Whale Watching

Why is everyone talking about whale poo?

Posted by Willie — 20 October 2016 at 4:55pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Hilton

Whales are special. No, not for any stereotypical hippy la-la reasons, this is *science*!

Healthy oceans need lots of healthy whale populations: they keep things in balance, help disperse and mix nutrients, support entire ecosystems and help fight climate change.

Surprised? Read on…

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Celebrating island (wild) life

Posted by Willie — 22 May 2014 at 12:05am - Comments
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Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity. That’s a bit of a mouthful, but put simply it’s a day officially set aside to celebrate the world’s wealth of wildlife. For 2014 the theme is Island Biodiversity.

Article tagged as: biodiversity, chagos, coral reef, dodo, Durrell Zoo, international day for biological diversity, islands, krill, madagascar, mauritius, ocean sanctuaries, penguins, polar bears, seamounts, sharks, South Georgia, turtles, whale watching, whales, wildlife, ZSL

Blackfish: when whales turn killer

Posted by Willie — 24 July 2013 at 4:24pm - Comments
An orca performing
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Being held in captivity can chop 50-60 years from a killer whale's life expectancy

When I was little, I can vaguely remember a trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park for my birthday. This was back in the days when the world was black and white, Starburst was called Opal Fruits, and they still had dolphins in captivity in the UK. I don’t remember much, but I know we watched a dolphin ‘show’ with balls and hoops and clapping and ‘ooh-ing’.

You can’t see a dolphin in the UK doing that today. That is progress.

Article tagged as: aquariums, blackfish, dolphins, killer whales, oceans, whale watching, zoos

Tourists invited to try their hand at whaling in Iceland?

Posted by Willie — 17 August 2010 at 10:08am - Comments

Is this the kind of whale watching Icelandic whalers are considering? © Greenpeace/Axelsson

I've long since given up trying to apply any semblance of logic to the arguments for whaling, and the latest news from Iceland doesn't prove me wrong.

Article tagged as: iceland, oceans, whale watching, whales, whaling

26 Governments protest at Iceland's continued whale hunt

Posted by Willie — 2 October 2009 at 4:53pm - Comments

Today 26 governments made an official protest (called a 'demarche') to the Icelandic government, caliing on them to reassess their current whaling operations, and end commercial whaling.

Article tagged as: fin whale, iceland, japan, whale watching, whaling
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