Cruel wicked canned hunts in South Africa Young Australian volunteers unwittingly paying to prop up ‘cruel’ canned hunting industry: South African conservationist Listen now Download audio Friday 3 October 2014 11:27AM Image: Young volunteers with lion cubs, allegedly bred for canned hunting purposes. (Ian Michler) Young Australian volunteers are flying to South Africa and helping...
FUKUSHIMA RADIATION EXCEEDS CHERNOBYL Scientists from Japan, after testing radiation concentrations in various spots throughout the Pacific Ocean and on land, found that at least 120 petabecquerels (PBq), or 120 quadrillion becquerels (Bq), of radioactive cesium-134 (Cs-134) and cesium-137 (Cs-137) have been released by Fukushima just into the world’s oceans. This figure is 11 percent...
JAPAN FAILS TO WIN PUBLIC OPINION OVER WHALING Global Insider International and Domestic Opinion Turning Against Japanese Whaling A false killer whale performs in a tank at Okichan Theater of the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, Japan, Sept. 18, 2013 (AP photo by Eugene Hoshiko). By The Editors, Sept. 26, 2014, Global Insider At a...
Drones monitor whale pods Vancouver Aquarium checking killer whales Drones give biologists new insight into health of killer whales By Kirk Williams, CBC News Posted: Sep 22, 2014 5:10 PM PTLast Updated: Sep 23, 2014 8:27 AM PT Drone films killer whales RAW Vancouver Aquarium killer whale experts have teamed up with American researchers to...
Plastic pollution entangling, being swallowed by wildlife: study AFP September 15, 2014 12:27PM A turtle swims in an ocean littered with plastic bags. Source: News Limited Turtle eating a piece of plastic rubbish Source: News Limited THREE-quarters of the trash found off Australian beaches is plastic, says a new study that reinforces warning that rubbish...
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NEW ZEALAND ACTS TO SAVE WHALES FROM JAPAN A New Zealand bid to have a World Court ruling banning Japan’s scientific whaling programme adopted by the International Whaling Commission is expected to face stern opposition. Japan was forced to abandon whaling in the Southern Ocean when the International Court of Justice ruled in March the...
SeaWorld to Upgrade Killer Whale HabitatsUnder Pressure to Revamp Parks, Company Invests Several Hundred Million Dollars for Expansion By TOM GARA CONNECT <http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/seaworld-to-upgrade-killer-whale-habitats-1408089841-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwNTExNDUyWj#> Updated Aug. 15, 2014 10:44 a.m. ET Following lagging attendance and bad publicity, SeaWorld will announce a new expansion of the habitats housing its signature killer whales. WSJ’s Tom Gara reports...
<http://www.bangkokpost.com//search/news-and-article?xDate=15-08-2014&xAdvanceSearch=true > at 04:51 PM – Online news: Pattaya Dolphin World has been giving tourists in the Thai resort town the chance to swim with dolphins, and outraging animal welfare activists, since it opened in 2011. The proliferation of such places, where animals are paraded for photo opportunities and their wellbeing allegedly neglected, has drawn...
Dolphin Drive Fishery in Taiji: WAZA/JAZA summit leads to incremental progress Date: 2014/08/10 WAZA convened a meeting today in Tokyo with representatives from the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA)… 10 August 2014, Tokyo, JAPAN – The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) convened a meeting today in Tokyo with representatives...