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Japan proposes end to commercial whaling ban, faces pushback
Japan is proposing an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Climate change threatens whales migratory routes
The sight of thousands of whales surfacing jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of natures most majestic displays (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attending England's Six Nations match against Wales
CLEAN: Exterior shots of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive to watch the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Wales at Twickenham Stadium...
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WRAP Whaling opponents seek to block takeover of Int Whaling Commission
1. Wide of Marriott Hotel site of Whaling Commission meeting
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jouji Morishita, Japanese Whaling Commission:
"From our point of view the key word for this meeting is normalisation of the international whaling...
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A rare whale that has a dolphin-shaped head and saber-like teeth has been found dead on Los Angeles' Venice Beach, even though it prefers frigid subarctic waters. Marine biologists are working to preserve and examine the elusive arctic species. (Oct. 18)
LOS ANGELES _ A rare whale that has a dolphin-shaped head and saber-like teeth has been found dead on Los Angeles' Venice Beach, even though it prefers frigid subarctic waters.
The roughly 15-foot-long female Stejneger's beaked whale...
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MEXICO: WHALES FOUND DEAD (V)
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Sixty orca whales have died along the Yucatan River in Mexico after they became stranded in shallow waters.
Whale specialists are speculating that the cause of so many deaths at once may be the...
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Australia urges the United Nations' highest court to ban Japan's annual whale hunt
1. Wide interior of International Court of Justice
2. Wide of Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Koji Tsuruoka talking to media
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Koji Tsuruoka, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister: ++translation provided by Japanese...
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US aquarium cares for abandoned beluga calf
Marine mammal specialists from across the United States have descended on an Alaska aquarium to help care for a baby beluga whale that became separated from its mother shortly after its birth.
The male calf is under 24-hour care at the...
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Alzheimer's patients teach doctors-to-be about their disease
Medical students are being given a rare insight into the early onset of Alzheimer's in a new project pairing them with patients who have the disease.
The 'buddy' scheme in the US allows students to engage with the patients socially, so...
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CLEAN : Mexican gray whales endangered by rising water temperatures
Rising water temperatures threaten Mexican gray whales that come to give birth every winter in the South Baja California lagoon
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Record number of whales gather in Argentine waters
As pods of Southern right whales prepare to leave Argentina following annual breeding season local conservation groups say record numbers of the species visited the country's Patagonian coastline during 2017.
Recent images...
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Brazil: World Whaling Conference fails to create whale sanctuary
A proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic has been defeated at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission Tuesday.
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Family of giant plastic waste sea creatures joins aquarium
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A new family of sea creatures has joined an aquarium in New Orleans - and it's entirely made of plastic.
The giant sculptures of marine animals at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas are all made from...
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Greenpeace protest plastic pollution with lifesize whales outside Pantheon
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Rome - 5 July 2018
1. Various of two life-size whale sculptures surrounded by rubbish and covered...
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VOICED : Climate change threatens whales migratory routes
The sight of thousands of whales surfacing jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of natures most majestic displays (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Connecticut aquarium welcomes beluga whales from Canada despite activist opposition
The aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, has welcomed five new beluga whales from MarineLand in Canada after a 10 year battle with legislators and animal activists (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Faeroe islands tourism ++CLIENT REPLAY++
Faeroe Islands - 22 May, 2007
1. Various aerial shots of the Faroe Islands
Vagar island, Bour - 23 May, 2007
2. Wide of Bour bay rocks
3. Various of grass roofed houses
4. Various of Bour bay
5. Close of bird
Streymoy Island,...
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SYND 17 9 80 MARINE BIOLOGIST SYLVIA EARLE SWIMS WITH WHALES
American marine biologist, Dr Sylvia Earle, accompanied by local divers and scientists, has made a dive off Walker Bay, to approach the rare "Southern Right" whales. The cows have entered the sheltered bay in order to calve in the...
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Fisheries ministry announce suspension of whaling for this year
1. Wide shot of news conference with Takahide Naruko, Whaling Section Director of Far Seas Fishery Division, Fishery Agency
2. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Takahide Naruko, Whaling Section Director of Far Seas Fishery Division, Fishery...
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21year international commercial whaling ban is upheld
1. Tilt down of hotel exterior where International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference is being held
2. Sign reading: (English) "The Hotel Captain Cook Welcomes the 59th International Whaling Commission, Anchorage, Alaska - 2007"
3. Wide...
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Deadlock on second day of the IWC's annual meeting
1. Various of exterior of Congress centre where International Whaling Commission (IWC) is meeting
2. Wide of delegates during coffee break
3. Mid of Japanese delegates
4. Close of cameraman
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Karsten Klepsvik,...
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A fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted "we're not pirates" Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded should be held in contempt. (Nov. 6)
A fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted "we're not pirates" Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded should be held in...
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Beluga whale studies shed light on the mammals' communication
Vancouver Aquarium, 24th October 2008
1. Vancouver Aquarium trainer with hand in baby beluga Tiqa's mouth.
2. Close of baby beluga Tiqa's face with trainer's hand.
3. Trainer guides baby beluga Tiqa onto her side in water.
4. Beluga...
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MEXICO: WHALES FOUND DEAD
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Sixty whales have died along the Yucatan river Wednesday, after they became stranded in shallow waters Tuesday.
Whale specialists are speculating that the cause of so many deaths at once could have been the result of a mass...