On 11 Taiji in October, a group of about 20 Risso's dolphins dolphins in the bay getrieben.Am Tuesday morning, killing 12 animals. Leilani Münter, a Save Japan Dolphins volunteer was on site and is followed by the Delphi catchers to the slaughterhouse and filmed the horrific events with her camera. Continue reading
OceanCare and Tethys started a dolphin research project
Early October launched a new OceanCare and Tethys dolphin research project in Greece and indeed in the Gulf of Evia.Unser local team – Giovanni Bearzi and Silvia Bonizzoni – on the first research day but no dolphins sighted, but one of the rare monk seals. You could watch the animals here, as it devoured an octopus. Continue reading
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Frightening for development of plastic waste spill in the northern Pacific, there exists a small plastic emergency
Learned In summer 2006, I collected together in an international conference and formed the floating carpet. Already in 2006 it was reported that the waste carpet was about the size of Germany. This would be about 350,000 km2.Plastik is now a lot of the humanity of used fuel. Of the approximately 350 million tons of plastic produced annually in the world, reach around 100 million tons of different ways in the oceans. Continue reading
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No import of seal products in Switzerland: Petition launched!
OceanCare and the Fondation Franz Weber, launching a petition today with a renewed appeal to the Swiss Parliament, import and transit of all seal products from commercial seal hunt verbieten.Die EU has adopted such a ban a year ago and 20 August 2010 brought into force. The National Council wanted to take this EU legislation, the Senate refused to do so in the autumn session of 2010, however, just as with 19:16 votes. Continue reading
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No motion for the Senate to ban trade in seal products
Today, the Senate 9/29/2010 treated again a motion for an import ban on seal products in Switzerland. The Swiss Parliament has on several occasions to negotiate a trade ban on seal products, but the basic differences between the National Council and the Council of States were not yet resolved.The motion of National 09. Continue reading
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Day Book (t) – Entry 25
A good day for the Delphic eder bright early morning sunshine does not bode well. In such weather the dolphin hunters go out! But when our patrol at half past six we find the bay empty and all the hunting boats parked in the harbor. At the high seas. No hunting day is a good day for the Dolphins. So today is a good day. Continue reading
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Day Book (t) – Entry 24
Was as cool as today there has never been this month. Rain and wind make clear already at 6.30 clock that will take place today, hardly a hunt. Nevertheless, we go over to Taiji, to be sure. The bay is empty and all the hunting boats, visible to the typical noise bars, moored in the harbor.The day will be calm and we use it to drive about 15 kilometers away from Shingu, the next bigger town. Continue reading
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Day Book (t) – Entry 23
FreilassungNach selection and our return to Taiji today we have met three Swiss, who are currently here. They have told us the following:The 30 Dolphin trainer had been waiting for this morning about 5:45 on the beach of the bay side by side with the dolphin hunters on their use. Then once more was the cynical selection process. Continue reading
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Day Book (t) – Entry 22
It could One to despair. While the weather in the south of the Kii Peninsula, otherwise known, is constantly changing, it is now almost constantly beautiful and calm. No fronts and storms, which prevent the hunters as in other years, at times of their literal evil doings.And let not a day wasted. Continue reading
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Dolphins from Japan in Egypt
Egyptian resort of Hurghada and divers paradise on the Red Sea are taken for 30 days four Bottlenose dolphins from Japan and will spend 105 days quarantine as prescribed under these conditions unworthy attitude. The animals are destined for a new dolphinarium in Makadi Bay, which is currently still under construction. Continue reading
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