Sea Shepherd finds Japanese ship ‘with slaughtered whale’
AFP
Sydney – A Japanese ship has been caught with a slaughtered whale in the Antarctic in defiance of an international court decision against Tokyo’s hunts, activist group Sea Shepherd said Sunday.
The conservationist organisation – whose two vessels departed Australia last month for the Southern Ocean to disrupt the hunt – said it spotted the Nisshin Maru in the Australian whale sanctuary around the nation’s Antarctic territory. …
News24 – January 16, 2017 at 09:24 PM
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How Animal Rights Activists Led to the Downfall of the 146-Year-Old ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ (Video)
By Conor Swanberg
Performers both human and beast will take their final bow this year after it was announced that “The Greatest Show On Earth” will be ending after 146 years of wholesome entertainment.
Beginning with legendary Connecticut showman, politician, and businessman P.T. Barnum, the circus took its first great leap in the early 1870s, taking the name: “P.T. Barnum’s Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome.”
By 1881, Barnum merged ( www.jugglenow.com/circus-histo… ) with James Bailey to create what would eventually be known as the “Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth.” They bought their first elephant from the London Zoo in 1882. …
Independent Journal Review – January 16, 2017
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