Anti-Shark Finning is a web site devoted to one very simple objective – stopping the slaughter of sharks. Sharks are rapidly becoming an endangered species simply because their fins are sought after for the lucrative Shark Fin Soup market. For many it seems the loss of sharks is an acceptable loss. After all, sharks are […]
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Posted: 12th July 2010 by admin in News, VideosTags: anti-finning, anti-sharkfinning, largest shark
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Fed-Ex sea turtle eggs in effort to save them from gulf oil spill
Posted: 12th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: gulf oil spill, saving turtle, sea turtle
9 July 2010 PORT ST. JOE, Fla. — Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach today, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, carefully plucked the eggs from the foot-deep hole and placed them one-by-one in a cooler layered […]
Saving turtles from oil and fire – Gulf Oil Spill
Posted: 11th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: gulf oil spill, saving turtle
An oiled Kemp’s Ridley turtle is rescued from the gulf by a team of researchers. The endangered creature will be treated and taken to a safer habitat. Share on digg
Convicted Anti-Whaling Activist Peter Bethune Deported To New Zealand
Posted: 11th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: anti-whaling, japan whaling
10 July 2010 Peter Bethune, an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand, arrived in his home country on Friday after being deported from Japan, where he was handed down a suspended sentence for obstructing the annual Japanese whale hunt. Earlier in the day, Japanese immigration officers in Tokyo had escorted Bethune onto an Air New Zealand […]
The brutality of shark finning
Posted: 11th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: anti-finning, shark finning, stop finning
This video from Oceana is the best one I have found so far online. If we can’t move some people with the possibility that losing sharks will hurt us all in the long run then maybe the brutality of shark finning will make a difference. Here is the video: Finning: A Cruel Practice from Oceana […]
Talking fish? A fishy tale
Posted: 10th July 2010 by admin in Fish, NewsTags: fish can talk, new zealand researcher
8 July 2010, ONE news Think talking fish and it’s hard not to picture the hit movie Finding Nemo but remarkable new scientific research has revealed that some fish do actually talk to each other. Divers have for a long time thought it was crayfish making sounds under the water, but according to research they […]
Two New Fish Species from Gulf of Mexico by recent oil spill
Posted: 10th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: gulf oil spill, Halieutichthys intermedius, pancake bat fish
9 July 2010, www.amnh.org Although the Gulf of Mexico has been intensively surveyed by scientists and picked over by fishermen, it is still home to fishes that are waiting to be described. New research from a team that includes Museum researchers that was recently published in the Journal of Fish Biology describes two new species […]
World Cup 2010 Final – Amsterdam anger after octopus predicts Spanish win
Posted: 10th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: octopus, Octopus oracle Paul, World Cup 2010
Football fans in Spain and the Netherlands react after Paul the psychic octopus predicts a Spanish victory at the World Cup Share on digg
Anti-whaling activist receives probation and suspended sentence
Posted: 7th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: anti-whaling, japan whaling
7 July 2010 Anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and five years’ probation Wednesday by a Tokyo district court judge for his role in boarding a Japanese whaling ship. Bethune was found guilty on five charges, ranging from assault against whalers to trespassing into a whaling vessel. Bethune had previously […]