Free Morgan Foundation Petition here In June 2010 a lone female orca calf was captured from the Wadden Sea, off the northwest coast of the Netherlands, under a rehabilitation and release permit. She was emaciated and dehydrated. The Dolfinarium Harderwijk took this orca, whom they named Morgan, to their facilities in order to administer medical […]
From Care2: First Nation Challenges Shell’s Proposed Tar Sands Expansion Shell Oil’s plans to expand the Jackpine tar sands strip mine near Alberta, Canada have come to a head today, as environmentalists from across North America stand united with the people of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) against Shell’s proposed expansion. The Jackpine expansion […]
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From Oceana: Victory! Strict Shark Finning Ban Moves Forward in Europe Today we moved closer to a complete ban on shark finning in the European Union! The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament voted in Brussels today to support a strict ban on shark finning, both in European Union waters and on EU ships worldwide. […]
to all those advocates of ‘local control’ – when you stop being hypocrites, we can talk…. E. Fudd From Mother Jones: States Aren’t Enforcing Their Own Oil and Gas Rules The biggest domestic oil and gas boom in a generation is going unpoliced by regulators in many states, according to a report released today by […]
Woo hoo – let’s hope it’s permanent! From Care2: Success! Super Trawler Banned From Australia’s Oceans E. Fudd
Even their superstitions say it’s a bad idea! E. Fudd Taiji, “Look Not Upon a Right Whale”; In 1878 Greed Cost the Lives of Over One Hundred Japanese Whalers The superstition: Some years ago there lived a wealthy fisherman called Matsushima Tomigoro at Matsushima, in Nagasaki. He made a large fortune by whale-fishing. One night […]
From Care2: World Ocean Health – A Failing Grade and from the source article in Nature (entire article avail. for purchase at link with higher-res images included of course): E. Fudd
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