Browsing Aquatic News Index by Scientific Name "Cetacea"

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    • Ban on field trips to theme parks with captive dolphins, whales sought 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2012, on page 6)
      A party-list lawmaker has filed a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ban school field trips to theme parks that have captive dolphins and whales that ...

    • BFAR cites Ocean Adventure 

      (BusinessWorld, April 22, 2013, on page S4/4)
      Ocean Adventure is being recognized specifically for its central role in "the Development of a Marine Mammal Stranding response capability through the conduct of Marine Mammal (Cetacean) Stranding Workshops to BFAR ...

    • Boy, 8, gets int'l award for saving 400-kg dolphin 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2010, on page 1-9)
      An eight-year-old boy from Mindoro was conferred an award by an international conservation group for saving a beached dolphin on the coast of San Teodoro in Oriental Mindoro last September 13. Carl Andrei Leuterio, a ...

    • Dolphin shows no place for field trips, says solon 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September NaN, 2012, on page A7)
      Schools should be more careful about where they take their students on educational field trips and among the places they should avoid are amusement parks that feature dolphins, whales and other marine creatures that are ...

    • Whales and dolphins have own cemetery too 

      Penones, Frank Jr. (The Manila Times, October 26, 2016, on page A7)
      Bula, Camarines Sur: Whales and dolphins here are assigned their own graveyard too. Dead sea mammals, which are collectively called cetaceans, have been allotted a burial place at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

    • WWF hails Ilocos fisher as ‘environment hero’ 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2013, on page A4)
      For saving a dolphin trapped in a fishing net, a 63-year-old fisherman from Ilocos Norte has been named the latest “Hero of the Environment” by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines. Francisco Vergara, who ...

    • WWF report: Chemical contamination in the high seas threatens ocean mammals 

      Arias, Priscila R. (The Philippine Star, December 16, 1999, on page B-13)
      Chemical contamination is linked to disease, reproductive failure and sporadic die-offs among the world's whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to a recent report from the World Wildlife Fund. "Synthetic chemicals are ...