MELBOURNE CUP – ANIMAL CRUELTY FOR DRUNKEN HALFWITS The Cup – that’ll do me Date November 5, 2014 346 reading now Comments 293 Sam de Brito Columnist View more articles from Sam de Brito Left behind: Cans, bottles and wrappers. Photo: Justin McManus Will we ever look back and wonder why? Drunk Girls of Instagram...
WICKED CRUELTY TO ORCAS IN MOSCOW
WICKED CRUELTY TO ORCAS IN MOSCOW ‘Imprisoned’ Killer Whales Spark Outcry in Moscow By Alexey Eremenko Oct. 26 2014 19:15 Last edited 19:16 RussianOrca.comNarnia the orca, shown here after her capture in the Far East in 2012, is now being kept in a tank in Moscow. Russian police have refused to open a case into orca whales being...
San Francisco recognises whales’ and dolphins’ right to freedom
San Francisco recognises whales’ and dolphins’ right to freedom 22 October 2014 – 11:55pm Reports are emerging of a landmark resolution passed this week by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognising whales’ and dolphins’ right to freedom from captivity. According to reports the resolution states that whales and dolphins deserve ‘to be free of...
VET REPORTS DEMONSTRATE SEAWORLD ANIMALS VERY DISTRESSED
Vet Reports are in … SeaWorld’s Animals are Deemed Mentally and Physically Distressed Well this can’t be too big of a surprise. After sending their own marine mammal veterinarian, Dr. Heather Rally, to SeaWorld, PETA is now filing a complaint that will call the U.S. Department of Agriculture to send inspectors to SeaWorld in San...
FOULING OUR NEST – AUSTRALIA’S COASTAL RUBBISH OUTRAGEOUS
FOULING OUR NEST WITH MOUNTAINS OF PLASTIC RUBBISH OPINION: Plastic not so fantastic By NEIL JAMESON Oct. 17, 2014, 9 p.m. THE majority of Australian coastal rubbish comes from Australia. Yep, we’re crapping in our own nest. IF you’re strolling a city beach this weekend, plot a course up near the high-tide mark where the...
VIRGIN AMERICA CUTS TIES WITH SEAWORLD
VIRGIN AMERICA CUTS TIES WITH SEAWORLD OVER KILLER WHALES IN CAPTIVITY Virgin America Inc. (VA) became the latest airline to cut ties with SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (SEAS), following pressure from animal-rights activists who object to keeping killer whales in captivity. Virgin America dropped SeaWorld from its Elevate rewards program, which let customers earn points toward...
Playful Koala Frolics on the beach
Playful Koala on Flinders Beach on North-West side of Stradbroke Island. Koalas seem fairly tame over here. Two sitting in she-oaks each about 2M off the ground. Not spooked at all by the attention. Then, about half way along the beach we saw this young fell ow actually running up and down the beach, and...
WALRUSES IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Walruses impacted by climate change. Flight ban to protect vast herd of walruses 3:49 PM Friday Oct 3, 2014 Walrus gather on the northwest coast of Alaska. Photo / AP US wildlife authorities have ordered planes to avoid flying too close to a vast herd of exhausted walruses beached on a remote Alaskan beach. The...
CRUEL AND WICKED CANNED HUNTS OF LIONS AND TIGERS SOUTH AFRICA
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.
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...