1.   And before the whale can be taken back into Canada, authorities there will have to give the OK.

2.   Andy Williams, a member of the Tulalip Tribe in Neah Bay to offer support to the Makah, dreamed that a whale would be taken.

3.   A Sea World truck took the whale to Harbor Branch.

4.   Should the tribe take a whale it likely will tow it to a secluded beach.

5.   The Indians want to take whales for subsistence and ceremonial purposes, not as part of a commercial operation.

6.   Two years ago the whales were taken off the endangered list.

7.   Although commercial hunting is banned, nations still take whales for scientific research, and the organization claims much of that is a cover for commercial whaling.

8.   Hunters in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are allowed to take two whales annually, but its permit expires this year.

9.   The hunt apparently was legal because the Iceland-registered vessel held a permit to take whales from unspecified species for scientific research.

10.   Under Makah protocols, meat and oil from each kill must be distributed to tribal members before another whale is taken.