Scientists have detected a 35-kilometer and 2 kilometers wide flag oil in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a report she published in the online edition of Science magazine, they found a thousand meters below the water surface in a thick layer of water about 200 meters hydrocarbons such as benzene. Continue reading
EU trade ban on seal products comes into force
The EU supports trade ban on seal products today, 20 August, 2010. OceanCare welcomed the new law, which refers to trade in all seal products from commercial hunts, but exemptions for Inuit and other indigenous peoples vorsieht.Diese legislation is a significant milestone in a campaign which involved the Swiss organization. Continue reading
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Slide lecture, “Arctic & Antarctica”
For many years the “Polar-virus” expire, Peter Balwin is, thanks to his great expertise and his many years as leader of the expedition to the Arctic's most accomplished experts in Europe. For over 15 years, he spends several weeks each year on ships to Spitsbergen, Greenland and Antarctica. His extensive knowledge and his enthusiasm for the polar regions, he likes to share with everyone. Continue reading
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Parthenogenesis (virgin birth) in sharks
Parthenogenesis, also known as parthenogenesis, is known especially for insects and lizards. But in sharks? Doug Sweet and Kevin Feldheim with DNA tests could prove that two young bamboo shark in 2002 in Bell Isle Aquarium in Detroit came to the world that are actually incurred by parthenogenesis. Continue reading
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Whale sharks are hidden victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
The northern Gulf of Mexico is an important feeding ground for whale sharks. Normally the whale sharks gather there, to feed on plankton, fish larvae and small crustaceans. In the last three weeks, only very few animals were gesichtet.Nun is feared that this is caused due to pollution from the Deepwater Horizon and the resulting oil pollution. Continue reading
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Stop the massacre of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands
Shocking images, the film “The Cove” by unscrupulous hunting of dolphins and the bloody massacres documented, organized every year in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji. The film was awarded the “Oscar” for best documentary. But while the world looks shocked and outraged by Japan, takes place in the European North Atlantic – by the public largely unnoticed – a tragedy which is quite comparable with the Japanese massacre. Continue reading
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Petition for the retention of the animal advocate
By the end of 2010 to the office of the attorney for animal protection in criminal cases in the canton of Zurich deleted. It is a dramatic step backwards in an increasingly sensitized society and is a major defeat for the same animals.For this reason, the newly founded party animal Switzerland launched a petition, which the Zurich Cantonal Council is requested to maintain the established Office of the Prosecutor, and thus to the animal welfare in the canton of Zurich criminal justice continues. Continue reading
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Canada wants to kill gray seals on Sable 220.000 Iceland
The Canadian Department of Fisheries DFO is looking for new ways to the population of gray seals on Sable Iceland, to decimate a small island southeast of Halifax. On this main breeding ground for gray seals live around 300 000 animals that eat too much fish according to the DFO, and therefore damage the fishing industry. Continue reading
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Dolphin tourism
Late last week decided REWE tourism among the tour operators ITS, Jahn Reisen and Tjaerborg offer any trips to the dolphinarium at the Turkish Riviera. This is due to an inspection by the Environmental and Sustainability Officer of 3 dolphinariums, where massive massive defects in the attitude, care and housing of animals were found. Continue reading
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Beginning of the seal hunt in Namibia
Began in mid-July to 80,000 in Namibia to hunt seal pups and 6,000 adult male animals. Hunting in Namibia is the second largest commercial seal hunt for the Canadian. Hunting in Namibia officially lasts until 15 Of November. The young animals are mainly killed for their fur, the genitals of the bull to be sold as power resources in the Far East. Continue reading
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