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Rare pink dolphins saved by high-tech fishermen in the Amazon

Scientists in the Amazon are enlisting local fishermen to help track the pink river dolphins that were once their prey.

12/10/2021

Denmark

Faroese officials to 'look closely' at dolphin hunts after slaughter

The Faroese prime minister has said the role of dolphin hunting will be examined after gruesome footage posted on Sunday showed nearly 1,500 dead sea mammals lying on a beach.

16/09/2021

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Slaughter of dolphins on Faroes could revive debate

The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins that is part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water where they are killed for their meat and blubber, has reignited a debate on the small Faroe Islands.

15/09/2021

Nature

Tradition or torture? 1,428 dolphins slaughtered in Faroe Islands hunt

Only 17% of people in the Faroe Islands consume whale or dolphin meat - so why are thousands of animals still dying?

14/09/2021

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Dolphins back in Lisbon's Tagus River

Dolphins have returned to Lisbon's Tagus River, prompting a new wave of tourism to see them.

08/08/2021

Ireland

Massive search underway in Ireland for dolphin superstar Fungie

The mammal, which is Dingle Bay's biggest attraction, had never disappeared for so long.

23/10/2020

France

'Historic victory': France to stop wild animals in travelling circuses

France's environment minister said it would open a "new era of our relationship with these animals".

30/09/2020

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Watch: Hundreds of dolphins 'stampede' off coast of California

Tourists out looking for whales got a shock when they saw the pod off Dana Point.

13/08/2020

Green News

Dolphins call each other by unique ‘names’, say scientists tuning in

Unique whistling sounds are being attributed to bottlenose dolphins in Australia in an effort to boost conservation.

01/05/2020

Europe Decoded

Debunked: Video does NOT show dolphins in Venice's canals

The footage was actually captured in the port of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia.

20/03/2020

Green News

WATCH | Baby dolphin trapped in debris rescued from drowning

Workers from a water adventure company jumped into the sea off the Florida coast to rescue the youngster.

19/12/2019

France

'Cocktail of pollutants' found in English Channel dolphins

A study has found a 'cocktail of pollutants' in dolphins living in the English Channel.

13/09/2019

New Zealand

How too much love is harming dolphins in New Zealand

New Zealand has banned swimming with dolphins in its Bay of Islands waters.

29/08/2019

Italy

Measles-like disease killing dolphins in Tuscany, scientists reveal

Tests on some of the dolphins carried out by scientists at the University of Siena and the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale in Rome, show the dolphins were killed by cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), the Tuscan regional authority announced on Tuesday.

15/08/2019

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Large pod of over 100 dolphins surrounds boat in California

A large pod of dolphins was spotted off the coast of southern California on Sunday.

16/07/2019

World News

Sailors spot dolphins feeding on bio-luminescent plankton in the Med

A pod of dolphins were filmed by sailors in the Mediterranean Sea at night as they fed on bioluminescent plankton

07/12/2018

France

What's killing France's dolphins?

Some 700 dolphins washed up dead on French beaches over the winter, figures reveal, most of them victims of the fishing industry.

01/08/2018