Ships asked to slow down for whales
By Kathryn Powley
Ports of Auckland will ask ships to slow down in and out of the harbour to save endangered whales in the Hauraki Gulf.
The gulf is home to fewer than 200 adult Bryde’s whales. On average about two a year are found dead, many from vessel-strike. Ports of Auckland will soon be asking visiting ships to slow to 10 knots in the gulf. If that doesn’t work, they could be forced to slow down …
New Zealand Herald – 5:30 AM Sunday Sep 8, 2013
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/art…
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Navy: Hundreds of dolphins, whales to die from bomb tests, sonar use
Posted by Harrison Barrus / CBS 12 News
The U.S. Navy has acknowledged that hundreds of marine mammals will die during bomb testing and heavy sonar use, CBS DC reports.
The Navy determined over 340 dolphins and whales will die between 2014 and 2019 as a result of these training procedures …
WPEC – Saturday, September 7 2013, 12:28 PM EDT
www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories…
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‘Humane’ Meat: Don’t Believe the Hype (Video)
Posted by Anne
“Free-range”. “Grass-fed”. “Humane-certified”. “High-welfare”. “Organic”. We’ve all seen these misleading markers slapped onto the carcasses of dead animals and may even have wanted to believe them – but they all conceal the same exploitation and bloodshed …
PETA.org.uk (press release) (blog) – Sept. 7, 2013 | 7:50 AM
blog.peta.org.uk/2013/09/human…
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Inmate enlists PETA to help with dietary complaint
The Associated Press
An animal rights group says Connecticut’s prisons department is improperly serving fish to a vegetarian inmate in violation of his rights as a practicing Buddhist …
Las Vegas Sun – Sept. 7, 2013 | 12:18 a.m.
www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/…
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