INBREEDING CONTROVERSY MAKING WAVES FOR USHAKA SEA WORLD The recent birth and death of a nine day-old Bottlenose dolphin, named ‘Baby’, at uShaka Sea World in South Africa, has sparked tremendous upset and controversy throughout the marine conservation community....
In 2013, Earthrace ran a series of Conservation missions in Costa Rica and West Africa. Missions included targeting illegal trawling, illegal longlining, protection of Marine Protected Areas, illegal gold mining, and the illegal harvesting of turtle eggs. With a...
WORLD POWERBOAT SPEED RECORD HOLDER PETE BETHUNE OF EARTHRACE, CALLS FOR MARINE INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR ‘CRAZY BRIT’ IN SINGLE-HANDED PACIFIC ROW In 2008, Pete Bethune and his boat, Earthrace, set a new world speed record for a powerboat circumnavigating the globe....
In an almost unbelievable turn of events, bearing in mind the global hoo-ha surrounding the release of the documentary ‘Blackfish’ and the resulting condemnation towards keeping whales and dolphins in captivity emanating from ordinary, erstwhile SeaWorld...
I’ve been sitting on the sideline watching this sudden push in New Zealand to open up deep sea drilling. Having heard various arguments, I thought I’d do some digging and make up my own mind. I come with a decent grounding in this, having worked on Oil Exploration...
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