What Is Happening To Alaska? Is Fukushima Responsible For The Mass Animal Deaths? Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Michael Snyder Activist Post Why are huge numbers of dead birds dropping dead and washing up along the coastlines of Alaska? It is being reported that many of the carcasses of the dead birds are “broken open and...
CLIVE PALMER AND GINA RINEHART – NIGHTMARE APPETITES
CLIVE PALMER AND GINA RINEHART – DESTROYING FANTASIA Sue Arnold – Opinion November 26, 2013 Watching Four Corners program on Clive Palmer last night gave me nightmares. I remembered the Never Ending Story which I used to read in bed at night to my husband as it was such a profound myth for our times....
DUGONG AND TURTLE KILLERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR BIG FINES
Editorial comment: Does this mean indigenous hunters and the resource industry will be liable ?? Fines tripled for dugong and turtle killers Comments (4) » APN Newsdesk 14th Nov 2013 3:23 PM THE Federal Government has tripled the fine for people convicted of killing protected dugongs and turtles under Commonwealth environment laws. Environment Minister Greg...
DUGONG AND TURTLE SLAUGHTER – INDIGENOUS OUTLAWS
Push to end fishing by indigenous ‘outlaws’ Rachel Baxendale and Sarah Elks The Australian November 04, 2013 12:00AM An indigenous man fishes off the Green Island tourist area in the protected Great Barrier Reef last week. Picture: Brian Cassey Source: TheAustralian THE federal government is on the verge of securing a moratorium on indigenous hunting...
JAPANESE DOLPHINS – SWIM WITH THEM THEN KILL THEM
TAIJI’S OBSCENE NEW PLAN *By Paula Moore/MCT* PETA Here’s a new entry in the annals of bad marketing ideas: Officials in Taiji, Japan, recently announced plans to open a marine park, where visitors can swim and kayak alongside dolphins and whales. Then after drying off, tourists can sample dishes made with dolphin and whale...
HUMPBACK WHALE CALF FREED OFF GOLD COAST – END THE BLOODY NETS
Whale freed from nets off Gold Coast Date October 29, 2013 Marissa Calligeros brisbanetimes.com.au reporter A whale stuck in nets off Burleigh Heads. Photo: Nine News Rescuers have freed a baby whale from shark nets off the Gold Coast, after battling rough conditions for more than two hours. It is believed the five- to six-metre...
BRUTAL KILLING OF KOALAS BY AUSTRALIAN BLUE GUM PLANTATIONS
Forestry giant sorry over harm to koalas Canberra [AAP] Australia’s largest exporter of eucalyptus woodchips has apologised after being stripped of its environmental certification for harming koalas. In July, ABC’s 7.30 reported that thousands of koalas had been killed or injured as loggers moved in to harvest blue gum timber plantations in south-eastern Australia. Woodchip...
KOALA SLAUGHTER BY NSW GOVERNMENT
Aiding and abetting the killing of koalas Dailan Pugh, The Echonetdaily. October 28th, 2013 Koalas need large trees. Photo: Todd Odegaard/Flickr Dailan Pugh We have long recognised that our iconic koalas are in danger of extinction on the far north coast and, despite having laws in place for 20 years to redress their decline, our...
ANIMALS ARE SMART – HUMANS ARE DUMB
29 October 2013, 6.20am AEST Are animals as smart, or as dumb, as we think they are? The CONVERSATION. Clint J Perry. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University. Does my dog only think of eating, sleeping and chasing squirrels? Does my girlfriend’s cat really have the capacity to plot my accidental death?...
GRAY WHALES LOSE A PRECIOUS WHALE WHISPERER
Whale Whisperer Don Pachico Mayoral is Gone Posted by Carl Safina of Blue Ocean Institute on October 27, 2013 Don Pachico Mayoral, the first man to make physical contact and develop friendly relationships with some of the gray whales of Baja, Mexico, is gone. A stroke took him on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. He was...