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B. 2018-03-23 Hamelin Bay: Nearly 150 beached whales die in Australia Hamelin Bay, Western Australia
2017-02-09 Race to save 100 stranded whales on New Zealand beach Farewell Spit, New Zealand
D. 2016-03-17 SeaWorld to stop breeding orca whales San Diego
E. 2015-11-09 SeaWorld to phase out killer whale display SeaWorld, San Diego
5. 2015-02-15 Rescuers refloat 66 stranded pilot whales Farewell Spit, New Zealand
6. 2015-02-12 Nearly 200 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach Farewell Spit, New Zealand
7. 2014-07-09 2 whales die along Puerto Rico's southwest coast
8. 2013-12-04 Ten pilot whales die and dozens more beached Everglades National Park, Florida
J. 2013-09-05 Ghana denies oil link to dead whales Ghana

Race to save 100 stranded whales on New Zealand beach Map of Farewell Spit New Zealand
Hamelin Bay: Nearly 150 beached whales die in Australia Map of Hamelin Bay Australia
Mar.23   Western Australia  
  Only six whales have survived a mass stranding of pilot whales on the coast of Western Australia


year 2017 Top ^

Feb.9   New Zealand
  Volunteers in New Zealand are racing to rescue survivors after more than 400 pilot whales beached themselves



year 2016 Top ^

Mar.17   San Diego  
  The US theme park operator SeaWorld says it is ending its controversial orca breeding program


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Nov.9   San Diego SeaWorld to phase out killer whale display Map of SeaWorld USA
  The theme park in the US state of California is to phase out controversial public displays by killer whales, its chief executive has said
Feb.15   New Zealand Rescuers refloat 66 stranded pilot whales
Map of Farewell Spit New Zealand  Rescuers on Saturday refloated 66 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand as a race to save their lives continued Feb.12   New Zealand Nearly 200 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach Map of Farewell Spit New Zealand
  2 dozen of the 198 whales that were found beached have already died. The animals stranded themselves on a famous spot for whale beachings


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Jul.9   Puerto Rico 2 whales die along Puerto Rico's southwest coast
Map of Playa Sucia Puerto Rico Puerto Rico  Government officials in Puerto Rico are investigating the deaths of 2 of 3 pilot whales that stranded themselves in the island's southwest region

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Dec.4   Florida Ten pilot whales die and dozens more beached
Map of Everglades National Park Florida  Ten whales have died and as many as 30 more are stranded after a pod beached off Florida's Everglades National Park Sep.5   Ghana Ghana denies oil link to dead whales  Ghana has dismissed accusations that oil operations could have caused the deaths of several whales washed up on beaches over the past week Jan.9   Canada   Killer whales trapped in Canada's frozen Hudson Bay Map of Hudson Bay Canada  A remote Quebec fishing village has asked the government to help free a dozen killer whales trapped in a vast stretch of ice inside Hudson Bay

year 2012 Top ^

Feb.6   San Diego Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld
  5 whales have been named as plaintiffs in a court case which argues they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans

year 2008 Top ^

Nov.23   Australia   Whales trucked to beach in rescue   Australian wildlife officials have returned 11 pilot whales to sea, the part of a pod of 64 mothers and calves found stranded the day before

year 2007 Top ^

Nov.17   Japan Japanese whalers hunt humpbacks   A whaling fleet has set sail aiming to harpoon humpback whales for the first time in decades

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Oct.17   Iceland   Iceland begins commercial whaling  The ships will take 9 fin whales and 30 minke whales each year

year 2005 Top ^

Jun.21   South Korea   Japan bid to end whale sanctuary  Anti-whaling countries will try to thwart an attempt to abolish a sanctuary in the southern seas

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Jul.26   Spain Dead whales after NATO exercises   2 dead whales have landed in Canary Islands, raising fears they may have been hurt by the military exercises

year 2002 Top ^

Nov.8   Japan Fleet begins whaling hunt  Fleet has departed for an annual Antarctic hunt that aims to catch around 400 whales May.23   Japan   Indigenous whaling blocked  Arctic natives will be banned from hunting whales for food and clothing after IWC voted against renewing their rights


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