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Dolphins & Whales
Pilot Whales Killed
Fishermen in Taiji, Japan are apparently releasing bottlenose dolphins they have captured—after sorting the animals to choose about 50 for Japanese zoos and aquariums. About 50 pilot whales weren’t so…
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Dolphins & Whales
Japan Dolphin Hunt Resumes
Reports coming from Japan of a resumed dolphin hunt in the town of Taiji may not signal as much cause for alarm as we had previously thought. Some dolphins and…
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Amazon Wildlife
Wolf Hunt Could Backfire
Several studies on dingoes, the wild dogs of Australia, strongly suggest that “controlling” wolves by allowing hunting could cause ranchers in the Rockies to lose more, rather than fewer, cattle…
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Dolphins & Whales
Update on Dolphin Slaughter
In the wake of a movie called “The Cove,” media have descended on the town of Taiji, Japan for the start of the dolphin slaughter season. What they’ve found—or haven’t…
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Rainforest Animals
Rain Forest Food Web Top Predators
The relationships among species in an ecosystem have often been described as a “food chain” in which the larger animals eat the smaller. But the food-chain image is a two-dimension…
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