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 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 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 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. 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 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...