Whales Specific Animals Animal Welfare

Whales are ocean dwelling creatures that have been taken advantage of and hunted close to extinction. Many species have a population of fewer than 300 left throughout the world. This category lists websites dedicated to saving whales. Many sites provide information about steps citizens can take to make a difference and help save the whales.

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• Center for Whale Research - Founded to promote, conduct, and support benign research on cetaceans.
  
• Irish Whale and Dolphin Group - Dedicated to the conservation, research and better understanding of whales. Includes cetacean news, sightings, stranding news, events, and research.
  
• Fundación Cethus - A non-government, non-profit organization, with objectives fixed on investigation, divulgation and conservation of cetaceans. Site is available in both English and Spanish.
  
• OrcaLab - Its purpose is long-term study of the orcas which inhabit this area, and evaluation of human impacts on them.
  
• Ocean Alliance - Dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment, includes useful information on whales and research.
  
• Cape May Whale Watch & Research Center - Monitors the types of species that come to the area and studies their feeding, migration and breeding habits.
  
• Center for Biological Diversity - Killer Whale - Offers information on the petition filed to list Puget Sound killer whales as an endangered species.
  
• NRDC- Whales and Marine Animals - Includes information on the threats to whales, and on various NRDC-led campaigns to protect them and their natural habitats.
  
• Protect Whales from Captivity and Hunting - Non-profit societies dedicated to save whales and marine animals from captivity and hunting.
  
• The Whaleman Foundation - Provides information on how to help stop the gray whale hunt, Japanese whaling, and deadly sonar.
  
• The Marine Connection - Includes rescues, latest news, campaigns, special events, adoption, education, and information.
  
• Blue Voice - Working to save dolphin and whale species and offers the latest up-to-date news on whales, and dolphins.
  
• Conservation and Development in the Gray Whale Lagoons - Report identifies activities that could have a negative impact on two gray whale habitats, Laguna San Ignacio and Bahia Magdalena.
  
• North Gulf Oceanic Society - A non-profit organization that specializes in marine mammal research and conservation, and education in Alaska.
  
• Greenpeace Whales Campaign - Information about whale species, whaling, environmental threats, sanctuaries, and whale watching plus efforts to end commercial whaling.
  
• Whale Center Of New England - Includes information on humpback whales, adopt a whale, photos, research, education, conservation, right whales, and other endangered cetacean species.
  
• Saving The Whales - Includes information on how to save the whales, public comments page, and a forum. The full story of Makah hunting, late breaking news, and recent news.
  
• Brazil's First Whale Sanctuary - An editorial on Brazil approving its first whale sanctuary.
  
• Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit - Dedicated to the understanding, welfare, and protection of cetaceans. Includes rescue network, educational work, research activities, and how you can help.
  
• Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust - Aims to educate the public about whales and dolphins, includes information on research, education, and conservation.
  
• Oceanic Society and Oceanic Society Expeditions - Conducts whale watch, participatory research projects, and natural history expeditions for the public.
  
• Whale Rescue Team - Dedicated to the rescue and protection of marine mammals. Includes information on projects and campaigns. California, USA.
  
• Safe Passing - Includes a detailed mission to stop the Makah whale hunt and other whale saving missions.
  
• International Marine Mammal Project - Works to make oceans safe for marine mammals worldwide by including take-action alerts, campaigns, and membership.
  
• Save The Whales - Includes action alerts, Makah updates, research, adopt a whale, captivity, and marine mammal inventory.
  
• The Dolphin Institute - Dedicated to dolphins and whales through education, research, and conservation, includes scientific papers, research, and testimonials.
  
• Center for Coastal Studies - Educating in the coastal and marine environments, humpback whales, right whales, cape cod, and Stellwagen Bank, includes whale rescue, and research.
  
• The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - Provides information about how you can help whales, projects and campaigns, publications, sightings and strandings, species guide, and whale watching.
  
• Yaqu Pachu Project: Humpback Whales - Provides information on the conservation of South American Aquatic Mammals, organization news and project information on work to protect whales from pollution, fisherman, and disease. Available in German, Spanish, and English.
  
• Tursiops.org - Site providing cetacean related news and forums.
  
• Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) - Rescues and releases marine mammals and sea turtles.
  
• Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network - Dedicated to understanding and conserving marine mammals. Provides information on research, education, mammal rescue, rehabilitation, and release.
  
• SoundNet - The Newsletter of The Oceania Project - Includes current news, action alerts, information and research.
  
• Welcome to Wild Whales - Is a resource web site for the cetaceans. It focuses on humpback and killer whale research, as well as conservation and habitat stewardship.
  
• Keiki Kohola Project: Whale Research on Maui - Grass roots research effort launched in 1997 by a group of local concerned captains and naturalists. Project provides information on calf behavior and development that can be used to safeguard the nursery waters. Photos and information about humpback whal
  
• Atlantic Whale Foundation - Includes information on the world's whales, dolphins, and porpoises and projects that support the preservation of the species.
  
• Cetacean Society International home page - Works for the protection of cetaceans worldwide.
  
• Whales Online - Provides information, news, and highlights of research work on the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Southern Hemisphere.
  
• Whales Alive - A non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and celebration of whales, includes how you can help, conservation issues, photographs, and whale watching information.
  
• American Cetacean Society - The oldest whale conservation group in the world devoted to education in the field of cetacean research and includes whale adventures, fact sheets, newsletters, journals, and adoption programs.
  
• Center for Whale Research: Orcas - Provides information on research, videos, sounds, and field logistics.
  
• NYTimes.com - Angry Japan Lashes Out After Defeat on Whaling - During a five-day meeting of the International Whaling Commission, the Japanese delegation did not get its way and retaliated by working to deny Arctic natives in Alaska and Russia their traditional whale-hunting quotas. [Requires free NYTimes.com regist
  
• Orrca - Includes whale rescue and research in Australia.
  
• Gemini Properties: Save the Whales - Take action now to save the whales and dolphins from the Naval use of Low Frequency Active Sonar. Includes information on how to help, petition and links.
  
• Airlines refuse to carry Norway's whale exports - Greenpeace secures international blockade of blubber trade as Oslo prepares to resume hunting endangered species in defiance of ban.
  
• Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary - This sanctuary was established to protect the humpback whales. Includes news and events, weather, education, and research.
  
• Alaska Whales - Provides information on research and general information about humpback whales, gray whales, killer whales, northern right whales, bowhead whales, and minke whales.
  
• World Whale Police - Mission is to educate the public about the necessity for marine mammal protection and to raise public awareness of safety through lectures, includes information on stopping the whale hunt.
  
  

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