Lawsuit: ‘Pay to play’ rules for hunters, circuses threaten endangered species
By Carol Christian
An animal rights group claims in federal court that an illegal “pay to play” policy allows skirting of the Endangered Species Act for relatively small donations.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, filed the suit Friday against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sally Jewel, Secretary of the Interior …
Chron.com – May 13, 2015
www.chron.com/news/nation-worl…
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Icelandic Whale Watchers Protest Hunt
By Alëx Elliott
IceWhale, the whale watchers’ association of Iceland, strongly criticizes the fact that minke whale hunting has now begun again in Faxaflói bay, one of the most important whale watching areas in the country.
The organization of whale watching companies is against continued whaling in Iceland and says it is very worrying that the latest Marine Research Institute of Iceland count seems to show a decline in whale numbers …
IcelandReview – May 13, 2015; 01:00 PM
icelandreview.com/news/2015/05…
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