Showing posts with label Dolphins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dolphins. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

THE SEA SHEPHERD FAMILY~SARA PRISCILA





Courtesy Olaf Janssen


These are the words of Sara Priscila.
She is SeaShepherd.
She speaks for us all, and I feel blessed to hear this incredible voice from our family of SeaShepherd.


Discussion  -  3:34 AM
 #DONTBUYATICKET

 #DONTBUYATICKET  to SeaWorld
Let our dolphin #Swimfree  because #captivitykills

Sara Priscila 7:44 AM+1

Lugar de cetáceos, peixes, moluscos, etc não é em aquários nem em laboratórios pra experiência nem tão pouco em panelas ou em lojas de shopping. Eles merecem viver livres em seu habitat natural!!! Assim como o lugar de todos os outros animais da fauna não é em cativeiro pois a jaula só deve aprisionar criminosos!!! Sou a favor do fechamento dos circos com animais, dos zoológicos, dos cativeiros e tanques particulares, laboratórios de pesquisas, lojas e marcas que comercializem qualquer animal ou derivado animal, parques que mantenham animais obrigados a trabalhar com entretenimento humano, etc. Querem conhecer os animais? Façam trilhas em grupos nas florestas com biólogos e botânicos que será bem mais instrutivo. Querem que suas crianças conheçam golfinhos, pinguins, leões marinhos, etc? Reunam as famílias de seus amigos e aluguem uma embarcação legalizada que os leve para passearem no final de semana, feriado ou férias em alto mar. Mergulhem com instrutores profissionais e seus filhos aprenderão mais sobre a natureza em poucos dias do que acham que aprenderam em anos dentro das escolas... Incentivem a educação ambiental e o respeito mesmo ao desconhecido pois o temido nem sempre é o vilão na realidade. Dessa forma, os pescadores poderão viver da renda que receberão em levar famílias pra conhecer os animais vivos e em seu habitat natural sem recorrem ao finning ou outras práticas abomináveis e será muito mais interessante e emocionante conhecer os animais livres do que aprisionados. Vamos tentar mudar a consciência dos outros a partir de nós? Só assim obteremos êxito!!! Façam o correto que valerá a pena. Abraço

Olaf Janssen9:53 AM+1
translation from +Sara Priscila :

Place of cetaceans, fish, shellfish, etc. is not in aquariums or in laboratories to experience nor in pots or in mall stores. They deserve to live free in their natural habitat!! As the place of all other animals fauna in captivity is not only because the cage to imprison criminals!! I favor the close of animal circuses, zoos, captivity by tanks and private research laboratories, stores and brands that sell any animal derived or animal parks to keep animals forced to work with human entertainment, etc.. Want to know the animals? Make tracks in groups in forests with biologists and botanists who will be far more instructive. Want their children know dolphins, penguins, sea lions, etc.? Gather your families and friends to rent a vessel that legalized mild to roam over the weekend, holiday or vacation at sea. Dive with professional instructors and their children learn more about nature in a few days they think they have learned in years within schools ... Encourage environmental education and respect even when

Adelheid Adelliam10:01 AM+2
Obrigado!
+Sara Priscila 
Suas palavras são poderosas, bonito e totalmente inspirador. Tenho a honra de conhecê-lo e abençoado que vocês estão aqui como parte da família SSCS.

Thank you!!!
+Sara Priscila 
Your words are powerful,  beautiful, and totally inspiring. I am honored to know you and blessed that you are here as part of the SSCS family.

Thank you +Olaf Janssen for allowing me to understand. :) *

Sara Priscila12:02 PM+2

Eu que me sinto agraciada pelo Criador por me permitir conhecer o trabalho mais que maravilhoso da Sea Shepherd. Mais que piratas, cada voluntário da Sea Shepherd é um anjo de guerra que luta pela vida, pelo respeito, pela justiça e sinto que fui contemplada com a amizade de vocês. Sou Sea Shepherd na alma, no espírito, no DNA... Só depende de nós que nossos "inimigos" de hoje podem se tornar nossos aliados amanhã!!! Nós que temos a consciência ambiental devidamente fundamentada e as ideias revolucionárias é que devemos apresentá-las à eles ao invés de esperar que eles se comovam com nossa luta. Oque na realidade os move é o dinheiro para sustentar suas famílias, precisamos adaptar nosso combate ao que nos trará resultado efetivo. Se eles precisam do dinheiro e nós temos as ideias, vamos unir nossas forças por um bem maior: salvar os oceanos conscientizando e também salvando famílias de milênios de anos de tradições equivocadas e que mesmo adotando práticas erradas na tentativa de alcançar mais lucros ainda assim vivem em situação de miséria ou pobreza. Se mudarmos a forma de pensar a economia desde as pequenas vilas de pescadores, mudaremos o conceito de uso dos oceanos e com maior número de cidadãos conscientes ao nosso lado poderemos abalar o mundo e reescrever nossas leis e fazer a fiscalização acontecer de fato, não para os que se vendem para a injustiça mas as nações poderão pressionar o Japão e quem for necessário para que as futuras gerações conheçam a natureza fora da tela de um computador ou de livros antigos com histórias contadas por um povo que não reagiu à extinção do planeta. É nossa responsabilidade mudar a linha de raciocínio deles e não somente combatê-los e, mudar o jeito de pensar deles é muito mais difícil e árduo para nós que para eles, porém os resultados valerão mais que os confrontos. Necessitamos e podemos fazer a diferença e vamos fazê-la porque somos abençoados e munidos de uma arma que nem todos sabem utilizar: nossa capacidade de criar saídas onde não há e nossa coragem que mesmo em momentos de terror nos alerta para não desistirmos de lutar pela única coisa que vale à pena: dignidade e amor pela vida!!! Sem oceanos nós não somos nada... Obrigada por existirem e me estimularem a manter a cabeça erguida mesmo em momentos de tristeza em que parece que a esperança nos abandonou. Vocês são meus amados companheiros de causa e fé e luta constante. Podemos não estar precisamente do jeito que queremos mas haveremos de conquistar além de tudo que sonhamos se nunca esmorecermos. A Sea Shepherd é o coração dos oceanos que bate através de cada um de nós... A Sea Shepherd não pode esperar que governos nos apoiem. Precisamos sair da nossa zona de conforto. Deveriamos estar palestrando dentro das escolas das crianças, nas tribos indígenas, nos quilombos, nas universidades... Lá estão nossas gerações de guerreiros que atuarão juntamente conosco em todos os lugares deste mundo sem fronteiras. Chegou a vez dos voluntários também baterem nas portas das creches, das escolinhas de surf, nas alas infanto-juvenis de hospitais, das ongs que "se dizem" protetoras da natureza... Vamos sacudir a sociedade atual e cobrar de quem se diz protetor da natureza que se faça a parte que lhes cabe. Hoje, não podemos só cobrar a fiscalização das entidades responsáveis, nós somos os fiscais!!! Cada um armado com sua câmera no celular ou profissional, com seu blog, com seu perfil de protesto, com seus encontros nas ruas, nos meios de transporte...enfim... só depende de nós!!! Eu amo todos vocês, família Sea Shepherd!!!

Olaf Janssen12:24 PM+1
translation from +Sara Priscila :

That I feel honored by the Creator for allowing me to know the work that most wonderful of Sea Shepherd. More than pirates, each volunteer Sea Shepherd is an angel of war who struggle for life, respect, justice and feel that I have been awarded your friendship. Sea Shepherd'm the soul, the spirit, the DNA ... It's up to us who our "enemies" today can become our allies tomorrow!! We have reasoned environmental awareness and revolutionary ideas is that we should present them to them rather than expecting them to be moved by our struggle. What did actually moves them is the money to support their families, we need to adapt our fight we will bring effective results. If they need the money and we have ideas, let us unite our forces for the greater good: save the oceans and also saving families aware of millennia of years of traditions and misleading that even adopting wrong practices in an attempt to achieve more profits still live in extreme poverty or poverty. If we change the way we think the economy from small fishing villages, we will change the concept of use of the oceans and large number of concerned citizens on our side we can shake the world and rewrite our laws and exercise oversight actually happen, not for those who sell to the injustice but nations could push Japan and who needed so that future generations know the nature off the screen of a computer or old books with stories told by people who did not react to the extinction of the planet. It is our responsibility to change the line of thinking of them and not just fight them and change the way of thinking of them is much more difficult and arduous for us than for them, but the results will be worth more than the clashes. We need and we can make a difference and we do it because we are blessed and having a weapon that not everyone knows to use: our ability to create solutions where there and our courage that even in times of terror alerts us to not give up the fight for only thing worth it: dignity and love for life!! No oceans we are nothing ... Thanks for stimulating me there and keep your head up even in moments of sadness when it seems that hope has abandoned us. You are my beloved companions of cause and faith and constant struggle. We may not be exactly the way we want but we will conquer beyond anything ever dreamed up esmorecermos. Sea Shepherd is the heart of the oceans hitting through each one of us ... The Sea Shepherd can not expect governments to support us. We need to get out of our comfort zone. We should be lecturing in schools of children in indigenous tribes, the runaway slave, universities ... There are generations of our warriors who will work together with us everywhere this borderless world. Came the turn of the volunteers also knocking on the doors of kindergartens, schools for the surf, in the wards of hospitals for children and teenagers, the NGOs who "say" protective nature ... Let's shake up the company's current and charge who is said protector of nature that make their fair share. Today, we can not only charge the supervision of the responsible entities, we are the tax!! Each armed with his camera on mobile or professional blog, with your profile protest, with their encounters on the streets, in transport ... finally ... only depends on us! I love you all, family Sea Shepherd!!

Olaf Janssen12:25 PM+1
obrigado por essas palavras fortes e maravilhoso +Sara Priscila :)

Adelheid Adelliam12:33 PM+1

Oh. +Sara Priscila Eu nunca li nada na minha vida que me fez chorar como suas palavras fizeram. Estou honrado de estar a sua família em Sea Shepherd. xxx

Adelheid Adelliam1:51 PM

Posso postar esse incrível escrita de vocês neste blog, http://thetaijilist.blogspot.com para que as pessoas possam lê-lo e venha se juntar a nossa família em Sea Shepherd? Sua escrita me trouxe lágrimas de esperança, orgulho, gratidão e alegria Sara. Obrigado, Heidi +Sara Priscila 

Sara Priscila2:36 PM

Claro!!! Devemos disseminar nossa filosofia e incentivar as novas e velhas gerações a começarem a fazer o que é certo desde já... Abração!!!

Sure! We spread our philosophy and encourage new and old generations to start doing the right thing already ... Abrasive!!
























Friday, April 19, 2013

Blowing Up Tanzanian Dolphins for Sharkbait. Actions to take if you disagree.


April 18 at 7:45pm until July 1 at 10:45pm in EDT
Thank you to  @Adriaticdawn

ON-LINE ALL OVER THE WORLD

PLEASE TAKE THESE 3 IMPORTANT STEPS TO INFORM JAKAYA KIKWETE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, THAT KILLING DOLPHINS AND SHARKS FOR SHARK FIN SOUP IS BARBARIC AND MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY:

► 1. SIGN & SHARE WIDELY THIS PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/701/204/671/tanzania-stop-dynamiting-dolphins-and-using-them-as-shark-bait
► 2. SEND HIM TWEETS: https://twitter.com/jmkikwete @jmkikwete
► 3. COMMENT ON HIS FB PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/Kikwete, please keep in mind that you need to COMMENT on a post that is ALREADY THERE, since his page doesn't allow posts by others.

YOU ALSO CONTACT THE MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT:

Website: http://www.mifugo.go.tz/about_us/contacts.php

Address:
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development
PO BOX 9152
Dar es Salaam

Telephone: 2861910

Fax: 2861908

Email : ps-mlfd@mifugo.go.tz



In Tanzania, Africa, dynamite fisherman have been blowing up dolphins and using them as bait in the profitable shark-fin trade in the Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park. The dolphins are protected in the marine park and also protected under the country’s fisheries regulations.

The Tanga region marine park is located on the northern coastline of Tanzania. It has an important regional coral reef ecosystem, and is also important habitat for other endangered species such as the dugong, sea turtles and migratory birds.

Tell Tanzania to stop the destructive dynamite fishing. Besides exposing tourists to this barbaric and cruel fishing method, it is very destructive to the entire ecosystem. Furthermore, hunting sharks for their fins should be banned as many shark species are approaching extinction. Stop this gruesome and destructive practice.


LINKS:

Tanzania Government To Fishermen: 'Stop Catching Dolphins, It Upsets The Tourists' http://www.gadling.com/2013/04/18/tanzania-government-to-fishermen-stop-catching-dolphins-it-up

Tourism fears as dolphins blown up http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/tourism-fears-as-dolphins-blown-up

Tanzania: Dolphin Hunting in Pangani Worries Tourism Stakeholders http://allafrica.com/stories/201304150052.html
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Email NOAA about SeaWorld Dolphin Permit



Below is a sample email to use and/or edit to question and voice opposition to Sea World's application for permit to import a female Pacific white-sided dolphin from Japan to Sea World, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

Although this situation may indeed cause you to see red, if you chose to edit, please remember to be polite, as we need the opportunity to be heard.


Please submit your comments and suggestions via Email: NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov
Via Fax: (301) 713-0376

For additional information or if you have more questions, please contact either Jennifer Skidmore or Kristy Beard: (301)427-8401


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Hello!

It has recently come to my attention that you are considering granting a permit to import one female, captive-born Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) for the purposes of public display.

While I understand that it has been claimed that said female Pacific white-sided dolphin was born in captivity, and not captured from the wild, as in the case of dolphin imports from the Cove in Taiji, Japan, there are still factors to consider that are not in the best interest of the dolphin you propose to import. But we should begin here:

1. Do you have possession of and have you made available to the public the certified birth records of the Pacific white-sided dolphin to verify that she was indeed captive born?

If you cannot provide irrefutable substantiation that the Pacific white-sided dolphin was captive bred, then we, the public, will presume that she was indeed wild captured, most likely in a drive hunt that has been established as being cruel and inhumane, that point of view being held not only by Cetacean advocacy groups, by also by the International Marine Animal Trainers Associaton ( IMATA )

Also, if you cannot provide this substantiation of proof to captivity bred, we are led to assume that this transport will entail an unlawful importation into the United States and will be in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

I ask that you regard and adhere to the The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), enacted on October 21, 1972, where is stated that all marine mammals are protected under the MMPA.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/mmpa/

2. How do you plan to transport said Pacific white-sided dolphin?
Given that she currently resides in a Japanese aquarium, that would entail either air cargo or ship cargo.
If she is to be transported via air cargo, who is the airline that will be transferring the Pacific white-sided dolphin for import?

3. What are the physical and psychological ramifications of removing said Pacific white-sided dolphin from the company of cetaceans she currently resides with?

4. What will the ramifications be for the Pacific white-sided dolphin upon introduction to a new environment?

5. Will she be in direct contact with other cetaceans, or will she be isolated in a tank or pool with no other cetacean contact?

6. If she is to be in direct contact with other cetaceans, can you guarantee that this new forced arrangement will cause no physical harm to the Pacific white-sided dolphin or to the companion cetaceans?

7. Is there a risk of conflict that will result in injury to any of the above cetaceans due to aggressive behavior that might escalate due to the introduction of the new Pacific white-sided dolphin?

8. Have you provided the public adequate time to review this permit application and submit their comments? This came to my attention on February 24th, 2013, and I understand the deadline for comment submission to be March 6, 2103. However, we must consider that this deadline does not allow time for you to provide a response to the questions raised here.
We ask that you make your responses available to the public and provide adequate time for their reply.

We respectfully request that you make available a public hearing before you proceed with granting the permit for transfer of the female Pacific white-sided dolphin from Kamogawa SeaWorld 1404-18 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan to Sea World San Antonio, 10500 SeaWorld Drive, San Antonio, TX 78251.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I respectfully await your timely response.

Sincerely,

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Cove Blue for Jiyo ~ Mo Brock

Federal Register, Volume 78, Number 23, Monday, February 24, 2013

Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)

NOAA Protected Resources Glossary


Below are additional speaking points:

1. Transport of any cetacean, whether they are captive born or wild caught causes physical stress on said cetacean.

2. Depletion of breeding stock in the wild. Again, if we return to the situation in Taiji, Japan, we can see that a decimation of dolphin population by either capture for import, or slaughter for consumption will indeed cause a dangerous drop in breeding stock, thus pushing this cetacean species into the zone of endangered species at best, teetering on the edge of extinction,  or extinct at worst.

3. Perpetuates the general public acceptance that dolphin capture for public display or entertainment purposes does not cause harm to the individual cetaceans who are imported, or to the pod family that has been disrupted by the removal of said cetacean.

The removal of even one cetacean has been proven to cause distress to the remaining pod. The slaughter of pod members not chosen for captivity causes distress to any remaining pod members. Those not captured, but released back into the wild, have seriously diminished chances of survival due to psychological and possible physical injuries occurring during the capture.
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