In pictures: World undergoing ‘sixth mass extinction’
Text by Sam BALL
Animal species are disappearing at a rate not seen since dinosaurs vanished 66 million years ago, a new study has found, in what researchers say is the sixth mass extinction event in Earth’s history and one caused largely by humans …
FRANCE 24 – June 21, 2015
www.france24.com/en/20150621-p…
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Japan intends to resume Antarctic whaling in 2015, pressed for justification by IWC
Japan has announced that it plans to restart its whaling program in the Antarctic by December 2015, even as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) demanded that Tokyo needs further justification for the killing of the mammals in the name of research …
Times Gazette – June 21, 2015
www.dailytimesgazette.com/japa…
More information:
Japan aims to resume Antarctic whaling in the Winter Season
www.esbtrib.com/2015/06/21/180…
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Animal Rights Groups Urge Obama for Iceland Whaling Sanctions
By Alëx Elliott
A coalition of international animal protection and conservation organizations has asked the Obama administration to impose economic sanctions against Icelandic companies with corporate ties to the commercial whaling industry …
IcelandReview – June 21, 2015 at 10:30 AM
icelandreview.com/news/2015/06…
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