From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2012: South Korean judge tells marine park to release dolphins JEJU, South Korea–Jeju District Court Judge Kim Kyeong-seon on April 5, 2012 ordered the dolphin show promotion company Jeju Pacific Land to release five dolphins who were illegally captured from waters surrounding Jeju Island. Judge Kim Kyeong-seon also fined Jeju Pacific [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: CAP-AUX-MEULES, Quebec– Seal clubbing and shooting started on March 22, 2012 for Iles-de-la-Madeleine vessels, five days ahead of schedule, because ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence were receding so rapidly that Quebec sealers were at risk of finding no seals to kill. Canadian Fisheries Department area director [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: WASHINGTON D.C.–U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg on March 22, 2012 denied an injunction sought by the Humane Society of the U.S. against a National Marine Fisheries Service decision to allow California sea lions to be culled at the Bonne-ville Dam on the Columbia River to protect endangered spring [...]
Cuaresma: Los peces también sienten[Fish also feel pain] Use the translate bar to render piece into English Por Leonora Esquivel Frías, Directora/Fundadora de AnimalNaturalis Internacional Abril 4 Durante la época de cuaresma se fomenta el consumo de peces y se “deja descansar” a los mamíferos y aves. Sin embargo, la pesca industrial es responsable de [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2012: FREMANTLE–Even whalers quoted by The New York Times believed that the March 11, 2011 tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan had probably killed the whaling industry–but that was before prime minister Yoshihiko Noda took office in September 2011. Noda, from Chiba prefecture, a longtime hub of coastal whaling, diverted 2.28 billion [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2012: YARMOUTHPORT, Mass.–”The Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation has banned the import and export of harp seal skins,” International Fund for Animal Welfare anti-sealing campaign coordinator Sheryl Fink announced on December 19, 2011. Not announced by the nations involved, the ban was described in “World Trade Association [...]