PRESS MIRROR (June 11, 2009)

Dolphin kill film to shock Taiji sister city Broome

PRESSURE will mount on Broome to dump its Japanese sister city, Taiji, after the Australian premiere of the new documentary The Cove.

American Louie Psihoyos’s film reveals undercover footage from the Japanese port of the systematic annual capture and slaughter of thousands of dolphins for sale and consumption.

“It’s like an Auschwitz for dolphins”, said Psihoyos, in Australia for the documentary’s Sydney Film Festival premiere …

The Australian – ?June 12, 2009

www.theaustralian.news.com.au/…

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H1N1 Pandemic Now Official: WHO

Raising the alert from phase 5 to phase 6 today, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said, “We are in the earliest days of the pandemic. The virus is spreading under a close and careful watch.” …

Occupational Health Safety – ?Jun 11, 2009?

ohsonline.com/articles/2009/06…

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PETA snap at Hermes

Hermes has been blasted for breeding crocodiles to make bags.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) branded the French luxury group ‘outdated’ for establishing their own farms www.myfashionlife.com/archives… to meet the demand for their exotic skin products …

My Fashion Life – Thu, Jun 11, 2009

www.myfashionlife.com/archives…

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Spin Cycle – Seal hearts and solidarity

Bleeding hearts everywhere were aghast when our Governor General, Michaelle Jean, helped herself to a taste of raw seal heart while in the northern parts of our wonderful democratic nation.
There’s been plenty of time to mull over last month’s over-killed media incident and all its ghastly glory.
But really, it’s kind of hypocritical to label seal eaters and clubbers as cruel souls, numb to the plight of cute baby seal populations everywhere …

Elmira Independent – Jun 11th, 2009

www.elmiraindependent.com/news…

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IFAW: Oil companies urged to act now to protect threatened whales

Oil companies operating near the only known feeding ground of critically endangered whales off the eastern coast of Russia are being urged to stop potentially harmful activities while the population of the whales is clarified …

Politics.co.uk – ?Thursday, 11, Jun 2009 12:00?

www.politics.co.uk/opinion-for…

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