Dolphins are hurling themselves ashore to escape Japanese hunters
Author: Spencer Simpson
The dolphins are captured either to be butchered for their meat, or else sold to aquariums.
Shot by Ric O’Barry, founder of The Dolphin Project ( dolphinproject.org/ ), during Japan’s mass dolphin slaughter, the footage shows the animals trying to escape from boats of fishermen. He was seen in the Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove, which made the world aware about the small town of Taiji …
SurfPaducah – September 14, 2015
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Terrified dolphin hurls itself at feet of ‘The Cove’ activist Ric O’Barry to escape hunters (Video)
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These 17 Countries That Have Banned Wild-Animal Circuses Are Making the UK Look Really Bad
Posted by Anne
Britain likes to boast that it’s a nation of animal lovers. Yet one of the most archaic and patently inhumane forms of animal exploitation – wild-animal circuses – is still allowed to go on here.
The government said that it would implement a ban on using wild animals in travelling circuses by 2015. But since it hasn’t introduced a single piece of legislation to Parliament so far, we’re pretty sure it’s not going to keep its promise …
PETA.org.uk (press release) (blog) – September 14, 2015
www.peta.org.uk/blog/these-17-…
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The Human Side of Trophy Hunting
Wesley J. Smith
I am no fan of trophy hunting. But the recent hysteria that has seen bans instituted in a few African countries is causing real harm to humans.
That is the gist of the (surprising) New York Times story about how a hunting ban in Botswana has hurt villagers in their pocketbooks and threatened their safety. From the story:
www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/wor… …
Discovery Institute – September 14, 2015 at 9:00 AM
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