Saturday, February 23, 2013

Newest Stuff

The Institute of Cetacean Research
http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.html

February 21, 2013 06:02
Japanese turn against whaling
by Justin McCurry via @Blubdha

This was supposed to happen:

HSI'S LEGAL BATTLE FOR WHALES
Humane Society International Australia
This is what happened:

February 16, 2013
Sea Shepherd Australia Shuts Down Illegal Japanese Whale Poaching Operations
ALL POACHING OPERATIONS BY THE JAPANESE WHALING FLEET HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN AS OF 0800 HOURS AEDT THIS MORNING.


FEBRUARY 15, 2013
Sea Shepherd Ship Bob Barker is On the Slipway of the Nisshin Maru
by TRI


Vote Rigging In CITES?
Secret Ballots allow for corruption
January 9, 2013
Commentary by Gary Stokes, Sea Shepherd Hong Kong

Sea Shepherd takes battle to top US court
From: AAP February 12, 2013 9:39AM

February 7, 2013
Sea Shepherd Severs Fuel Supply to the Whaling Fleet
SSS SAM SIMON INTERCEPTS THE WHALER’S REFUELLING TANKER, THE SUN LAUREL

Could Kidnapping a Baby Dolphin End the Slaughter at ‘The Cove’?
Australian wildlife experts use an infant cetacean's cries to lure a pod away from shore—should the same technique be used in Taiji?
By David Kirby  February 5, 2013


Sample letter to write in protest of continued dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan
After Seeing The Cove
by Oceanic Preservation Society

The Cove Movie website

DOLPHIN HUNTING IN JAPAN: TAIJI, THE COVE, DOLPHIN ACTIVISTS
Facts and Details
by Jeff Hays

Younger generations of Japanese are speaking out against whaling
Interviews included
by Elizabeth Batt

Op-Ed: Best achievements in cetacean animal activism 2012
by Elizabeth Batt

FINAL 2012 TAIJI REPORT
December 27, 2012 by Ric O'Barry, Earth Island Institute
By Yoav Ben-Shushan
Cove Monitor
Save Japan Dolphins
Earth Island Institute

Cove Guardian "Call to Action" Page on Facebook:

Sample email for use with the Cove Guardian "Call to Action"

Official Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Facebook Page:

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The following does represent our personal point of view concerning ending the Taiji cetacean hunts by peaceful means. Please place your support and your praise with Save Japan Dolphins and Sea Shepherd. These powerful advocacy groups do not condone violence or racial hatred.

The Weight of a Snowflake 

"Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a coalmouse asked a wild dove. 

"Nothing more than nothing," the dove answered. 

"In that case I must tell you a marvelous story," the coalmouse said. "I sat on a fir branch close to the trunk when it began to snow. Not heavily, not in a raging blizzard. No, just like in a dream, without any violence at all. Since I didn't have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,471,952. When the next snowflake dropped onto the branch--nothing more than nothing -- as you say -- the branch broke off."

Having said that, the coalmouse ran away. 

The dove, since Noah's time an authority on peace, thought about the story for a while. Finally, she said to herself, "Perhaps there is only one person's voice lacking for peace to come to the world."
- Source unknown
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February 11, 2013
Why I do not support a boycott of Japan
Taiji Dolphin Slaughter
by Sandy McElhaney

Dolphin Activist Ric O’Barry: Boycotting Japan Is ‘Racist’
‘Cove’ star sounds off on the Solomon Islands slaughter, a Spanish dolphin named Marcos, rereleasing wild-caught orcas—and more.

Why Boycotting Japan is a Bad Idea
An article by Ric O'Barry

Regarding a boycott on Japan....
An article by Lotus

Taiji and dolphins: would boycotting Japan solve anything?
An article by Charlie Moores

Eloquent, Intelligent, Spot On!
Article explaining the effectiveness of the peaceful activist solution for Taiji dolphin hunt

They are The Cove Guardians

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A great guide to help you put your thoughts into action:
http://tinyurl.com/9ojnku8   -From the Climate & Energy Project
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More good stuff!

Cove Blue for Jiyu
Lots of good info here - Thank you Mo - we're lucky to have you on our side! 
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A great guide to help you put your thoughts into action:
http://tinyurl.com/9ojnku8   -From the Climate & Energy Project
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