Campaign for endangered Baltic porpoise launched
Sources Yle
The only species of whale living in the Baltic Sea, the Baltic porpoise, is an increasingly rare sight. The current population is estimated at 450.
Finland’s Environment Ministry, the World Wildlife Fund WWF, and several other parties kick off a campaign this Sunday to collect sightings of the endangered Baltic porpoise ( www.iucnredlist.org/details/17… ).
“All sightings are really important as these will contribute to our knowledge of the presence of porpoises in our sea areas”, Environment Ministry official Penina Blankett said …
YLE News – May 17, 2015 at 04:03 PM
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Sea Shepherd bound for Faroes whale slaughter
By Luna Finnsson
Conservation ship The Sea Shepherd, famous for its confrontational eco-wars against Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, is headed to the North Atlantic for the summer of 2015 to take on the ancient tradition of bloody whale beaching that has earned the The Faroe Islands world condemnation …
IceNews – May 17, 2015 at 12:30 PM
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Cannes: Dan Aykroyd to Narrate Sea Shepherd Documentary (Exclusive)
by Rhonda Richford
Dan Aykroyd will be the voice of marine conservation activist group Sea Shepherd in a new documentary. The Ghostbusters star will narrate a film about the group’s recent campaigns in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.
The documentary, titled Defend, Conserve, Protect, is currently in production.
The film is a more extensive exploration of the group’s anti-whaling and -poaching activities following its Animal Planet TV show Whale Wars …
Hollywood Reporter – May 17, 2015 at 07:13 AM
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