Dear ECS List and MARMAM subscribers, in the following please find a summary of Cetacean news: (July 24, 2008) Faroe whales show new pollutant spreads worldwide - http://www.ecodiario.es/noticias/noticias/672511/07/08/Faroe-whales- show-new-pollutant-spreads-worldwide.html (July 24, 2008) Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic - http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcbhig5HcQGJqWp_1eI- CogcXgiQ (July 27, 2008) Whale whisperer releases mammoth mammals from fishing nets - http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html? id=2e580dd1-adbd-41b0-89ec-77503f6e5c8e (July 28, 2008) Survey reveals that dolphin watching is top Scottish holiday - http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var. 2410634.0.Survey_reveals_that_dolphin_watching_is_top_Scottish_holiday.p hp (July 29, 2008) Stranded whale freed from river - http:// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7530148.stm (July 29, 2008) Whales’ Lower-Pitch Sound Has Experts Guessing - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ref=science (July 30, 2008) Navy sonar suspected in Hawaii whale death - http:// www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/30/ Navy_sonar_suspected_in_Hawaii_whale_death/UPI-71351217430508/ (July 30, 2008) Humpback whale seen in German seas, experts stunned - http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL09865820080730 (July 31, 2008) Delegation introduces bills to protect whaling rights of Alaska Natives - http://thearcticsounder.com/news/show/2897 (July 31, 2008) Beached whale believed dead - http:// www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/beached-whale-believed- dead-20080731-3nqq.html (July 31, 2008) Porpoise latest marine stranding - http:// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7534635.stm (August 1, 2008) Wild Dolphin Project Contributes to Understanding of Atlantic Spotted and Bottlenose Dolphins - http://www.solutions- site.org/artman/publish/article_404.shtml (August 1, 2008) Dolphin find may make marine history - http:// www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24110275-5006789,00.html (August 1, 2008) Whale strandings: factbox - http:// www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2484063/Whale-strandings-factbox.html (August 1, 2008) Baby humpback search continues - http:// www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=88446 (August 1, 2008) Surfers get close encounter with whale - http:// 3news.co.nz/News/InternationalNews/Surfersgetcloseencounterwithwhale/ tabid/417/articleID/65314/cat/61/Default.aspx in pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/ article-1040153/Pictured-Surfers-swim-whale-calf-spotted-frolicking- metres-Bondi-Beach.html (August 2, 2008) Navy May Do Away With Live Bomb Tests - http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1506940/ navy_may_do_away_with_live_bomb_tests/ (August 2, 2008) 2 new whale calves thriving at SeaWorld in Texas - http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/02/america/NA-US-Sea-World- Whale-Calves.php (August 2, 2008) Whale stranded on British beach is put to sleep - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23524666-details/Whale +stranded+on+British+beach+is+put+to+sleep/article.do (August 2, 2008) Fish shortage driving dolphins to seek food in nets - http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=40660&cat_id=1 (August 2, 2008) Rare dolphins caught on camera - http:// multimedia.asiaone.com/Multimedia/News/Story/ A1Multimedia20080802-4082.html (August 3, 2008) Porpoise deaths unexplained off California waters - http://www.ecodiario.es/noticias/noticias/686948/08/08/Porpoise- deaths-unexplained-off-California-waters.html (August 3, 2008) Malta dolphin park listed among 'cruellest' destinations - http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080803/ local/malta-dolphin-park-listed-among-cruellest-destinations (August 3, 2008) Hi-tech 'pinger' to save dolphins from fishing nets - http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hitech-pinger-to- save-dolphins-from-fishing-nets-883764.html All best, Catharina Clausen ************************************************************************ ** baiji.org foundation Kanzleistrasse 127 CH-8004 Zurich Switzerland tel. (+41) 43 317 10 00 fax (+41) 43 317 10 09 mobil (+41) 79 281 18 65 catharina@baiji.org ************************************************************************ **