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Help Us Save Japan’s Dolphins!

  Help us save Japan’s dolphins!_ Around 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and other whales are cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters every year. Now, we have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to stop the appalling suffering inflicted upon these beautiful,...

Japan’s dolphin tragedy

Mercury Contamination Found In Stranded Victorian Dolphins ScienceDaily (June 11, 2008) — Monash University research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins from Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes...

The sanctuaries plan - California.

The sanctuaries plan would nearly double areas that ban or limit fishing off Southern California. A California blue-ribbon panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve landmark fishing and harvesting...

The Japanese Whale hunt will remain.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The Whale hunt and why it is still being practiced by Japan is more of a generation problem as well as a political one then a necessity or the will of the people at large here. The Mainichi...

'I hate whale meat,' Japan's Prime Minister confides: report

'I hate whale meat,' Japan's PM confides: reportJapan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country...

Illegal wildlife trade!

Scientists back bluefin tuna trade ban: Greenpeace and WWF ...Illegal wildlife trade... Scientists who advise fisheries regulators support a ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a sushi staple, to protect...

Global Environment Campaign: Success Stories

Global Environment Campaign: Success Stories EIA has been the leading force behind some of the biggest wildlife conservation successes in recent years. Either by providing the evidence, developing the necessary...

Reducing the Demand for Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan

Reducing the Demand for Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan __________________________________________________________________________ 2,500 Japanese supermarket and convenience stores to stop selling whale, dolphin...

Tinned whale meat from Japan! In the name of science?

TESCO LINKED TO SALES OF WHALE MEAT IN JAPANTinned whale meat from Japan Leading UK retailer, Tesco PLC, has been closely linked to the sale of products from Japan's controversial hunting of whales, dolphins and...

Norway, Japan Prop Up Whaling Industry With Taxpayer Money!

Norway, Japan Prop Up Whaling Industry With Taxpayer Money, Report Finds (June 18, 2009) — The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling ......

Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish

Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of FishHarpoon on the bow of a whale hunting ship. The Humane Society International, WWF and the Lenfest Ocean Program have presented three new reports debunking the...

Jaxport ship kills three manatees and one baby whale

Whales  and Manatees need our help. Since Jaxport has allowed Larger Ships to enter the Narrow St. Johns River There were  337 Manatee deaths  whales in jacksonville. last...

PETA – Save the Whales, Lose the Blubber

" Do over weight people have to be attacked from all angles? The usually half naked protesters for vegetarianism decide to beat up on the Obese folks in our society who struggle each day trying to lose weight. ...

Two Beached Whales Die off Florida Coast After Failed Rescue

Two beached whales died off the coast of Hollywood, Florida after a rescue crew failed to keep them alive and get them back to deeper waters. Hundreds of onlookers watched as a mother whale and her baby were...

First Fin Whales Killed in Iceland

The first two of up to 150 fin whales were killed in Iceland on Friday.  The whaling station at Hvalfordur, Iceland is active and preparing to receive more of the endangered fin whales as part of a five year...

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