WWF fears trade of bird of paradise
(Uu.KR-LWA/INE/KR-BSR/H-YH)
Jayapura (ANTARA News) – International non-governmental organization devoted to nature conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is concerned about the bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae) trade that is prevalent in Papua.
The bird of paradise is traded as a souvenir of a preserved animal even though the bird, which is locally known as cendrawasih, is on the verge of extinction, Director of WWFs Papua Program Benja Victor Mambai said here on Friday …
ANTARA – May 15, 2015 at 09:55 PM
www.antaranews.com/en/news/989…
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Encourage Iceland’s Ambassador to US to Support Whale Watching, Not Whale Killing
Dear Humanitarian,
The first minke whale of the 2015 Icelandic whaling season has been killed. Iceland’s Fisheries Directorate confirmed that the whaling vessel Hrafnreyður offloaded 1.75 metric tons of whale meat on May 11, at the Port of Hafnarfjörður, south of Reykjavik. The killing of endangered fin whales by Icelandic whalers is also expected to resume in mid-June.
Whaling is inherently inhumane, with whales being harpooned from a moving vessel on a moving ocean. The government of Iceland has failed to collect any data on how long minke whales suffer after they are harpooned. Icelandic whalers use harpoons fitted with penthrite grenades, which penetrate the whale’s body and then explode, releasing claw-like protrusions to rip into the flesh. Even the most advanced whaling methods cannot render the animals insensitive to pain prior to death.
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Sent: May 14, 2015 at 09:22 PM
From: “Animal Welfare Institute” ealert@awionline.org
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Subject: AWI eAlert: Encourage Iceland’s Ambassador to US to Support Whale Watching, Not Whale Killing
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Norway Creates Police Force To Fight Animal Cruelty
by Lindsay Patton
In April, Norway took a giant step for animals and announced it will test out the first-ever animal police project ( www.globalpost.com/article/653… ).
Police in Sor-Trondelag, Norway, will implement a three-person force to specifically focus on animal rights. The force will have an investigator, a legal expert and a coordinator. The project will be tested out over the course of three years and is a combined effort between the state agricultural ministry and state police …
Care2.com – May 14, 2015 at 02:30 PM
www.care2.com/causes/norway-cr…
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