PETA: Indian elephant still being abused
By CHONCHUI NGASHANGVA
NEW DELHI — A 14-year-old elephant whose abuse outside a Hindu temple inspired a protest by Paul McCartney is still living in horrific conditions, with shackles around his legs and regular beatings, an animal rights group said Friday …
Modesto Bee – March 28, 2014
www.modbee.com/2014/03/28/3263…
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Sea Shepherd Launches West Africa Anti-Poaching Campaign, “Operation Sunu Gaal”
By Michael “Beach Mick” Hudson
Sea Shepherd Crew to Assist the Republic of Senegal’s Patrols Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
By: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Friday Harbor, WA March 27, 2014 – West Africa is the region of the world most subject to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, with an illegal catch estimated to cost West African countries between 608 million Euros and 1.2 billion Euros per year. IUU fishing in West Africa accounts for 37% of illegal (pirate) fishing globally. Senegal, with more than seven hundred kilometers of coastline and waters teeming with a diversity of species ranging from sharks, tuna and swordfish, is one of the African countries most targeted by foreign pirate fishing fleets from Europe, Asia and Russia …
Beach Carolina Magazine – March 28, 2014
beachcarolina.com/2014/03/28/s…
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Heads Up, Lights Out for 8th Annual Earth Hour
by Paul Heltzel
Millions of people around the world are expected to go dark for an hour on Saturday, March 29, as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s annual Earth hour. Want to join in? Flip the switch and turn off your lights at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, local time …
Discovery News – Mar 28, 2014 02:08 PM ET
news.discovery.com/earth/globa…
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Funeral for dolphins killed in ‘The Cove’ (Video)
By Richard Dool
• Group holds funeral procession for dolphins killed in ‘The Cove’
• Sea Shepherd estimates more than 800 dolphins were slaughtered this season
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HLNtv.com – Fri March 28, 2014
www.hlntv.com/video/2014/03/28…
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Japan Loses Appetite For Whale Meat! Could This Mean an End to Whaling?
Kate Good
It’s official! Japanese consumers have finally had their fill of whale. Whale meat once met 50 percent of the protein needs in Japan, but due to “lack of recipe varieties,” consumers are just plain sick of eating “the usual.” An overwhelming demand for whale protein was at one time the driving motivation for large, costly whaling expeditions, subsidized by the Japanese government, but now that people just don’t seem to have a taste for whale anymore (perhaps sickened by the horrible reality of how the whale gets to their plates), could this mean that whaling has become obsolete? …
One Green Planet – March 28, 2014
Japan Loses Appetite For Whale Meat! Could This Mean an End to Whaling?
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U.N. to issue ruling on Japan whale hunts Monday
AFP-JIJI
THE, HAGUE – The U.N.’s top court will rule Monday whether Japan has the right to hunt whales in the Antarctic, in an emotive case activists say is make-or-break for the giant mammal’s future …
The Japan Times – Mar 28, 2014
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