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Armed With Many Weapons, We Are Killing Our Oceans
Animals  (tags: marine mammals, overfishing, habitat destruction, whaling, shark fins, humans, destruction )

Simone
- 6 days ago - enn.com
What he's seeing are oceans in crisis, their health potentially at a tipping point: gratuitously destructive overfishing, endangered underwater "big game" (100 million sharks killed each year), dying coral reefs, and subtle but potentially catastrophic
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ACTION ALERT: END THE SHOW! Pledge to Boycott Parks That Keep Marine Mammals as Entertainers!
Animals  (tags: orca, marine mammals, captured, imprisoned, marine parks, animal acitivists )

Simone
- 67 days ago - change.org
Orcas, dolphins, and other marine mammals are suffering in captivity for our entertainment. Please take this pledge vowing to boycott marine theme parks: I will not visit nor support marine parks that keep marine mammals in captivity. If I wish to see
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HELP THE AUSTRALIAN MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY--Art for Sharks and Big Marine Parks
Animals  (tags: wildlife, protection, marine mammals, conservation, endangered, animalwelfare, animals, GoodNews, habitat )

Cal
- 94 days ago - amcs.org.au
Now in its third year, Art for Sharks is our major annual fundraiser. Over 40 pieces of beautiful art have been donated by artists who are passionate about protecting Australia's precious ocean wild
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ACTION ALERT: Stop the US Navy Warfare Testing Program in The Pacific Ocean!!!
Animals  (tags: us navy, stop warfare testing, pacific ocean, protection, conservation, marine mammals, killed, habitat destroyed, oceans )

Simone
- 106 days ago - gopetition.com.au
Whereas, a wide variety of marine mammals have already died due to Navy Warfare Testing of Weapons currently underway in the Hawaiian Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Pacific Ocean off the coastline of Oregon, Washington, Southern California, and other
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ACTION ALERT: Help the Sea Shepherds!!!! Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: sea shepherds, fighitng against whale slaughter, massacre, japanese whalers, whales, protection, marine mammals )

Simone
- 142 days ago - seashepherdpetition.freehomepage.com
. Every year, hundreds of whales are killed by Japanese whalers under the guise of research. Commercial whaling was baned in 1986. But international laws state that a specific number of whales can be killed each year for the purpose of research.
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ACTION ALERT: Help Pass the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009
Animals  (tags: international, whale conservation, protection, laws, legalisation, marine mammals )

Simone
- 159 days ago - community.hsus.org
On May 18, 2009, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) introduced the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 2455) in the United States House of Representatives. The bill is designed to promote international
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New Scientist: Japanese Whaling Activities Are Not Research
Animals  (tags: japanese, studies, marine mammals, whales, slaughtered, not research, whale massacre, evidence, whalingcommission )

Simone
- 163 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Japan has already been widely criticised for its whaling, which is generally seen as a thinly disguised hunting operation. But with the 2009 IWC meeting looming, it is worth rehearsing the arguments against scientific whaling.
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The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity: The Fourth Revised Edition
Animals  (tags: animals, marine mammals, captivity, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 169 days ago - hsus.org
The captive display industry is not static, and neither is our report, The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity--a forceful, evidence-driven argument against the public display of dolphins, whales, and other marine mammals, which The Humane
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Ocean Race to Detour for Whales Near Boston
Animals  (tags: Whales, Racing, marine mammals, ocean, migrations, death, protection )

Dee
- 215 days ago - nytimes.com
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has raced for nearly 30,000 nautical miles, through garbage-strewn waters in the China Sea, around a pirate zone on the way to India and over 20-foot waves in the Southern Ocean.
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Save the Whales BOYCOTT JAPAN - Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: boycott japan, whales massacred, slaughtered, marine mammals, protection, conservation, protection, laws )

Simone
- 273 days ago - gopetition.com.au
To call the whaling programme research is a hoax. The International Whaling commission has declared that the results of the programme are currently of no use, and non-lethal alternatives exist for determining all of the programme objectives relevant to
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PLZ TAKE ACTION: Tell the Australian Government That There Is No Humane Way to Kill a Whale at Sea.
Animals  (tags: leisel jones, swimmer, australian goverment, protection, whales, inhumane killing, japanese goverment, marine mammals, protection )

Simone
- 276 days ago - wspa.org.au
As a swimmer, I've always loved marine life and whales in particular. But sadly, these beautiful and highly intelligent mammals continue to be hunted and killed. And even worse, they're killed using outdated weaponry that often means a slow and
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Canadians Free Dolphins Trapped By Ice - World Environment- Msnbc.Com
Animals  (tags: dolphins, rescue, marine mammals, caring community, happy ending, being human )

Nadia
- 280 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
TORONTO - Fishermen and a teenage boy rescued three exhausted dolphins that had been trapped behind drifting pack ice for nearly a week near a town in Newfoundland, the wife of the town's mayor said Friday.
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SIGN PETITION: Alaska Road Would Destroy Wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Animals  (tags: Alaska, wildlife refuge, birds, marine mammals, grizzlies, caribou, endangered, environment, habitat, protection, conservation )

Tom
- 405 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is critical habitat for migratory birds, marine mammals, grizzlies and caribou. A proposed road through the heart of this refuge would destroy the now-intact watershed on which animals depend for survival.
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The Leopards, Dolphins and Fjords of Arabia
Animals  (tags: arabian leopards, dolphins, marine mammals, wildlife, arabia, wild animals )

Simone
- 576 days ago - etbmice.com
Though Musandam's marine life is largely the main attraction it is the elusive and rare Arabian leopard, which prowls and hunts in Musandam's foothills (and in Dhofar in the southern region of Oman), that gives the region its special mystique. One of
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Adopt-A-Manatee for Mother's Day and Get Free Bracelet and Plush Manatee Toy!
Animals  (tags: Manatee, AnimalWelfare, conservation, endangered, environment, ethics, extinction, protection, suffering, society, wildlife, Marine Mammals )

Julie
- 576 days ago - savethemanatee.org
Each new member who joins the Adopt-A-Manatee program at $35 or more (either for you or for a gift) will receive a manatee adoption packet (see contents below) plus a FREE colorful beaded bracelet with manatee charm and an 8-inch plush manatee toy.
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