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Japanese whaling fleet sets sail for Antarctica

Please God, Save the whales and dolphins!President Obama made an election pledge to “work diligently to end Japan’s scientific whaling programme”, and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)...

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 does now jail polluters.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Japan is serious, when it comes to the environment. New legislation right in time for Earth day was passed and has been made law. Those laws are effective has of now with harsh Fines and even...

The shark harvests of a total of 34 vessels were monitored

  The shark harvests of a total of 34 vessels were monitored over 13 days. Juvenile shark landings raise concern  The ARAP informed that the most often targeted species are the hammerhead,...

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 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...

Humans kill 100 million sharks a year ...and for what?

Human beings are skilled at justification. Every year humans slaughter over 100 million sharks yet we depict them as vicious and blood-thirsty killers. No more than 12 people a year are killed by sharks worldwide....

'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...

Killer whales leave porpoises for dead

Killer whales leave porpoises for deadWildlife experts say they're trying to determine why fish-eating killer whales roughed up harbor porpoises and left them for dead off British Columbia.Two incidents were...

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...

More than 400,000 dolphins, killed in Japanese waters

JAPAN'S SMALL CETACEAN HUNTSMore than 400,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales have been killed in Japanese waters over the last 20 years. The Government of Japan still allows more than 22,000 small cetaceans...

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...

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