Dolphins granted personhood by government of India DOLPHINS GRANTED PERSONHOOD BY INDIA Dolphins have been granted “non-human personhood” status by the government of India, making India the first nation in the world to recognize the unique intelligence and self-awareness of the cetacean order (a class of aquatic mammals). The decision was announced by India’s Minister of the Environment...
DOLPHIN RESEARCH – $250,000 GIVEN BY HUNT TO SEAWORLD !!~!
$500,000 boost for dolphin research Media release 12 June 2014 Download media release $500,000 boost for dolphin research (PDF – 116 KB) The Australian Government is delivering on a key election commitment to provide $250,000 to both Sea World and Victoria’s Dolphin Research Institute for research into threats facing dolphins so that we can...
DUGONGS – FUNDING FOR PACIFIC NATIONS TO BETTER CARE FOR THESE WONDERFUL ANIMALS
New funding for dugongs in the Pacific could make a big difference to the future of the species By Jemima Garrett – EDITOR’S NOTE.. SHAME THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN AUSTRALIA ! Updated Wed 25 Jun 2014, 3:31am AEST Photo: A native Australian dugong swims in Moreton Bay. (Reuters file photo) Map: Pacific Dugongs...
CHILEAN SENATE SAYS NO TO JAPAN’S ” SCIENTIFIC ” WHALING !
06/23/14 Chilean Senate Says NO to “Scientific” Whaling in front of Japanese Embassy in Santiago Prior to the next International Whaling Commission meeting in September, NGOs valued the complaint of the Chilean Senate and supported the petition made by the parliamentarians to president Michelle Bachelet to protest against the continuation of illegal whaling disguised...
RUSSIAN WHALING – A TERRIBLE HISTORY
The following new paper has just been published: Ivashchenko, Y.V. & Clapham, P.J. 2014. Too much is never enough: the cautionary tale of Soviet whaling. Marine Fisheries Review 76: 1-21. The paper can be downloaded for free at: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr761-2/mfr761-21.pdf ABSTRACT Despite being a signatory to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (1946), the...
HUMPBACK WAHELS NEED BETTER PROTECTION
Assessment of humpback whales in Oceania Updated at 9:32 am on 16 June 2014 New data released on humpback whales in Oceania, collected over a 20 year period, has prompted calls for the species to be better protected. Humpback whale Photo: SPREP The first of its kind of assessment, led by the Pacific Whale Research...
PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH – A POTENTIAL SOLUTION ?
Adios, Pacific Garbage Patch: This Teenager’s Invention Could Clean It Up A new report shows how the 19-year-old’s gigantic cleanup machine can pick up half the North Pacific’s trash. Take Action (Photo: The Ocean Cleanup/Facebook) June 12, 2014 By Kristina Bravo Kristina Bravo is a Los Angeles–based writer. She is a fellow at TakePart. full...
SEA SHEPHERD TO DEPLOY DRONES IN FAEROE ISLANDS KILLING GROUNDS
Sea Shepherd to Deploy Drones to Stop Massive Whale Slaughter The group’s air force will livestream video of the Faeroe Islands killing grounds. (Photo: Andrija Ilic/Reuters) June 11, 2014 By David Kirby David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, Death at Seaworld, was published in 2012. full bio follow...
THE LOVE OF ORCAS – HOW AN ORPHAN ORCA FOUND FAMILY
In January 2002, when she was just a calf, a killer whale named Springer was discovered emaciated and alone by a ferry dock in Puget Sound near Seattle. It was later determined that her mother must have died, leaving the orphaned orca to fend for herself at an age when most calves are still reliant...
DUGONG HEALTH IN MORETON BAY
Researchers dive into dugong heath project in Queensland’s Moreton Bay By Russell Varley Updated 4 hours 23 minutes ago Photo: Dugong feeds on seagrass in Moreton Bay. (South-east Queensland Catchments – file image) Map: Cape Moreton 4025 A marine researcher on Queensland’s Gold Coast says conditions for dugongs in Moreton Bay have improved after the...