<![CDATA[Care2 News Network - Brain Food found by In a Mirror D.]]> <![CDATA[House moves to keep shark fins out of fancy soups]]> WASHINGTON (AP) - The House took steps Tuesday to keep shark fins out of soups served in pricey Asian restaurants.

In a voice vote, the House tightened a 2000 law that bans the practice of shark finning, whereby mainly Pacific Ocean fishermen cut off a
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]]> <![CDATA[Seattle City Council to hold hearing on proposed Styrofoam ban and 20-cent fee for paper or plastic bags]]> Both are likely to gain council approval.

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]]> <![CDATA[Whales Help Pioneer New Health Treatments]]> There are literally millions of medical compounds out there that could cure diseases, help improve treatment and even protect us from some types of bacteria. Dr David Kagan, Sunstroke author, reports in Doomwatch Legacy.
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]]> <![CDATA[Sliced, Diced or Sun Dried - Japan's Whalers Serve Up a Bloody Harvest !!]]> The road into Wadaura is dotted with seafood restaurants, but the stench that hangs heavily over the quayside in this tiny fishing village on Japan's Pacific coast belongs not to the fishmonger, but to the abattoir!!!

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]]> <![CDATA[Email to Nahas Angula Prime Minister and People of Namibia - Namibian Seal Cull]]> aDear Prime Minister, Nahas Angula and the good people of Namibia, The largest slaughter of wildlife mammals in Africa is now being slaughtered by Namibians in Namibia. The least human populated country on earth. Namibia's seal hunt is the second largest
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]]> <![CDATA[Australia's harsh reality - adapt or perish]]> The Garnaut report, the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of climate change on Australia, has concluded that the country must pay more for petrol, food and energy or ultimately face environmental degradation and economic loss.
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]]> <![CDATA[200,000 letters being sent to the Japanese government demanding the release of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki -- the Tokyo Two]]> Submitted by In a Mirror Darkly to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[EU orders seal fur ban]]> Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union.


Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older animals to make boots, coats, gloves and accessories.


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]]> <![CDATA[Dolphins in Captivity in Bodrum - PETITION]]> Captive dolphins at Turkish water park lead a miserable existence British tourists pay £50 to swim with scarred and stressed dolphins that are caged in small 10m x 20m pools.
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]]> <![CDATA[Stop Extreme Weather by Stopping Global Warming]]> Together, we can solve the climate crisis for the next generation.

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]]> <![CDATA[All you need to know about Garnaut]]> Ross Garnaut releases the much anticipated draft of his final report tomorrow. Adam Morton tells you what to expect and what it all means
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]]> <![CDATA[The Whale Ambassador to Alaska and the World]]> Flip Nicklin is known as one of the worlds foremost Whale Photographers. Now he is being hailed as the Whale Ambassador to the World. See story for more.
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]]> <![CDATA[Two Makah Indians get jail time for illegal hunt]]>

Five Makah Indian whalers who killed a gray whale in an illegal hunt last September were sentenced Monday in federal court. The sentences include jail time for two men considered the leaders of the group.


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]]> <![CDATA[Lost Beatles tape will air on BBC radio]]>

The British Broadcasting Corp. will air a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership.


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]]> <![CDATA[Poll, please vote NO, to possums, Cockatoos and Kangaroos be culled???? NO, never!!]]> Please vote and send on to your lists today!!!
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]]> <![CDATA[Breaking: 320,000 Acres of Forest Protected for Wildlife and People]]>

In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species.


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]]> <![CDATA[Seabright, NJ - Officials to allow dolphins to stay in Shrewsbury River]]>

Right now, officials have no plans to try to move the approximately 15 to 20 dolphins
lingering in the Shrewsbury River, according to a federal official.


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]]> <![CDATA[Sea turtle Dylan is released back into the wild]]>

A 150-pound sea turtle raised by humans returned to freedom today after nine years of captivity, swimming away after the veterinarians who cared for her helped steer her toward the ocean


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]]> <![CDATA[Dancing Jellyfish]]>

Most of these shots were taken in Osaka Aquarium, Japan.


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]]> <![CDATA[Voters snub 'sham' Zimbabwe poll]]> Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai...said that millions were refusing to vote despite government efforts to force them to take part. He also urged the world not to recognise the result.
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]]> <![CDATA[In Mediterranean, the Predator Is the Hunted]]>

The Mediterranean Sea, says Francesco Ferretti, is "a very dangerous place for a shark." So dangerous that in the past two centuries, the shark population there has plummeted by more than 97 percent, both in relative numbers and collective weight.


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]]> <![CDATA[Fisheries Minister Lies, to Prime Minister, Namibians and World Media]]>

Namibian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Abraham Iyambo has lied to the Prime Minister, Namibians and World Media, and is threatening the survival of an already endangered listed Cape fur Seal species.


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]]> <![CDATA[ALERT: Support a total ban on seal products]]>

IFAW :It is a crucial time for our campaign to protect seals from cruel, commercial hunting and we desperately need your help for a final push to ensure we get a ban on seal products across the whole of the European Union.
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tragic Tale Of The Last Tuna]]> The dozen-or-so Libyan tuna boats moored in the French Mediterranean port of Sète are a bitter reminder to French fisherman Denis Biascamano of a wrecked career and an industry gone bad. The boats carry Libyan flags, but it's common knowledge that they
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]]> <![CDATA[Whale Advocates File Suit to Protect Endangered Whales From Ship Collisions]]> Defenders of Wildlife, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and Ocean Conservancy filed new litigation to force the National Marine Fisheries Service to require ships to slow down in certain areas to avoid fatal collisions with critically
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]]> <![CDATA[Urgent need to continue to get signatures on Protecting Dalls Porpoise]]> I began this petition quite awhile ago to halt the killings of Dalls Porpoise in Japan. Japan has a reputation for not looking at petitions, I am going to re-target this to the Consulate General In Washingotn D.C. This needs to get circulated. Thanks
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]]> <![CDATA[EcoTube - the green version of YouTube]]> Check out Eco-Tube, the green version of YouTube. It's the place to look for Eco videos about the world, covering every aspect of Eco issues facing the human race with over 700 videos.
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]]> <![CDATA[2008-2009 Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Musashi]]> Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially announced plans to return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to once again oppose illegal Japanese whaling activities. Sea Shepherd is represented at the IWC by Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of
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]]> <![CDATA[Whaling commission meeting 'a failure']]> ENVIRONMENT Minister Peter Garrett has come under fire from the opposition and Greenpeace for failing to make a dent in Japan's scientific whaling program at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual conference
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]]> <![CDATA[Giant Rats Used To Hunt Landmines In Mozambique]]> Submitted by In a Mirror Darkly to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Fishing Poll: Taking a Census of Ocean Species [Slide Show]]]> There may not be too many fish in the sea, to paraphrase the old song, but there are certainly a lot. Scientists don't have a good idea of just how many fish—or crustacean, sponge, squid, plankton, and even mammal—species there are in the ocean, but they
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]]> <![CDATA[ IWC Voting Stops, But Whaling Continues]]> As the third day of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) opened, conservation organizations including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) expressed concern that the sixtieth annual meeting is focusing
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]]> <![CDATA[ The 'value' of protecting whales]]> As opponents of whaling agree to seek an arrangement with countries who still hunt, Richard Black at the International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile reflects on our relationship with whales and with nature in general.
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]]> <![CDATA[IWC votes against Greenland Indigenous whaling]]> The International Whaling Commission has voted against a plan to kill humpback whales for traditional food.

Australia and other anti-whaling countries secured the numbers to reject the first vote at this year's meeting.

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]]> <![CDATA[POLL: DO YOU SUPPORT THE BOYCOTT OF 2008??]]> There are no laws against animal cruelty in China.Torture is not even an issue. Cats and dogs in China are routinely bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death and strangled with wire nooses so that their skins can be turned into leather and fur.
Speak Out NOW!!
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]]> <![CDATA[Mystery meat: Japan unable to account for fin whales on sale]]> Evidence has emerged on day one of the IWC meeting suggesting that more endangered fin whales have been killed than previously reported to the international body by the Government of Japan.

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]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Kids Get First-Hand Look at Whale Slaughter]]> As pro-whaling and pro-conservation countries square off on the other side of the globe, curious Japanese schoolgirl Yuna Suzuki, 10, got a vivid first-hand look at the issue.

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]]> <![CDATA[Arrests As International Whaling Commission Fails To Protect Whales]]> Fifteen people were arrested by police at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), held this year in Santiago, Chile. The protesters were supposedly trying to 'storm' the meeting but other reports state that the mere presence of people in
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]]> <![CDATA[Plan To Kill 86,000 Seals Draws Ire In Namibia]]> Seal hunters plan to club 86,000 seals in an annual hunt set to begin next week. Ministry of Fisheries said that the seal population is not at risk of extinction although the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists seals as endangered
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]]> <![CDATA[Plan to kill 86,000 seals draws ire in Namibia]]> Namibia --
Seal hunters plan to club 86,000 seals in an annual hunt set to begin next week, as animal rights activists brace for a showdown with the government over a practice they regard as inhumane.
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]]> <![CDATA[STOP-THE-AFRICAN-SEAL-HUNT]]> Namibia now remains the only country on earth to round up nursing baby seals still suckling on their mother's milk, driving them in-land away , and as they attempt to flee alongside their mothers back to its safety clubbed and stabbed to death.
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]]> <![CDATA[ABC News - IWC 2008 Day 1 & 2 Update]]> Submitted by In a Mirror Darkly to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Australia, Japan row erupts at international whaling conference]]> The debate has degenerated into accusations and finger pointing. Australia and Japan have gone head to head over Japan's so called scientific whaling with Australia describing it as irrelevant and a smokescreen for commercial whaling.

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]]> <![CDATA[Senate votes to pressure Japan on whale meat market]]> THE Rudd Government should pressure Japan to properly investigate the alleged black market sale of whale meat by taxpayer-funded whalers, the Senate agreed today.
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]]> <![CDATA[Int'l Whaling Commission postpones talks on building whale sanctuaries]]> The on-going 60th conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) saw some hope of breaking the stalemate on Wednesday as proponents and opponents of more whaling reached a consensus on reconciling their differences.
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]]> <![CDATA[Lukewarm Meeting on Whaling in Chilly Chile]]> Commentary by Captain Paul Watson
Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
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]]> <![CDATA[New IWC rules anger anti-whaling groups]]> New rules set by the chairman at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) have angered some people and puzzled others. But there is some hope that a new era of cooperation may occur.

The rules include no votes, no resolutions, and at least 12
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]]> <![CDATA[Fisheries, Not Whales, to Blame For Shortage of Fish]]> The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the 60th International Whaling Commission opened...
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]]> <![CDATA[Justices Take Case on Navy Use of Sonar]]> WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into a long-running environmental dispute over the impact on whales and other marine mammals of Navy training exercises off Southern California.
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]]> <![CDATA[Positive start to IWC meeting ~Press Release: New Zealand Government ~]]>

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