TAIJI’S OBSCENE NEW PLAN *By Paula Moore/MCT*  PETA Here’s a new entry in the annals of bad marketing ideas: Officials in Taiji, Japan, recently announced plans to open a marine park, where visitors can swim and kayak alongside dolphins and whales. Then after drying off, tourists can sample dishes made with dolphin and whale...

Whale freed from nets off Gold Coast Date October 29, 2013 Marissa Calligeros brisbanetimes.com.au reporter A whale stuck in nets off Burleigh Heads. Photo: Nine News Rescuers have freed a baby whale from shark nets off the Gold Coast, after battling rough conditions for more than two hours. It is believed the five- to six-metre...

Forestry giant sorry over harm to koalas Canberra [AAP] Australia’s largest exporter of eucalyptus woodchips has apologised after being stripped of its environmental certification for harming koalas. In July, ABC’s 7.30 reported that thousands of koalas had been killed or injured as loggers moved in to harvest blue gum timber plantations in south-eastern Australia. Woodchip...

Aiding and abetting the killing of koalas Dailan Pugh, The Echonetdaily.  October 28th, 2013 Koalas need large trees. Photo: Todd Odegaard/Flickr Dailan Pugh We have long recognised that our iconic koalas are in danger of extinction on the far north coast and, despite having laws in place for 20 years to redress their decline, our...

29 October 2013, 6.20am AEST Are animals as smart, or as dumb, as we think they are? The CONVERSATION.  Clint J Perry.  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University. Does my dog only think of eating, sleeping and chasing squirrels? Does my girlfriend’s cat really have the capacity to plot my accidental death?...

Whale Whisperer Don Pachico Mayoral is Gone Posted by Carl Safina of Blue Ocean Institute on October 27, 2013 Don Pachico Mayoral, the first man to make physical contact and develop friendly relationships with some of the gray whales of Baja, Mexico, is gone. A stroke took him on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. He was...

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 28 Signs That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima Michael Snyder Activist Post The map below comes from the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center. It shows that radiation levels at radiation monitoring stations all over the country are elevated. As you will notice, this is particularly...

COALITION DUGONG AND TURTLE PROTECTION PLAN ( Editor’s Note:- This plan will be compromised by any approval for Abbot Point Port development, second shipping channel at Gladstone, Townsville dredging and more destruction of the Reef) The dugongs and turtles along the Great Barrier Reef will receive greater protection under a $5 million plan. The Coalition...

OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR CHRISTINE MILNE. Sue Arnold  9th September, 2013 Senator Milne, I read your comments in today’s Australian.   Apparently you blame the environmental groups for not running strong campaigns in support of your party.   And, according to the report, you also claim the anti-green backlash is a result of Labor in-fighting. Let me...