Happy 2017, we are whalecoming it with open arms are getting ready for bigger and better achievements and accomplishments to come in this new year. Here's your 2016 overwhalming recap, the achievements, and downfalls.
- January
- NOAA expands Critical Habitat for Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
- The DOC has started a 3-year research project on the Taranaki coast, studying Blue Whales
- Taiji Dolphin hunt continues
- Manatees are no longer endangered
- Pollution could drive UK Orcas to extinction
- Victory for WDC in the battle against commercial whale hunting
- Seaworld Orlando stops Beluga Whale interaction program
- Nearly 40,000 square miles of protection granted for 500 Right Whales
- February
- Seaworld admits their employees spied on PETA
- Seaworld reports they've lost $11 million in their quarterly earnings
- A new film looks at the issue of whale and dolphin rights
- Toxic chemicals found in brains of beached whales
- Beachgoers cause the death of a baby dolphin
- March
- Seaworld announces they will be phasing out their killer whale shows
- Seaworld is ending their breeding program
- National Dolphin Awareness Month
- Japan to resume Antarctic whaling despite a court ruling
- New maps reduce threats to whales and dolphins
- April
- Seaworld reveals Tilikums state of health
- Seaworld withdraws plans for expansions of Orca Tanks
- Green Sea Turtles no longer endangered in Florida
- Gulf of Mexico perinatal deaths likely a result of oil exposure
- May
- Seaworld San Antonio announces new plans for dolphin habitat
- Seaworld reports more than an $84 million loss
- Whale Sanctuary Project to create seaside sanctuaries for whales and dolphins
- June
- Orca Awareness Month
- WDC in the UK held "Walk for Whales"
- Seaworld releases a new update on Tilikum's health
- Sea Turtle recovering after being stepped on and beaten for selfies
- Captive dolphin facility to close in Singapore
- Pilot whale dies at Seaworld
- US aquarium wants to create a sanctuary for captive dolphins
- Georgia Aquarium will no longer take whales or dolphins from the wild
- July
- Rare fin whale spotted in Puget Sound, WA
- Sea Turtle Awareness Month
- 115 whales killed for "science"
- August
- Seaworld's stock hits an all-time low
- Whale older than the Titanic seen off the coast of Washington
- The FFWCC has reports Florida boaters are killing Manatees at a record-setting pace
- September
- California bans Killer Whale shows and breeding
- Most Humpback Whales are no longer endangered
- Seaworld cuts dividends
- October
- Adventure Aquarium to release Sea Turtle back into the wild
- November
- December
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