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The Whale Watching Web
http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale/
This is a large site dedicated to whales, whale watching, research and education. An excellent site with a great deal of information and things to see from around the world.

The Oceania Project
http://www.oceania.org.au/
The Oceania Project is a non-profit education and research organization dedicated to raising awareness about Cetacea (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) and the Ocean Environment.

Whale Club
http://whaleclub.com/
A Web site for Marine Mammal Enthusiasts of all ages. This is an awesome site with information about almost everything to do with whales and marine life. You have to check this one out!

The Progressive Animal Welfare Society
http://www.paws.org/
The Progressive Animal Welfare Society advocates for animals through education, legislation and direct care. This is the PAWS mission statement and the theme of the work of the PAWS Advocacy Department

Free Willy Keiko Foundation
http://www.keiko.org/
Free Willy Keiko Foundation, now located in the Westmann Islands, and has day-by-day reports from Keiko's trainers.

Ocean Link
http://oceanlink.island.net/
A Marine Science Information and Interaction Web Site. On these pages, you will find information about many marine science topics, including Marine Biology, Oceanography, Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Marine Pollution, Marine Invertebrates, Marine Fish and much more!

World Wildlife Fund
http://wwf.org/
Known worldwide by its panda logo, leads international efforts to save life on earth.

The Dolphin Portal
http://www.dolphinportal.com
Everything dolphin here. All about dolphins, dolphins, dolphins.

The Whaleman Foundation
http://www.whaleman.com/
The Whaleman Foundation, a non-profit oceanic research, conservation, and education organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of cetaceans.

The West Coast Anti-Whaling Society
http://www.anti-whaling.com/
The West Coast Anti-Whaling Society is a group of citizens dedicated to preserving the sanctity of life for whales, dolphins and porpoises.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare:
http://www.ifaw.org/
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) was founded in 1969 to stop the cruel commercial slaughter of harp and hood seals. Since then, they have expanded their campaigns to embrace all animals.

The Ocean Mammal Institute
http://www.oceanmammalinst.com/
The Ocean Mammal Institute (OMI), is dedicated to awakening peoples' minds and hearts to nature's interconnected harmony. Programs help individuals understand and feel their connection to nature, and give them courage to act responsibly for the planet and its inhabitants.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
http://www.seashepherd.org/
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) involved with the investigation and documentation of violations of international laws, regulations and treaties protecting marine wildlife species.

Whaledom
http://www.whaledom.com/
This page was created to better educate the public about the plight of captive whales and dolphins.

Ocean Defense International
http://www.oceandefense.org/
Ocean Defense International is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization formed to combat the destruction of the oceans and its inhabitants.

American Cetacean Society:
http://www.acsonline.org/
The American Cetacean Society (ACS) is the oldest whale conservation group in the world. Founded in 1967, it is a non-profit, volunteer membership organization with regional U.S. chapters and members in 41 countries.

California Gray Whale Tutorial
http://www.slocs.k12.ca.us/whale/whale1.html
The gray whale is a mammal. Like all mammals, it bears live young, breathes air, is warm blooded, and nurses its young. The gray whale is in the scientific order Cetacea (from the Latin "cetus").

MARMAM
http://www.escribe.com/science/marmam/
Marine Mammal Research and Conservation

Cetacea.org
http://www.cetacea.org/
No living animals have captured our imaginations as have
the great whales... They fire our imaginations and stab at our
emotions. They inspire our art, literature, and music. And so
they should.

David's Dolphin and Whale photos
http://neptune.atlantis-intl.com/dolphins/
Welcome to David's Dolphin and Whale photos, probably the largest collection of dolphin and whale pictures on the Web! This is the place for all fans of whales and dolphins.

Welcome to the WhaleTimes
http://www.whaletimes.org/
WhaleTimes will take you on an adventure to the ocean. Do you like seals, sharks, penguins and whales? Then you're going to love WhaleTimes. Find out how your favorite animals survive in the sea. What they eat, where they live and much more.

Tailing the Whales
http://www.hmsc.orst.edu/education/tailing/index.shtml
We learn about whales in aquariums, travel to the coast to see them, and take boat excursions to view them close up. Many species are endangered and some are close to extinction. Although most whaling has stopped, the future of the whales is still not secure.

World Whale Police
http://www.worldwhalepolice.org/
Our mission is to educate the public about the necessity for marine mammal protection and to raise public awareness of safety through lectures, literature and on-site response to incidents of threats to marine mammals.

The Whale Research Lab University of Victoria
http://office.geog.uvic.ca/dept/whale/wrlmp.html
The Whale Reseach Lab at the University of Victoria consists of a small group of graduate students, interested faculty, associates and visitors from a number of places.

International Whaling Commission
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/iwcoffice/
The main duty of the IWC is to keep under review and revise as necessary the measures laid down in the Schedule to the Convention which govern the conduct of whaling throughout the world

Whales
http://www.nfld.com/nfld/other/whales/whales.html
Click on a whale for information on that particular whale

The Virtual Whale Project
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/research/Whales/
3D Animation and sound environment for the visualization of the feeding behaviors of Pacific Humpback Whales

International wildlife coalition
http://www.webcom.com/iwcwww/
A wildlife protection organization fighting to save endangered species protect wild animals and preserve habitat and the environment.

Iwc/brasil,
http://www.via-rs.com.br/iwcbr/
established in 1986, is the Brazilian section of the International Wildlife Coalition

Cetacean Research Unit
http://www.cetacean.org/
The Cetacean Research Unit (CRU) was founded in 1980 to study the whales using waters off the Massachusetts coast.

Welcome to the WhaleNet
http://whale.wheelock.edu/
Welcome to WhaleNet's interactive educational web site which focuses on whales and marine research.

World Whale Web
http://elfi.com/gwf.html
World Whale Web is dedicated to giving the whales a voice in the human world.

Whale Songs
http://whales.ot.com/
Welcome to Whale Songs, an educational center about people and whales.

An ACQUIRE expert system application for whale identification.
http://www.aiinc.ca/demos/whale.html
When you run the Whale Watcher, it will ask you some questions and then try to identify the whale that you have observed.

Blue Mountain Arts
http://www2.bluemountain.com/eng/species/Egwhale4.html
Send a Gray Whale Online Greeting Card

American Cetacean Society
http://acs-la.org/
The American Cetacean Society has been dedicated to protecting whales since 1967.

WHALE FLIP-BOOK
http://www.grmuseum.org/fun-whale.htm
Watch as your whale swims through the oceans of your imagination! Courtesy of Public Museum of Grand Rapids http://www.grmuseum.org/

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
http://www.t-link.net/~whale/
The waters surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands constitute one of the world's most important humpback whale habitats and the only place in the U.S. where humpbacks reproduce.

Journey North. Gray Whale Migration Update
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring1999/species/gwhale/
Follow the northward migration of gray whales as they make their long journey north from California to their feeding grounds in Alaska.

Orca Homepage
http://www.orcahome.de/
Pictures and Informations about Orca

Orca Quest
http://members.aol.com/OrcaQuest/index.html
We study the Southern Community of resident Orca known as the J, K, and L pods.

Orcas in Captivity
http://members.aol.com/OrcaInfo/index.htm
See what the controversy is all about education? entertainment? - or - exploitation? you decide!

Orcas in patagonia
http://www.xyz.net/~skphoto/orca.html
A long-term project to study the natural history and genealogy of the orcas of northern Patagonia. The principal goal of the project is to better understand the population status of the species to enable us to produce strategies for their conservation.

Save The Whales
http://www.savethewhales.org/
Purpose is to educate children and adults about marine mammals, their environment and their preservation.

Whale Tales
http://www.san-juan.net/whale-tales/
When people and whales interact, magic happens.... Human Interactions with Whales Volume One

Watery World Of Whales
http://whales.magna.com.au/home.html
Join us on a wonderful journey into the world of Cetaceans, those mysterious animals that spend their entire lives in water.

Whales unit home page
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/Whales/home.html
Interactive resource for teachers, students and parents. It was designed as a model unit to demonstrate the use of the WWW as an educational resource.

Australians For Animals
http://www.australiansforanimals.org.au/
Get the Facts regarding the US Lawsuit on Tribal Whale Killing...

Center for Marine Conservation
http://www.cmc-ocean.org/
Committed to protecting ocean environments and conserving the global abundance and diversity of marine life.

Cetacean Society International
http://www.csiwhalesalive.org
Dedicated to the preservation and protection of all cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and the marine environment on a global basis.

Project SeaWolf
http://home.earthlink.net/~projseawolf
Web site is dedicated to the protection of whales and the habitats of other marine wildlife species in the Pacific Northwest.

Earth Island Institute
http://www.earthisland.org/
Innovative Environmental Activism to Protect Our Earth.

Earthtrust. Wildlife Conservation Worldwide
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/~et/
Thanks for stopping by to check out Earthtrust,
one of the world's most effective wildlife conservation organizations.

Greenpeace International Homepage
http://www.greenpeace.org/
Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.

Grey Whale Advocate
http://www.greywhale.com/
A site dedicated to the protection of the species and the environment in which the species lives.

Marine Mammal Stranding Center
http://www.mmsc.org/
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a private non-profit organization based in Brigantine, New Jersey.

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
http://www.wdcs.org/Customers/wdcs2/newsfeed.nsf
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) is the world's most active charity dedicated to the conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (also known as cetaceans).

Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation
http://www.cerf.bc.ca/index.asp
The Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to fund ecological research through eco-tourism.

OrcaLab
http://www.orcalab.org/
OrcaLab is a land-based whale research station nestled against the evergreen forest of Hanson Island in the waters of the "Inside Passage" of Northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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Ocean Contact Ltd.
http://www.oceancontact.com/
The 'Ocean Contact' concept offers unique opportunities in human-whale contact, whilst taking part in active research.

Strawberry Isle Research Society
http://www.island.net/~sisle/rshindex.htm
Conducts primary research and monitoring of various marine ecosystems in Clayoquot Sound.

Cascadia Research
http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/
A non-profit, scientific and education organization based in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1979 primarily to conduct research needed to manage and protect threatened marine mammals.

Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/gmwhale/aboutus.htm
Most of our researchers also conduct field studies elsewhere, or are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. We welcome visiting scientists to participate in our programs or conduct their own research from our facility.

Pacific Cetacean Group
http://www.pacificcetaceangroup.org/
Pacific Cetacean Group is an independent California based non-profit organization dedicated to increasing our knowledge of marine mammals and promoting the conservation of their marine habitats through scientific research and education.

Oceanic Society Expeditions of San Francisco
http://www.oceanic-society.org/
A nonprofit, membership organization founded in 1969 to protect the marine environment.

Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc.
http://www.cresli.org/
Founded in the summer of 1996 by a group of experts in marine mammal science, environmental sciences, education and conservation.

Racerocks.Com Project
http://www.racerocks.com/
Race Rocks is a place of convergence. Deep currents sweep the rocks and clash as they meet the inland waters of Georgia Strait. Students from nearby Pearson College help maintain a human presence at Race Rocks.

Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
http://www.jiwlp.com/
Extinction of species is a normal by-product of the process of evolution. However, as David Jablonski recently observed, our species . . . is on the brink of causing, single-handedly, the worst mass extinction in 65 million years.

Marine Mammal Net
http://www.marinemammal.net/
Visit the home of the fastest growing group of online marine mammal organizations. Marine Mammal Net provides basic information on a variety of species and on science and conservation issues as they relate to marine mammals around the world