POOR FELLA, MY COUNTRY. Campbell Newman’s LNP government intends to scrap the wild river preservation law in Cape York, instead giving priority to mining and development. This decision is an absolute tragedy for the Cape York environment, for the indigenous people who supported protection of country and for the environmental groups who fought so hard...
Category: WHALES
Ocean Sounds – Whale Song
This is fascinating. The Ocean Conservation Research website has published a library of ocean sounds. You can hear and view audiographs of Whale Song and even the sounds that whales themselves hear like the manmade, “Acoustic Harassment Device”. What the…!!!! http://ocr.org/sounds/
HUMPBACK WHALE DISASTER IN Western Australia
News reports that WAgovernment has given consent to Woodside to construct the James Price Point Gas Hub in the Kimberleys is a disaster. Dr Paul Vogel, Chair of the West Australian Environmental Protection Authority made the decision after all other members of his panel disqualified themselves. Claiming to have imposed strict conditions on the...
GREENS AND HUMPBACK WHALES
At the IWC meeting in Panama, the Federal Minister for the Environment voted in support of a quota for a Caribbean nation who will, as a result of his and others’ votes, kill 24 Humpbacks from 2013-2018. St Vincents & The Grenadines has a long history of infractions at the IWC as its ” whalers”...
Australians for Animals is Gearing Up!
Dear Friends, Thanks for your continued interest, actions and support. As a result we’re gearing up even further! Our campaigns are becoming more directed and efficient, our website is being continually improved and like many passionate activist organisations, our Social Media reach is increasing dramatically. AFA aims to highlight those issues that are neglected by...