Paul Watson skips bail in Germany
July 26th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul Watson is an animal rights and environmental activist from Canada. He is the president and the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society which is an ... Read more...
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Our values are those of US revolution: Assange
January 31st, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) Julian Assange has compared the values of WikiLeaks to those of the founding fathers of the US and asserted that the whistleblowing website does not have a political ... Read more...
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Iron-rich whale poo makes ocean more productive
January 9th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed that iron-rich whale faeces make the oceans more productive.Scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division, based in Hobart, have been testing the hypothesis that ... Read more...
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Bob Barker Donates To PETA
March 12th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Mar 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bob Barker, who is known for his stint in the popular game show name 'Price Is Right' has given a whopping $2.5 million dollars to PETA ... Read more...
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Century of whaling has released 100 mln tonnes of CO2, say scientists
February 27th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 27 (ANI): Scientists have said that a century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.Whales store carbon within their ... Read more...
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Clash Between Whalers And Activists Raises Controversy
February 19th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Tokyo, Feb 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a clash between Japanese Whalers and anti-whaling activists, three of the whalers have been injured. Although the injuries are not being considered as very ... Read more...
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Camp Pendleton Fire Not A Threat To San Clemente
September 4th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
A day old fire that had broken out on the firing range at the Camp Pendleton does not pose any immediate threat to the San Clemente community. This has been ... Read more...
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3 bodies of 1,000-yr-old mysterious tribal group found in Alaska
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 23 (ANI): Construction workers unearthed the remains of three humans in Kivalina, Alaska, who are believed to have been members of a mysterious tribal group from about 1,000 years ago. ... Read more...
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Endangered right whales found where there were none
May 21st, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) Scientists have documented the presence of endangered North Atlantic right whales with the help of underwater hydrophones that can pick up sounds from hundreds of kilometres away.
The discovery ... Read more...
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‘Kingdom of the Blue Whale’ to premier on Nat Geo Sunday
March 5th, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) They are the largest creatures to inhabit the planet, are larger than any of the great dinosaurs, yet few people have seen them. They deliver the world's ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu coaxing ‘industrial whales’ to come ashore
May 12th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) Officials of the Tamil Nadu industries department, located on the Coromandel Coast, are known as "investment whalers" - they coax industrial houses to set up units ... Read more...
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Panettiere to be honoured for preventing whale hunting
March 1st, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
London, March 1 (IANS) "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere will be honoured at the Humane Society of the United States Genesis Awards for trying to prevent fishermen from killing whales off the coast ... Read more...
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