First Dolphins Are Killed at The Cove as Japanese Hunt Begins
By David Kirby
It took 17 days for the dolphin killing to begin in Taiji, Japan.
On Tuesday, fishing boats headed to sea and herded 12 Risso’s dolphins into the town’s cove, where the marine mammals were quickly dispatched with blades and carved into pieces for sale as meat.
The annual dolphin hunt in Taiji officially began on Sept. 1, but for two-and-a-half weeks, no dolphins were driven into the cove, which remained blue, instead of the deep crimson it turns during the slaughter …
TakePart – September 19, 2014
www.takepart.com/article/2014/…
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Japan Vows to Ignore New Restrictions Imposed on Whale Hunting
By David Kirby
International Whaling Commission votes to crack down on Japan’s “scientific” slaughter of whales but allows aboriginal Greenlanders to kill 800 whales over the next four years.
Environmental and animal-welfare groups scored an important, yet somewhat empty victory this week, as the International Whaling Commission voted to support tighter regulations on Japanese whaling—a practice long conducted under the guise of “scientific research ( www.takepart.com/article/2013/… ).”
But it’s a decision that Japan intends to ignore, as the country has announced plans to continue its controversial whaling program …
TakePart – September 19, 2014
www.takepart.com/article/2014/…
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Ecotourists may help save the Malayan tiger say local conservationists
Margaret Badore
The Malayan tiger is an endangered sub-species that’s found in the central part of the Malay Penisula. There are estimated to be only 250 to 340 of these tigers left in the wild, as populations have declined over the past century due to habitat loss and poaching. The Malaysian government hopes to restore the tiger population ( malayantiger.net/v4/tiger-acti… ) to 1,000 animals in the wild by 2020 …
Treehugger – September 19, 2014
www.treehugger.com/endangered-…
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World Rhino day 2014: Research to help rhinos survive
Three rhinos per day are lost to poaching in South Africa – a rate at which no more wild rhinos will be left by 2020
By: University of Pretoria
Sept. 19, 2014 – World Rhino Day on 22 September celebrates all five species of rhino – the Black, White, Greater One-Horned, Sumatran and Javan rhinos – living abundantly and free. Initiated in 2010 by WWF-South Africa when poaching started to escalate, it has since became an international event, uniting people and organisations from across the world who are committed to saving these animals …
YubaNet – Sep 19, 2014 – 8:00 AM
yubanet.com/scitech/World-Rhin…
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