Report shows reef protection failing
Australia hasn’t done enough to stop UNESCO listing the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’, a new report by conservationists says.
The World Heritage Committee will meet in Cambodia this week to consider a draft decision to place the reef on its ‘danger list’ in 2014 unless the Queensland and federal governments clean up their act …
Sky News Australia – Updated: 23:54, Sunday June 16, 2013
www.skynews.com.au/eco/article…
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Stress in Captivity Causes Whales to Kill Trainers
By Fiona Keating
Killer whales are so traumatised by captivity in tiny pools that they turn on their human trainers and kill or maim them.
According to new research, the distinctive black and white animals, also called orcas, have killed four people and tried to kill or injure dozens more in recent years. There are no reported killings of humans by orcas in the wild …
IBTimes.co.uk – June 16, 2013 2:03 PM GMT
www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/479…
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Icelandic MP fights for whale hunting – His son profits
The son of Jon Gunnarsson is the owner of one of the largest minke whale company in Iceland. He has had income from hunting minke whales for a long time, but his father is now in parliament fighting for the continuation of whale hunting in Icelandic jurisdiction …
News of Iceland – Sunday, 16 June 2013 12:01
www.newsoficeland.com/home/pol…
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