Category: NEWSLETTERS

May 29, 2014​ – (CNN) – Over three dozen members of Congress want the government to ensure the humane treatment of orca whales and other marine animals in captivity, following an outcry sparked by the documentary “Blackfish.” The letter, released Thursday and signed by 37 Democrats and one Republican to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, cites...

JAPANESE WHALING FLEET TO NORTHWEST PACIFIC POSTPONED Whaling Advocate Wants Obama Served Whale Meat (Sankei Shimbun, Japan) “While Former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai boldly suggested, ‘I want to see whale meat on the table at the state dinner for President Obama’ … Ultimately, the government decided that it wasn’t wise to...

SHARE THIS Japanese whaling fleet set to sail despite recent ruling By Yoko Wakatsuki and Sophie Brown, CNN April 25, 2014 — Updated 0355 GMT (1155 HKT) This file photos shows a minke whale being unloaded at a port during a whale hunt for scientific purposes in Kushiro, Hokkaido. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Japan will proceed with...

Why was the humpback whale taken off the ‘threatened species’ list? By Stephen Leahy | April 24, 2014 This week the federal government was legally obligated to establish protected habitat for threatened North Pacific humpback whales. Instead the Harper government suddenly moved to take the humpback off the “threatened species” list. That would eliminate the...

60% of Japanese support whale hunt; 14% eat whalemeat, survey shows National Apr. 23, 2014 – 07:01AM JST ( 64 ) A handout picture taken by Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) in 2013 shows a Bryde’s whale on the deck of a Japanese whaling ship AFP TOKYO — Sixty percent of Japanese people support...

Asia Pacific NEW YORK TIMES Japan Plans to Resume Whaling Program, With Changes to Address Court Concerns By MARTIN FACKLERAPRIL 18, 2014 Photo A Japanese whaling vessel. Earlier this month, Japan canceled this year’s hunt after a ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Credit Kyodo News, via Associated Press Continue reading...

AP Analysis: Japan anti-whaling ruling saves face By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press | April 11, 2014 | Updated: April 12, 2014 4:43am 7 Photo By Australian Customs Service/AP FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Australian Customs Service shows what the Australian government says is the slain carcasses of a minke whale and...

Pete McMartin: The Vancouver Aquarium: Thar she blows! Up! Mayor’s view to free the whales is creating a splash By Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun columnist April 9, 2014 File photo of Aurora the female beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium. Photograph by: Les Bazso , PNG The Big Fish in our small pond wrote us...

Public Statement in Defense of Whales, the Principles of Scientific Research and Peace in Antarctic In relation to the historical ruling the International Court of Justice will deliver on March 31, 2014 in the case Australia vs. Japan on “scientific” whaling in Antarctica, the people of the world who adhere to this statement affirm that...