Re-elected Labor ‘would crack down on animal testing’ Date August 29, 2013 – 12:45AM 5 reading now Dan Harrison Health and Indigenous Affairs Correspondent Health Minister Tanya Plibersek. Photo: Rohan Thomson A re-elected Labor government would phase out the sale of cosmetics which have been tested on animals, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek will announce on...
HUMPBACK WHALES OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN BIG NUMBERS
Warning for whale watchers in Broome as humpback numbers explode Erin Parke Updated Wed 28 Aug 2013, 3:55pm AEST Photo: A humpback whale breaches in the open ocean. (Matthew Hull, file photo: www.morguefile.com) Map: Broome 6725 The increased protection of humpback whales has resulted in their numbers exploding in recent years. It is making for...
SOLOMON ISAND DOLPHINS IN DUBAI – MISLEADING ADS
Wednesday 28th August 2013 Virgin in deep water with ASA over dolphin claim A customer complained to advertising watchdogs after discovering that dolphins in a resort advertised by Virgin Holidays as offering Dubai’s “first and only marine animal rescue and rehabilitation facility” had neither been rescued nor rehabilitated. The dolphins are kept in what Virgin...
FUKUSHIMA RADIATION CONTAMINATING ALL BLUE FIN TUNA OFF CALIFORNIA COAST
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast August 24, 2013 | Filed under: Energy,Environment,Headliner,Health,News,Uncategorized | Posted by: Ann Werner Every bluefin tuna tested in the waters off California has shown to be contaminated with radiation that originated in Fukushima. Every single one. Over a year ago, in May of 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported...
GREAT BARRIER REEF – DREDGING DAMAGE
Great Barrier Reef dredging could be more damaging than thought Oliver Milman theguardian.com, Thursday 15 August 2013 15.05 AEST A protest against dredging around the Great Barrier Reef. Photograph: Petrina Berry/AAP Dredging could be more harmful to the Great Barrier Reef than previously thought, a government-commissioned report has found, amid fresh warnings over the impact...
DOLPHINS HAVE INCREDIBLE MEMORIES
Dolphins have ‘longest social memory’ among non-humans By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News Kai was one of the dolphins in the study, he was 16 years old when this picture was taken Continue reading the main story Related Stories Dolphins ‘call each other by name’ Swimmers hurt by Dusty the dolphin Rare whales due...
GALAXY POLL SHOWS AUSTRALIANS WANT AN END TO INDIGENOUS HUNTING OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS
PRESS RELEASE AUSTRALIANS FOR ANIMALS INC. GALAXY POLL DEMONSTRATES NINE IN TEN AUSTRALIANS WANT THE NATIVE TITLE ACT CHANGED TO PROHIBIT THE HUNTING OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS Australians for Animals Inc. commissioned a Galaxy Poll to establish how Australians feel about indigenous hunters being allowed to kill threatened and endangered animals. The results demonstrate...
HUMPBACK WHALE SNARED IN SHARK NETS FREED
Whale snared in Qld nets freed From: AAP July 26, 2013 12:58PM Rescuers are working to cut away nets wrapped around the fin and tail of a humpback whale off Noosa. Source: AAP RESCUERS have successfully freed a humpback whale caught in shark nets off Noosa in southeast Queensland. The net was wrapped around its...
AFA August 2013 Newsletter Available for Download Now
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DUGONG NUMBERS IN DRASTIC DECLINE
Conservationist demands end to dugong hunt as numbers plummet Brian Williams ENVIRONMENT REPORTER The Courier-Mail July 19, 2013 12:00AM A CONSERVATIONIST has called for an end to all indigenous hunting of dugongs until the species recovers as numbers dwindle dramatically. There are fears that the marine mammal population is in free fall as flood damage...