Breaking News: SeaWorld has just announced that this Sunday will be the final Orca Show at San Diego. It leaves many questions unanswered, but is a welcome victory for Blackfish, the many NGOs that have lobbied against SeaWorld, and the countless Volunteers that...
In yet another example of domesticated animals taking over a country, Norwegian officials on Friday approved the killing of 47 wolves, more than two-thirds of the population of about 68 wolves living in the country. There are an estimated 2.5 million sheep in Norway,...
A bloke called me this morning. He asked me to help him raise funds for a boat so that he could in his words, “highlight the issue of plastics in the oceans”. He wants to sail around the world and use social media to alert people to the problem. I...
The Chinese company we reported on a few months ago that wanted to capture live Orca, Dolphins, Seals, Penguins and other marine animals in Namibia and export them to Theme Parks in China has thankfully withdrawn from the project. In a most bizarre letter, the Russian...
A Coromandel Harbourmaster has amazingly been stood down after saving an Orca which got its tail caught in a cray pot last night. The Government Department responsible for any rescue attempt (DOC) was alerted at 9.30am yesterday. At 7pm it still could not get to the...
In the countries competing in the Dumb-Idea Category, Canada takes today’s prize. Canadian Senator Celine Hervieux-Payettehas has proposed a “National Seal Products Day” to help stimulate demand for Seal Products. Her Bill S-208 would designate May...
Trump’s comments over the weekend regarding climate change are alarming. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that “nobody really knows” whether climate change is real. Now I don’t think Trump is dumb. In fact I think he is probably a...
I have serious concerns about Scientists that continue to put large satellite tags on Orca and Sharks. The recent death of an Orca in Canadian waters all but confirms what many people have been saying – that the risks of invasive tagging is significant, and in many...
A Japanese theme park which froze 5,000 sea creatures into the floor of an ice rink was forced to close the attraction on Sunday after a public backlash. You have to wonder what did they expect? Fish, crabs and other shellfish were embedded in the ice as part of a...
The Japanese whaling fleet yesterday left their port and are now on their way to Antarctica for another season of supposed Scientific Research. This despite their loss 2 years ago in the highest court in the world that deemed their program unscientific and illegal....
The hunting of wildlife for bushmeat has become a “global crisis” that threatens to wipe out more than 300 species, or a quarter of all threatened terrestrial mammal species on Earth, a first-of-its-kind study released Wednesday warned. Among the world’s largest land...
Venezuela, considered one of the countries with the largest reserves of energy on the planet is suffering the most brutal economic and social crisis in its history as a republic. While much focus goes onto the misery of its people, Venezuelan pets are the forgotten...
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