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                    [ArticleID] => 812561
                    [Title] => Plastic wastes killing dolphins slowly-environmentalists
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Non-biodegradable solid wastes, such as plastics floating or lying on sea floor, when eaten by cetaceans have been killing the dolphins slowly, according to marine biologists and experts.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805929 [Title] => Dolphin, turtles found dead in Bohol [Summary] =>

Strandings of marine mammals in Bohol’s shorelines have become commonplace as another dolphin and a turtle were found dead in separate occasions in the towns of Garcia-Hernandez and Duero.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 796581 [Title] => Dolphin Festival 2012 set to kick off in May [Summary] =>

The second annual Dolphin Festival has been scheduled to be held here in Bohol by the end of May, as part of the continuing campaign for the protection of endangered marine mammals.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785031 [Title] => Stranded dwarf sperm whale found dead [Summary] =>

Members of the Bohol Rescue Unit for Marine Mammals have buried a dead two-meter dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) that was earlier found floating lifeless in mangrove area of coastal Barangay Suba here, about 100 kms from Tagbilaran City.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 743198 [Title] => Physalus: Plastics can kill marine mammals Hawksbill turtle saved from death for ingesting plastic [Summary] =>

Plastic debris or non-biodegradables drifting at sea due to indiscriminate or deliberate trash throwing could be lethal to marine mammals that might be able to ingest this waste.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 732813 [Title] => Baby melon-head whale found dead [Summary] =>

A dead baby melon-head whale was found washed ashore last week in this eastern town, according to Dr. Alessandro Ponzo of Physalus.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 704355 [Title] => Dolphin, sea turtle trapped in fishing net rescued, freed [Summary] =>

Rescuers of this coastal town and of Dauis town have recently rescued and freed a dolphin and a sea turtle that were trapped in a fishing net.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 699725 [Title] => Did Bohol fishermen kill the pilot whale? Rescue unit for marine wildlife reconstituted [Summary] =>

A marine mammal, identified as pilot whale, was allegedly butchered by residents and fisherfolk in Sagasa island of this coastal town in Bohol

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 680445 [Title] => May declared as "Earth Month" [Summary] =>

The world will be celebrating Earth Month in May in the aim to inspire and raise awareness and appreciation for the natural environment.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1689765 [AuthorName] => Ric V. Obedencio [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) ) )
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