Whales and Dolphins

Philippa Brakes is a marine biologist, specialising in marine mammal welfare and the ethical issues associated with our interactions with cetaceans and their environments. She has served as an expert on cetacean welfare issues and whaling policy with the New Zealand Government delegation to the International Whaling Commission, as well as serving as an informal adviser to other Government and non-Government delegations; as a lecturer in Zoological Conservation Management; as Marine Advisor to the RSCPA; and as the Curator of a British Zoological Gardens. Mark Peter Simmonds is an environmental scientist specialising in the problems facing marine mammals in the 21st century. He is currently the International Director of Science at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

• 1. Why Whales, Why Now? Part 1: Whales in Human Cultures. 2. Impressions: Whales and Human Relationships in Myth, Tradition, and Law. 3. Whales of the Pacific 4. Whales in Latin America. 5. Whales and the USA. 6. Whales in the Balance: To Touch or To Kill? A View of Caribbean Attitudes toward Whales. 7. The British and the Whales. 8. Whales in Norway. 9. Of Whales, Whaling and Whale Watching in Japan: a Conversation. 10. A Contemporary View of the International Whaling Commission. Part 2:The Nature of Whales and Dolphins. 11. The Nature of Whales and Dolphins. 12. Brain Structure and Intelligence in Cetaceans. 13. Communication. 14. Lessons from Dolphins. 15. Highly Interactive Behaviour of Inquisitive Dwarf Minke Whales. 16. The Cultures of Whales and Dolphins. Part 3: New Insights; New Challenges. 17. Whales and Dolphins on a Rapidly Changing Planet. 18. From Conservation to Protection: Charting a New Conservation Ethic for Cetaceans. 19. What is it Like to be a Dolphin? 20. Thinking Whales and Dolphins. 21. Acknowledgements. 22. Authors' Biographies.

"Whales and Dolphins: Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perceptions is a very important book. It makes a compelling case for scientists, conservationists and animal welfare groups to combine to develop a new approach to the conservation of cetaceans." – Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder – the Jane Goodall Institute (www.janegoodall.org), UN Messenger of Peace "I will be making several chapters required reading for my upper level undergraduate course in Cetacean Behavior and Behavioral Ecology." - Burnd Würsig, Texas A&M University, in Marine Mammal Science (April 2013)"This book makes persuasive arguments for the uniqueness of whales and dolphins, and for their conservation. It will make compelling reading for anyone with an interest in these creatures." – Bulletin of the British Ecological Society