Dolphin Killings

78 long-finned pilot whales, a species of oceanic dolphins were killed near the capital of Torshavn on Sunday.

Earlier this month, a 16-year-old girl, who was swimming with dolphins, died after being mauled by a shark in Western Australia's state capital, Perth.

A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital, Perth. The girl was pulled from the water with critical injuries and she died at the scene, police said in a statement.

A 16-year-old girl was killed Saturday after being mauled by a shark as she swam in a river in Western Australia, officials said.

The carcasses of two Gangetic dolphins, suspected to have been killed by poachers, have been recovered from Kamrup Rural district in Assam, a forest official said on Friday.

Dozens of turtles and dolphins were killed by intense heat and chemical poisoning from a container ship that burned for almost two weeks off Sri Lanka, authorities said Thursday.

Dolphins have refined their precision killing over millions of years of evolution, roaming oceans in pods to funnel fish into their jaws.

A baby dolphin died last week after "hundreds" of beachgoers in southern Spain surrounded the animal to touch and take pictures with it, sparking condemnation from a local animal rescue group.

An endangered baby dolphin was killed on a beach in Argentina last week after the animal was plucked from the water and passed around by beachgoers for petting and photos.

Japanese officials were burying several more dolphins on Monday as researchers tried to work out why scores of the animals beached themselves last week.

The first dolphins of the season were slaughtered on Tuesday in the small Japanese town of Taiji, campaigners said, commencing an annual cull repeatedly condemned by animal rights groups.

Brazil will temporarily ban the catch of a type of catfish in an effort to halt the killing of the Amazon pink dolphin, whose flesh is used as bait, the Fishing and Aquaculture Ministry said Tuesday.

Fishermen in the small Japanese town of Taiji killed more than two dozen striped dolphins on Thursday, campaigners said, as global outrage over the slaughter grows.

Fishermen and divers caught at least 25 dolphins in a controversial Japanese fishing village on Saturday, according to environmentalists, who said the process was captive selection ahead of a mass slaughter.

78 long-finned pilot whales, a species of oceanic dolphins were killed near the capital of Torshavn on Sunday.

Earlier this month, a 16-year-old girl, who was swimming with dolphins, died after being mauled by a shark in Western Australia's state capital, Perth.

A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital, Perth. The girl was pulled from the water with critical injuries and she died at the scene, police said in a statement.

A 16-year-old girl was killed Saturday after being mauled by a shark as she swam in a river in Western Australia, officials said.

The carcasses of two Gangetic dolphins, suspected to have been killed by poachers, have been recovered from Kamrup Rural district in Assam, a forest official said on Friday.

Dozens of turtles and dolphins were killed by intense heat and chemical poisoning from a container ship that burned for almost two weeks off Sri Lanka, authorities said Thursday.

Dolphins have refined their precision killing over millions of years of evolution, roaming oceans in pods to funnel fish into their jaws.

A baby dolphin died last week after "hundreds" of beachgoers in southern Spain surrounded the animal to touch and take pictures with it, sparking condemnation from a local animal rescue group.

An endangered baby dolphin was killed on a beach in Argentina last week after the animal was plucked from the water and passed around by beachgoers for petting and photos.

Japanese officials were burying several more dolphins on Monday as researchers tried to work out why scores of the animals beached themselves last week.

The first dolphins of the season were slaughtered on Tuesday in the small Japanese town of Taiji, campaigners said, commencing an annual cull repeatedly condemned by animal rights groups.

Brazil will temporarily ban the catch of a type of catfish in an effort to halt the killing of the Amazon pink dolphin, whose flesh is used as bait, the Fishing and Aquaculture Ministry said Tuesday.

Fishermen in the small Japanese town of Taiji killed more than two dozen striped dolphins on Thursday, campaigners said, as global outrage over the slaughter grows.

Fishermen and divers caught at least 25 dolphins in a controversial Japanese fishing village on Saturday, according to environmentalists, who said the process was captive selection ahead of a mass slaughter.