Big clean-up after oil leaks from pipeline

Workers in protective gear cleaned parts of the shoreline in Maungatapu after a large oil leak in the harbour from a Mobil fuel pipeline. Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns described the spill as "really heartbreaking". 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11440260&ref=NZH_FBpage

Last Male Northern White Rhino Needs Armed Guards Just to Survive

Really sad the pochers have nearly wiped out a species.  The work the rangers do is awesomme though.  Please read the story and donate to them.

http://www.care2.com/causes/last-male-northern-white-rhino-needs-armed-guards-just-to-survive.html

Least We Forget

WAZA Suspends Membership of Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) for Link to Brutal Taiji Dolphin Hunt

This is a major step toward ending Taiji’s inhumane hunt that so brutally claims the lives of thousands of wild, migrating dolphins and whales each year. 

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2015/04/22/waza-suspends-membership-of-japanese-association-of-zoos-and-aquariums-jaza-for-link-to-brutal-taiji-1685

School Ditches SeaWorld Over Park’s Mistreatment Of Captive Orcas

Kudos to he schools and businesses for cutting ties with SeaWorld after realising their practices are inhumane.

https://www.thedodo.com/seaworld-baylor-university-1085379667.html

Japan says it will hunt whales despite science panel’s opposition

It's   time for the world to treat Japan accordingly for it's contempt for international law.

http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2015/04/japan-says-it-will-hunt-whales-despite-science-panel-s-opposition

Thunder gone under: The story of the world’s longest maritime chase

After a chase lasting 110 days—the world’s longest maritime pursuit—the Sea Shepherd Society finally got its catch

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/thunder-gone-under-the-story-of-the-worlds-longest-maritime-chase/

IWC Panel: Japan's Antarctic Whale Hunt Still Not Convincing

An International Whaling Commission panel said Monday that Japan's revised plan for research whaling in the Antarctic still lacks a convincing explanation of why it needs to kill the mammals.

Japan's actual catch has fallen in recent years in part because of declining domestic demand for whale meat. Protests by the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd also contributed to the lower catch. The government has spent large amounts of tax money to sustain whaling operations.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/iwc-panel-japans-antarctic-whale-hunt-convincing-30282684

The BP Oil Spill Continues to Hurt One of the World’s Most Endangered Whales

Five years after the giant oil spill caused by BP's deep water drilling, the toxic aftermath is still affecting the Brydes whale in the Gulf of Mexico. You can help by signing the petition.

http://www.care2.com/causes/the-bp-spill-continues-to-hurt-one-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-whales.html

Sea Shepherd Concludes Epic Southern Ocean Campaign, Operation Icefish

 

 

The campaign has drawn world-wide attention to the issue of poaching vulnerable Antarctic and Patagonian toothfish and has led the way for an unprecedented level of international cooperation in the fight against illegal fishing in the world's oceans.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2015/04/10/sea-shepherd-concludes-epic-southern-ocean-campaign-operation-icefish-1682

It’s a Baby Boom for Endangered Orcas With Fourth New Calf

Congratulations on the new Orca birth. Join the Center for Whale Research, Orca Network and Whale and Dolphin Conservation's "Don't Let Orca's Be Dammed" campaign.

 http://www.care2.com/causes/its-a-baby-boom-for-endangered-orcas-with-fourth-new-calf.html

THE THUNDER HAS SUNK!

by Captain Paul Watson

Captain Peter Hammaerstedt of the Sea Shepherd anti-poaching ship BOB BARKER has reported that the unflagged toothfish poaching vessel THUNDER has sunk.

The ship went down in 4000 metres of water in the position of 00 Degrees 19'North & 005 Degrees 25' East. This is 19 nautical miles North of the Equator and 115 miles from Sao Tome.

The film crews onboard the THUNDER and onboard the SAM SIMON filmed the THUNDER as it slid beneath the waters of the Atlantic Ocean inside the EEZ of the nation of Sao Tome.

The evidence is that the THUNDER was deliberately scuttled by her Captain to destroy the evidence of their illegal fishing operations in the Southern Ocean.

The 40 crew of the THUNDER are presently onboard the SAM SIMON and under observation as Sea Shepherd awaits a response for assistance from Nigeria or Sao Tome.

“Usually when a vessel is sinking, the captain will close all hatches so as to maintain buoyancy. However, on the Thunder, the reverse was done - doors and hatches were tied open and the fishhold was opened. It is an incredibly suspicious situation, to say the least.” - Capt. Peter Hammarstedt.

The pursuit of the THUNDER has ended after 110 Days with the THUNDER sunk and no injuries to the crews on any of the vessels.

Will SeaWorld’s New Ad Campaign Change the Tide of Public Opinion?

No advertising will help large sea mammals locked in small tanks. Let them go free!

 

http://www.care2.com/causes/will-seaworlds-new-ad-campaign-change-the-tide-of-public-opinion.html

The Ocean Is Broken

Horrifying!

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1848433/the-ocean-is-broken/--this/