Yet another example of man saying one thing, and doing another. Hopefully we can pull back before we kill yet another species off forever…. 🙁 From Care2: Poor Porbeagle Sharks in Desperate Need of Your Attention Whenever someone says the word “shark,” the great white from Jaws usually swims to mind. Unfortunately, many shark species, […]
From Newsvine: Wayward dolphin dies in polluted New York canal NEW YORK — A wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted urban canal, riveting onlookers as it splashed around in the filthy water and shook black gunk from its snout, died Friday evening, marine experts said. The deep-freeze weather hadn’t seemed to faze the dolphin […]
EU takes major step to protect sharks woo hoo! E. Fudd
from Care2: The Bottom Line: Big Opportunity for Pacific Fish Note: This is a guest post from Lee Crockett, Director of U.S. Fisheries Campaigns at the Pew Environment Group. Our nation’s West Coast is known worldwide for the rich and iconic marine life that can be found off its shores. In fact, countless tourists travel […]
yet more reasons to STOP putting them in soup!!! From Care2: Sharks Have Brains Like… Ours After five shark fatalities in the past year, the Western Australian government announced a plan to hunt and kill great white sharks, an endangered species, in September. Conservationists have harshly criticized the new “shark mitigation plan to protect beach […]
Free Morgan Foundation Petition here In June 2010 a lone female orca calf was captured from the Wadden Sea, off the northwest coast of the Netherlands, under a rehabilitation and release permit. She was emaciated and dehydrated. The Dolfinarium Harderwijk took this orca, whom they named Morgan, to their facilities in order to administer medical […]
From Oceana: Victory! Strict Shark Finning Ban Moves Forward in Europe Today we moved closer to a complete ban on shark finning in the European Union! The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament voted in Brussels today to support a strict ban on shark finning, both in European Union waters and on EU ships worldwide. […]
Woo hoo – let’s hope it’s permanent! From Care2: Success! Super Trawler Banned From Australia’s Oceans E. Fudd
Even their superstitions say it’s a bad idea! E. Fudd Taiji, “Look Not Upon a Right Whale”; In 1878 Greed Cost the Lives of Over One Hundred Japanese Whalers The superstition: Some years ago there lived a wealthy fisherman called Matsushima Tomigoro at Matsushima, in Nagasaki. He made a large fortune by whale-fishing. One night […]