Hello everyone, it's  azalea, welcome to the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of our group! Unfortunately, I'm a bit in a hurry, so I won't use tinyurl this time. I apologize if this turns out unconvenient to read. Hope it will be okay!


CETACEAN NEWS

PETITIONS:
- Stop the Extinction of Hector's & Maui's Dolphins: https://www.change.org/petitions/st.....mauis-dolphins

WILD CETACEANS & ENVIRONMENT:
- Public Outcry Compels Amazon.com to Pull Whale Products from Site: http://www.earthisland.org/journal/.....ucts_from_site + http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele.....139871013.html
- Whales and dolphins 'should have legal rights': http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/201.....?newsfeed=true
- Only 42 left of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in northern Palawan: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor.....rthern-palawan
- More Endangered New Zealand Dolphins Die In Nets (Warning: graphic images!): http://www.wdcs.org/news.php?select=1185
- Better protection for Hector's dolphins urged: http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/.....dolphins-urged
- Environmental, indigenous groups accuse Navy of damaging marine mammals: http://www.pri.org/stories/science/.....tions8577.html
- Sanctuary Brings Hope For Freshwater Dolphins In Asia: http://www.wdcs.org/news.php?select=1174
- First ever killer whale sighting off Norfolk, at Sheringham: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/first_e.....gham_1_1206930
- Government must protect orca habitat: http://www.timescolonist.com/techno.....598/story.html

CETACEANS IN CAPTIVITY:
- Killer Whale Transferred To SeaWorld From Texas: http://www.10news.com/news/30550383/detail.html
- Former trainers launch website: http://www.digitaljournal.com/artic.....#ixzz1nnbbcBRf
- Captives For Traveling Circus in Indonesia: http://www.globalanimal.org/2012/02.....-circus/66525/
- Investigation Finds Hazardous Chemicals with Killer Whale Food Supply at SeaWorld: http://theorcaproject.wordpress.com.....ous-chemicals/
- Misery of the dolphins in 'flying coffins' (Warning: graphic images!): http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedit.....t_14662541.htm
- Legal bid to free killer whales is 'strategic error', says conservationist: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/201.....ge?INTCMP=SRCH + http://www2.wdcs.org/blog/index.php.....-nonsense.html
- Pro-SeaWorld activists launch censorship petition against book: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319881

MISC.
- Dolphin Species Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCpEUCOljo
- Governor proclaims February Humpback Whale Awareness Month: http://www.khon2.com/news/local/sto.....yy8mbs39Q.cspx
- Underwater trash photos look like scenes from an alien world: http://io9.com/5884405/underwater-t.....an-alien-world
- Dolphins seem to lead rescuers to drowning turtle (video): http://www.dolphin-way.com/2012/02/.....owning-turtle/
- Earliest Human Paintings Ever Contain Marine Mammal: http://gizmodo.com/5883082/this-is-.....nity-ever-made
- Raw Video: Dolphins surf with boy: http://news.yahoo.com/video/odd-157.....-28212915.html
- Oregon veterinarian who cared for Keiko of 'Free Willy' fame dies at 62: http://www.kval.com/news/local/Oreg.....138808259.html
- Hahei local rescues orca from crayfish pot: http://www.3news.co.nz/Hahei-local-.....3/Default.aspx
- How plastic bags are poisoning the planet's greatest predators: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art.....predators.html
- Mysteries of Killer Whales Uncovered in the Antarctic: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/myster.....ntarctic/2490/
- Rare whale caught on film for first time: http://www.google.com/hostednews/af.....1f5e7c7364.661
- Dolphins mimic whale songs at night: http://www.3news.co.nz/Dolphins-mim.....7/Default.aspx

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FEATURED ARTIST

This month,  dreigiau-arian applied as featured phinny!

Personal
Name: Patrick
Age: 18
Location: CO, USA
What do you do for a living? College
What are your hobbies? Drawing, playing my clarinet, school

Dolphin
What is your furry species? White Beaked Dolphin
Why exactly this species? Because the gray scale patterns are interesting
What does it mean to you to be a dolphin furry? Is it just for fun or does it maybe have a deeper meaning? To be a dolphin is more than just fun. It is who I am, I love dolphins a great deal/
Have you ever seen a dolphin in RL? A few times actually
Have you ever swam with a dolphin in RL? Once, not the greatest of enclosure though because it's in Mexico
Have you ever done whale watching? Nope, I am land locked.

Fandom
How long are you in fandom already? a few years
How did you get into fandom? High School friend
Why are you in fandom? Because I love the art and it resonates with my inner self
Ever been to a furry convention? Not yet
Are you an artist? What kind of art do you produce? Yes, traditional
What materials/programs do you use? Colored pencils mostly. sometimes markers
Do you do commissions? Yes I am taking commissions
Pick three of your works from your FA gallery and pimp them right here!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7248922/ (NSFW)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6819184/ (NSFW)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6525530/


If you wanna be a featured artist, check out this link:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2137583/

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Comments and suggestions always welcome!
See you next month!

- Aza