mid-June 2025: First kill of the dolphin hunting season witnessed in the Faroe Islands
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NewsApr 15, 2025
Iceland’s Whaling Company Pauses Whaling – But There Is No Change of Heart From The Government
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NewsFeb 19, 2025
Norway Still Defies Global Ban and Threatens to Expand Whaling
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Orcas being incredible
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NewsDec 17, 2024
Paul Watson freed!
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Urgent call on new Icelandic Government to Reverse Decision of Interim Administration to Allow Whaling
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Press releaseDec 05, 2024
Iceland defies world opinion and resumes commercial whaling on fin and minke whales
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NewsNov 15, 2024
Why Whales and Dolphins are Eating Plastic – New Insights
Read nowDolphins Plastic Pollution Whales
NewsSep 09, 2024
Yet more white-sided dolphins killed in the Faroe Islands
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
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New Study Underlines Cruelty of the Faroes Pilot Whale Hunt
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Press releaseJul 23, 2024
New Report Exposes Acute Welfare Issues in Faroe Pilot Whale Hunt
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
NewsMay 09, 2024
Faroe Islands – First Whale Hunt of the Year – 40 reported killed
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Press releaseFeb 01, 2024
New study: Urgent science-based conservation action needed for Adriatic whales and dolphins
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Dolphins Species Conservation
NewsOct 03, 2023
Iceland’s whaling season ends – 24 whales caught in 24 days
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Whaling: Unravelling the Truth, Whale killing in the Faroe Islands – Report (2023)
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Press releaseSep 25, 2023
New Report Debunks Claims of Whale and Dolphin Hunters in Faroe Islands
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
Press releaseAug 31, 2023
Harpoons to be fired again as Iceland resumes its fin whale hunt
Read nowIWC Whale Hunting Whales
NewsAug 25, 2023
Experts speak out on misrepresentation of Iberian orca attacks on vessels
Read nowDolphins Orcas Species Conservation
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Spain: Iberian Orcas and their Interaction with Boats – Open Letter (2023)
Read nowDolphins Orcas Species Conservation
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Tourism: Treating Marine Wildlife with Respect – Infosheet (2023)
Read nowDolphins Seals Whales
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Iberian Orcas Interacting with Boats: A statement from OceanCare
Read nowDolphins Orcas Tips
NewsJun 29, 2023
Important new UK government report on marine mammals published
Read nowDolphins Seals Whales
NewsJun 16, 2023
Two very large kills of pilot whales have just occurred in the Faroe Islands
Read nowFaroe Islands Whale Hunting
NewsJun 13, 2023
Faroe Islanders tool-up to kill more dolphins
Read nowFaroe Islands
NewsFeb 07, 2023
Report sheds new light on welfare concerns in the Faroes whale and dolphin hunts
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Story
Creating winds of change: 30 years of campaigning on Faroe Islands whale & dolphin hunts
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
Story
Tips for whale and dolphin tourism
Read nowDolphins Tips Whales
Press releaseJul 29, 2022
Faroe Islanders kill some 100 bottlenose dolphins in a single cruel hunt
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NewsJul 18, 2022
Iceland and the Faroe Islands continue to kill cetaceans
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Press releaseJul 11, 2022
Faroese Fisheries Council proposes to continue dolphin slaughter
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NewsMay 25, 2022
Some one hundred whales killed in the Faroe Islands in the second hunt of the year
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Áreas Marinas Protegidas: AMP en Argentina y Distribución de Cetáceos – Informe ESP (2022)
Read nowDolphins IWC Marine Protected Areas
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Marine Protected Areas: MPA in Argentina and Cetacean Distribution – Report (2022)
Read nowDolphins Marine Protected Areas Whales
Press releaseMay 08, 2022
Faroe Islands: 60 pilot whales killed in first hunt of the year
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NewsMar 16, 2022
Japanese police investigate mercury in dolphin meat
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NewsFeb 16, 2022
Update on the Dolphin Hunts in the Faroese Islands
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NewsFeb 04, 2022
A Hunted Species: what we really know about Atlantic white-sided dolphins
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands
Press releaseDec 21, 2021
EU Member States Condemn Faroe Islands Drive Hunts
Read nowDolphins Whales
Press releaseDec 09, 2021
The Mediterranean is not a safe home for all whale and dolphin species
Read nowDolphins Whales
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Faroe Islands: Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins in the NE Atlantic – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
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Whales & Dolphins: Under Pressure in European Waters – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
Press releaseSep 23, 2021
Once again: Dolphin killing in the Faroe Islands
Read nowFaroe Islands
NewsSep 17, 2021
Faroe Islands: It simply has to stop!
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
Press releaseSep 14, 2021
OceanCare criticizes massive kill of Atlantic white-sided dolphins off the Faroese-Islands
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Scientists warn: European Whales and Dolphins under Pressure of Extinction
Read nowDolphins Whales
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Ocean Noise: Aguas silenciosas para ballenas y delfines – Informe ESP (2021)
Read nowDolphins Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Ocean Noise: Quiet Waters for Whales and Dolphins – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Peru: Dolphin Hunting and Shark Fishing – Infograph (2018)
Read nowDolphins Sharks Species Conservation
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Dolphins: Mediterranean Common Dolphins in Open Science EU – Article (2016)
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Dolphins: Loss of Common Dolphin in Open Science EU – Article (2016)
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Peru: Petition for Protection of Dolphins and Sharks – Letter to the President of Peru (2016)
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Peru: Dolphin Hunting and Shark Fishing – Factsheet (2016)
Read nowDolphins Sharks Species Conservation