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Animals Finland

28. November 2022

Efforts to Save Seals Are Making a Splash!

Concerned about the decline in the population of the Saimaa ringed seals, Finnish authorities have successfully deployed conservation efforts to boost the number of semi-aquatic marine mammals, including imposing stricter restrictions on net fishing.

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Animals Australia

18. May 2022

Thanks to Better Fishing Habits, Sea Lions Are Coming Back!

Following a decade-long program, the population of sea lions is growing in South Australia, mainly due to changes brought in fishing habits that prevent the endangered marine species from being caught in nets.

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Animals USA

7. January 2022

This State Is Making Sure Its Sea Cows Are Being Fed

Authorities from Florida, United States, are undertaking a drastic yet imperative feeding plan to help maintain the state’s manatee population afloat.

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Animals Canada

13. November 2021

Say Hello to the First Whale Sanctuary in This Region

Nova Scotia, Canada will be home to the first North American wild refuge for whales that used to be captive in marine parks, so the large mammals can finally be seen swimming freely in their natural environment.

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Animals Iceland

28. December 2020

“Little Grey” and “Little White” Swim Freely After Ten Years in Captivity

After a 30 hours flight and 10,000 km, two beluga whales have reached their new home off the coast of Iceland where they can live in open sea for the first time after a decade of captivity.

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Animals USA

4. December 2019

In the Cleaned-Up Potomac River, Dolphins Are Living, Mating – and Even Giving Birth

Five decades of pollution control and restoration efforts at the United States’ Potomac River is finally paying off: where dolphins had once long-disappeared, researchers are now cataloging well over a thousand of them in the lower reaches of the river.

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Animals Russia

14. November 2019

Famous Russian “Whale Jail” is Finally Empty

Last year, four Russian companies illegally captured 97 beluga whales and orcas, locking them in what the media dubbed a “whale jail”. Now, this jail has finally been emptied, with all the sea mammals safely back in the wild.

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3. October 2019

Whales Love New York After Clean-Up Worked for Harbor Water

New environmental laws over the past eight years have improved water quality in New York Harbor and led the whale population around New York City to shoot up by the hundreds.

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23. September 2019

Orcas Free to Swim from Russian Whale Jail, Preventing Sale to China

Eleven orcas and twelve beluga whales have been released and sent back to their habitat in Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk after a year-long captivity in the Srednyaya Bay facility. Originally they were to be sold to China as show whales.

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14. September 2019

Leave Dolphins in Peace, New Zealand Tells Tourists

The Department of Conservation in New Zealand has restricted human interaction with wild dolphins in the Bay of Islands, banning tourists from swimming around the marine mammals and taking further measures in keeping the dolphins safe from harm or extinction.