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07 December 2005: Too late to save rare dolphin
What was first thought to be a baby orca found stranded in the surf at Peka Peka beach turned out to be one of the world's rarest and smallest dolphins. Toni Everett was walking her dogs when she saw what she thought was a baby orca lying listless on the beach. It was an Hector's dolphin. |
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02 December 2005: New marine parks for NSW
New marine parks are to be created on the New South Wales south coast as part of an environmental package announced by the Premier last night. A total of $30 million has been set aside for new parks on the south coast and at Port Stephens and for finalising the Cape Byron marine park. |
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26 November 2005: Protection needed for dolphins and whales – UN
A new global survey, released at a conservation meeting in Kenya, finds that more than 70% of species are at risk through snaring in fishing nets. Other major threats include intentional catching, pollution, habitat destruction and military sonar. UNEP is calling for an upgrade of international protection on eight species. |
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25 November 2005: Dolphin therapy fights depression
Swimming with dolphins appears to help alleviate mild to moderate depression, researchers have found. A University of Leicester team tested the effect of regular swimming sessions with dolphins on 15 depressed people in a study carried out in Honduras. |
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19 November 2005: Hector’s dolphins attract New Zealand's interest
Final approval for one of the largest mussel farms in New Zealand, to be built at Clifford Bay south of Blenheim, will depend on a study of Hector's dolphins there. |
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18 November 2005: Concern Grows Over Dolphin Import
An international campaign against Kerzner International’s planned import of a pod of 40 dolphins from a Pacific island nation into the Bahamas has re-energized the local lobby against keeping the well-loved mammals in captivity. |
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16 November 2005: Alarm raised over live dolphin export
A pod of 40 wild-caught dolphins is set to be illegally exported from the Solomon Islands to the Bahamas, says an international animal protection group.Plans were in train to put the dolphins on two charter flights as early as Tuesday to pass through Fiji, Tahiti and Mexico, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) said in a statement. |
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05 November 2005: Lack of food means lonely dolphins
Dolphins in the Moray Firth in Scotland are spending less time socialising because of a scarcity of food, reports The Scotsman newspaper. Mirroring changes in human society, the bottlenose dolphins are seeing less of their extended families because they are too busy working to feed themselves. |
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01 November 2005: NZ researchers hope to unravel dolphin DNA
Research which analyses the DNA of New Zealand bottlenose dolphins may help with the long-term conservation of the species. Analysis of DNA inherited from dolphins' mothers will reveal if there are any connections between different populations of dolphins here and around the Pacific Ocean. |
