If you love whales, FIGHT for a silent ocean!

 

Japanese whaling is not the only killer of whales. Underwater noise pollution is a serious threat to all mammals in the oceans. Check out this site and support the "Silent Oceans" protest.

 

Blue Whales Bouncing Back!

 

 

At last good news about the recovery of the blue whale off the California coast. Hopefully, Japan and Norway will not decide to transfer their brutal whaling tactics off this coast.

 

http://www.care2.com/causes/good-news-californias-blue-whales-are-bouncing-back.html

Japan's Dolphin Day

Japan Dolphins Day is coming to protest against the barbaric killing of dolphins. “The last Taiji hunting season was a brutal one. Across the globe, members of the public reacted to international headlines when hundreds of bottlenose dolphins were herded into the Cove in Taiji. One of those dolphins, Angel, became a symbol of the brutality of the hunts and helped to build and galvanize worldwide opposition to the inhumane captures with the new slogan: Liberate, then Celebrate: A New Era for Dolphin Compassion.”

As the Dolphin Project notes, this day is not about attacking Japan –  most Japanese people don’t know about the hunts and are appalled when they learn about it – it’s about continuing to educate everyone about what’s happening and about the dangers associated with eating mercury-laden dolphin meat, in addition to working with the government to end the slaughter.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-you-can-help-this-japan-dolphins-day.html#ixzz3C16dZLul

Aquarium Just Won’t Give Up Trying to Get Wild-Caught Belugas

 

 

Once again Sea World is running up against official and environmental opposition to take the endangered Beluga into captivity under the guise of protection. This is exploitation!

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Russia confiscates Japanese whaling ship

 

Japanese Whale Research in the Arctic is facing opposition from environmentalists like in the Southern Ocean. Go Russia go! Take it to them! 

http://news.yahoo.com/russia-holds-japan-whaling-research-vessel-052418800.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

Whale hunt cancelled!

Japan Slaughters 30 Minke Whales Despite ICJ Ruling

Japan has slaughtered thirty minke whales in its first annual hunt of the season, this despite an International Court Justice (ICJ) ruling earlier this year that ordered a halt of its expedition in the Antarctic.

Last March, the court rejected Japan’s contention that their JARPA II whaling programme in the Antarctic was scientific, not commercial. The decision was ruled on a suit brought by Australia and the New Zealand governments, which described the hunt as “ruse” to dodge prohibition against commercial killing. Although an international moratorium on commercial whaling has been in place since 1987, Japan still continued to hunt the whales under the pretense of scientific research. The court ruling found that the whale hunt in the Antarctic was not strictly for scientific purposes, and that is was a cover for commercial profit.

The ICJ ordered Japan to withdraw all whale hunting permits and licenses in the Antarctic, but the annual hunts along the northern coast, and in the northern Pacific, where approximately three hundred minke whales are slaughtered each year, were not discussed, nor included in the ruling.

The Japanese Fisheries Agency said that the thirty minke whales that have been killed during this year’s whaling season are part of its “research hunts’ in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

"As a country (New Zealand) that places a high value on its good international citizenship, we hope and expect that Japan will continue to respect the ICJ decision.” So said Murray McCully New Zealand's  Minister of Foreign Affairs. Like  him I am not only "disappointed" with the approach taken by Japan,  but disgusted by their total disregard of the ICJ ruling. Come back Sea Shepherd. We need you to sort them out- again!

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/japan-slaughters-30-minke-whales-despite-icj-ruling.html#ixzz35JgcvNxj