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...
GREENS – AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTINE MILNE
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...
ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY DESERVES YOUR VOTE ON SATURDAY
MAKE HISTORY FOR ANIMALS AT THIS SATURDAY’S ELECTION Australians for Animals STRONGLY SUPPORTS the Animal Justice Party and thanks Mark Pearson from Animal Liberation for his inspired, dedicated efforts. You can make a difference by voting for the Animal Justice Party in the Senate and in Melbourne. GIVE ANIMALS A DESPERATELY NEEDED VOICE. Be...
GREAT BARRIER REEF- COALITION AND LABOR KEEPING UNDERWATER NOISE IN THE CLOSET
Coalition’s Reef policy to include long term planning. The Australian Graham Lloyd – Environment Editor – September 2, 2013 A new structure for long term planning to protect the Great Barrier Reef and increased funding to combat crown of thorns starfish will form the core of the Coalition’s reef policy to be announced today. The...
HUMPBACK WHALES FACING MAJOR DANGER AS ATTEMPTS MADE TO DELIST
US reviews whale endangered list Updated: 13:08, Saturday August 31, 2013 The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is launching a review of whether it should take North Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list. NOAA Fisheries is responding to a petition filed by a group of Hawaii fishermen saying the whale should no...
AUSTRALIA’S DINGOES NEED OUR HELP
The Ochre Project: raising awareness of the dingo cull – Part I (Photos) Comment0 ShareShare See also General Pets Australia Dogs View 9 photos Camera Killing Australia’s dingoes (Queenland Government) Joyce FieldsMansfield Animal Advocacy Examiner Subscribe Follow: Advertisement August 21, 2013 Once again, animals are being targeted and killed. This time the killing is being...
LABOR WOULD CRACK DOWN ON ANIMAL TESTING ?
Re-elected Labor ‘would crack down on animal testing’ Date August 29, 2013 – 12:45AM 5 reading now Dan Harrison Health and Indigenous Affairs Correspondent Health Minister Tanya Plibersek. Photo: Rohan Thomson A re-elected Labor government would phase out the sale of cosmetics which have been tested on animals, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek will announce on...
HUMPBACK WHALES OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN BIG NUMBERS
Warning for whale watchers in Broome as humpback numbers explode Erin Parke Updated Wed 28 Aug 2013, 3:55pm AEST Photo: A humpback whale breaches in the open ocean. (Matthew Hull, file photo: www.morguefile.com) Map: Broome 6725 The increased protection of humpback whales has resulted in their numbers exploding in recent years. It is making for...
SOLOMON ISAND DOLPHINS IN DUBAI – MISLEADING ADS
Wednesday 28th August 2013 Virgin in deep water with ASA over dolphin claim A customer complained to advertising watchdogs after discovering that dolphins in a resort advertised by Virgin Holidays as offering Dubai’s “first and only marine animal rescue and rehabilitation facility” had neither been rescued nor rehabilitated. The dolphins are kept in what Virgin...
FUKUSHIMA RADIATION CONTAMINATING ALL BLUE FIN TUNA OFF CALIFORNIA COAST
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast August 24, 2013 | Filed under: Energy,Environment,Headliner,Health,News,Uncategorized | Posted by: Ann Werner Every bluefin tuna tested in the waters off California has shown to be contaminated with radiation that originated in Fukushima. Every single one. Over a year ago, in May of 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported...