Japan wraps up Pacific whale hunt
AFP
Japan says it has wrapped up a whale hunt in the Pacific, the second campaign since the UN’s top court ordered Tokyo to halt a separate slaughter in the Antarctic.
The country’s fisheries agency said 115 whales were killed during the two-and-a-half month campaign as the whaling fleet returned home …
3News NZ – Wednesday 30 Jul 2014 5:00 a.m.
www.3news.co.nz/Japan-wraps-up…
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Why the Ocean Ecosystem needs Whales
By Ramya Naresh
All species big and small have a role to play in the natural world defining the habitat and the ecosystem they live in. Now scientists have found the important tasks whales have been given to maintain the health of the oceans. A recent study shows that these giant mammals have an influence on global carbon storage ( indiasendangered.com/restorati… ), the health of commercial fisheries and are important part of the ocean ecosystem living and even after death …
The Epoch Times – July 29, 2014 2:56 pm
www.theepochtimes.com/n3/82296…
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Two tigers are killed per week: WWF
By: Jagran Post News Desk | Jagran Post Editorial
New Delhi: Global conservation organization WWF on Tuesday sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that at an average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand of their body parts in Asian countries …
Jagran Post – 29 Jul 2014, 10:31 PM
post.jagran.com/two-tigers-are…
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Only 3200 Tigers Remain in the Wild; This Map Shows Where
On International Tiger Day, the numbers tell the story of the big cat’s struggle to survive.
By Todd Woody
Today is International Tiger Day, and frankly, there’s not much to celebrate. Wild tiger populations have plunged 97 percent ( www.worldwildlife.org/species/… ) over the past century and the big cats have lost 93 percent of their historic habitat in Asia, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
This map shows the location of the estimated 3,200 tigers that remain in the wild …
TakePart – July 29, 2014
www.takepart.com/article/2014/…
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