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		<title>The &#8220;Killer&#8221; Whale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, my deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Dawn Brancheau. She was clearly a dedicated and well loved person and she will be missed by many.
I&#8217;ve been following a lot of the stories and commentary about this latest incident of a captive orca&#8217;s killing a human trainer. Not surprisingly, that leads to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2010/02/the-killer-whale/</link>
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		<title>Two MILLION Whales Killed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s think about that sobering number for a moment.
2,000,000 &#8211; two MILLION whales &#8211; killed in the 20th century.
That&#8217;s a lot of whales. Present populations of different species vary around the world, with some like the Atlantic grey whale&#8217;s being completely gone, the Pacific grey whale and North Atlantic right whale very close to it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2010/01/two-million-whales-killed/</link>
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		<title>Escalating whale wars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is probably blog post # 567,893 on this topic since the destruction of the Ady Gil in the Antarctic. The internet has been abuzz with postings: news, videos, opinion pieces all over the map. Here&#8217;s one more.
 
The internet has been abuzz with postings: news, videos, opinion pieces all over the map. Here&#8217;s one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2010/01/escalating-whale-wars/</link>
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		<title>Missed whales and dead whales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is getting close to the end of October and that means the end of the whale watching season here in the Northeast US. I had hoped to get out one more time before the end, but weather and budget are getting in the way.  Sighting reports have dropped as well, so it seems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/10/missed-whales-and-dead-whales/</link>
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		<title>Wherefore Art Thou, Whales?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a nearly 3 month gap since my last whale watch, I was downright itching to go out again and finally made it on Oct. 5. Following the Whale Center and Capt Bill and Sons on Twitter all summer, with numerous updates about spectacular whale watching, just whetted the appetite all the more. 
So with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/10/wherefore-art-thou-whales/</link>
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		<title>Reversing the Bad Numbers, Increasing Good Ones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite sites to check for new stories about whales is at the Underwater Times.  Today, they posted a story about Britain&#8217;s protesting to Iceland about their whaling.  Despite a glut of whale meat, Iceland&#8217;s government has actually increased the quota of whales allowed to be killed by their whaling fleet. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/10/reversing-the-bad-numbers-increasing-good-ones/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;This is how it&#8217;s done&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I signed up for Twitter a few months ago (username whalegeek, surprise surprise), I had no idea how useful it would be.  I get web design links, news links, whale/ocean/environmental links and more.  And then I started to follow the Whale Center.  And they post about the whale watching trips every day.  Since my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/07/this-is-how-its-done/</link>
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		<title>Whale Watching Vs. Whaling, and the IWC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission has recently concluded in Portugal and, as in previous years, not a lot seems to have been accomplished.  Japan and other countries are still pushing for &#8220;legitimate&#8221; whaling quotas, and there&#8217;s a new contingent &#8211; Inuits in Greenland &#8211; who are seeking leave to hunt 50 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/06/whale-watching-vs-whaling-and-the-iwc/</link>
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		<title>Marco! Polo!  (or, Where Are You, Whales?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went out for whale watch #6 today from Gloucester, on Capt. Bill and Sons with the Whale Center of New England.  The weather here in New England has been decidedly unexciting lately, with more rain than anything else.  On shore today, though, it was beautiful with sunny skies and some clouds &#8211; but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/06/marco-polo-or-where-are-you-whales/</link>
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		<title>Fishing Dangers for Whales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On most whale watches from the Northeast US, one of the many things that the naturalists will talk about is the danger to whales posed by fishing gear.  Entanglement is a huge issue for whales and it is estimated that in the Stellwagen Bank area, 70% or more of the humpback whales bear scars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whalegeek.com/2009/06/fishing-dangers-for-whales/</link>
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