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Governments should reject new Japanese whale hunt plan

Posted by greenmonkey on Monday, 16 June 2014 in Wildlife Conservation

Gland, Switzerland -- Contracting governments to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) should reject any new proposal from Japan to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary near Antarctica, according to WWF, the global conservation organization.Japan officially announced its intention to ...

Whale Slaughterhouse in China Found

Posted by rackfokus on Friday, 07 February 2014 in Earth Violators

The world's biggest slaughterhouse for endangered whale sharks has been uncovered in southeast China, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. It's products are being traded across the world in health and cosmetic products. The largest slaughtering facility for Whale sharks ever seen has been uncovered in southe...

Japanese People and Whales

Posted by Panda on Wednesday, 04 September 2013 in MyBlog

The public hearings in the case concerning whaling in the Antarctic at the International Court of Justice were concluded yesterday. The Court will now begin its deliberation (Press release). The Court Judgment will be issued by this winter. The trial has not attract enough attention from public, ex...

Killing Whales is War Against Nature

Posted by Aaron on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 in Wildlife Conservation

Four Japanese whale-killing, factory ships armed with coast guards and grenade-tipped harpoons are within hours of entering a demilitarized zone and the international Great Southern Ocean Sanctuary. The bloody "War Against Nature" is set to rage. In a world in which the env...

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590 Whales Dead in The Farow Islands

Posted by EarthDude on Saturday, 22 September 2012 in Earth Violators

Some of the world’s leading environmental and marine conservation organisations have come together to write a letter to the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands to halt one of the worlds most prolific whale hunts. This year (up to 24th August 2012) the islanders have killed 590 pilot whales...

The Navy and Rare Whales

Posted by Angel on Thursday, 29 March 2012 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Environmentalists asked a federal judge Thursday to decide whether the Navy must halt plans to build a $100 million offshore training range because of potential threats to endangered right whales. The Navy wants to install an undersea array of cables and sensors for training warships, sub...

Is The Military Using Whales to Test Weapons

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 26 March 2012 in Earth Violators

A couple of years ago, there were rumblings at exactly 7: 30 a.m. every morning At the same time, we were told that the ocean floor was being banged on right where there is a marine reserve for whales. Not much later, dead whales washed up on the beach in Washington state. The U.S. air fo...

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Posted by Wolf on Saturday, 24 March 2012 in Fossil Fuels

Just after midnight, a series of errors on board the Exxon Valdez oil tanker led the ship aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound. About 30 million litres of crude oil leaked from the tanker's breached hull, causing massive destruction along hundreds of kilometres of once-pristine coast. ...

Is ocean garbage killing whales?

Posted by grant on Sunday, 10 July 2011 in Earth Violators

Body of a dead humpback whale is seen in Omonville-la-Rogue, north-west France, a rare species to the Channel. A French fishermen brought the whale back in his nets, saying that it was already dead when it was caught in the nets. Entanglement in plastic bags and fishing gear have long been identifie...