Action plan to further protect Bornean Pygmy elephants
By Roy Goh and Laili Ismail
KOTA KINABALU: A series of action plans have been taken to further protect the Bornean Pygmy elephants in Sabah which are on the brink of extinction.
Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Pang Yuk Ming said the elephant population is currently in the Red List of Threatened Species, a guiding system issued by United Nation’s International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) …
New Straits Times – April 15, 2014 | last updated at 11:04 PM
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Japanese whalers hint at plans to resume hunts after UN court ban
Reuters in Tokyo
Court papers issued in the US against Sea Shepherd hint at plans for a modified season.
The group that conducts Japan’s whaling says it expects to resume scientific whaling in the Antarctic, after this year’s hunt was cancelled following an order by an international court.
Last month the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered a halt to Japan’s decades-old programme of “scientific whaling” in the Southern Ocean, a practice environmentalists condemn, and Tokyo said it would abide by the decision and has cancelled the 2014-15 hunt …
South China Morning Post – April 15, 2014, 10:27 pm
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How To Fight Animal Cruelty: 5 Simple Things You Can Do, Today
By Seth Millstein
There are so many horrible things happening in the world that it’s easy to feel helpless and incapable of affecting social change ( www.chillicothegazette.com/art… ). But sometimes small actions can make a big difference. We’ve written a series of guides to help you know where to start — today. Today’s guide: Five easy things you can do to help fight animal cruelty ( www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/10… ) …
Bustle – April 15, 2014
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Halal Whale Meat: The Latest Trickery of the Whaling Industry
Lamya Essemlali, Sea Shepherd
“Whoever is kind to creatures of God, is kind to himself.” – Prophet Mohammed (SWAS)
Recently, the Japanese whaling industry ( www.onegreenplanet.org/news/hu… ) came up with one of their most ludicrous statements, in their attempt to seduce the 100,000 Muslims living in Japan, in an effort to turn them into whale meat consumers. According to that statement, the Nisshin Maru has been awarded with a certificate declaring that whale slaughter abides by Muslim law — meaning it is halal …
One Green Planet – April 15, 2014
Halal Whale Meat: The Latest Trickery of the Whaling Industry
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Japan pro-whaling lobby vows to continue hunts
By: Associated Press
TOKYO — Hundreds of pro-whaling Japanese officials, lawmakers and lobby group members vowed Tuesday to continue whale hunts despite a world court ruling that ordered the country to halt its Antarctic whaling program …
Boston Herald – April 15, 2014
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Japanese whaling group intends to resume its hunts
Reuters
TOKYO – The group that conducts Japan’s whaling says it expects to resume scientific whaling in the Antarctic after this year’s hunt was cancelled following an order by an international court.
Last month’s judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered a halt to Japan’s decades-old programme of “scientific whaling” in the Southern Ocean, a practice environmentalists condemn, but Tokyo said it would abide by the decision and has cancelled the 2014-2015 hunt …
CANOE – Apr 15, 2014, Last Updated: 11:06 AM ET
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