MUST-SEE VIDEO: ‘Whales Almost Eat Divers’
By Mark Memmott
Divers Shawn Stamback and Francis Antigua had a much closer encounter than they expected off the coast of central California on Saturday when two humpback whales surfaced just a few feet away from where they were swimming …
WSIU – 10:15 am Tue July 23, 2013
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20,000 snakes, rats so abused rescuers needed counseling
Matt Cantor, Newser
Following what PETA is calling the biggest animal seizure in California history, rescuers were so disturbed by what they saw that they needed crisis counseling. A warehouse near Los Angeles was full of some 20,000 rats, snakes, and other reptiles who faced long-term mistreatment; many were dead and maggot-ridden, and the rest had to be euthanized, the Press-Enterprise reports …
USA TODAY – 9:30 a.m. EDT July 23, 2013
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More information:
Owner and manager of Global Captive Breeders arrested, PETA kills all breeders
www.examiner.com/article/owner…
Two California men face cruelty charges after 20,000 dead, diseased rodents, reptiles found
www.contracostatimes.com/barte…
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Hang up the harpoons, Japan
By Frank Zelko
Four good reasons it should stop ‘scientific’ whaling.
Few environmental conflicts are as fraught and intractable as whaling.
Under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, commercial whaling has been illegal since 1986. But the agreement contains a loophole that has guaranteed continuing controversy: Signatories can still kill whales for scientific research …
Los Angeles Times – July 23, 2013
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/c…
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