HSI Fighting Violations of the Global Whaling Moratorium
by Lauren Corona
September 15th marks the start of the 65th International Whaling Commission (IWC) and Humane Society International (HSI) is aiming to do everything it can to further protect whales and stop violations of whaling bans.
There is currently a global whaling moratorium in place, which effectively means that commercial whaling is banned …
Ecorazzi – September 12, 2014
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Ghana petitioned over killing of whales
Posted by: APA
The government of Ghana has been petitioned by environmentalists to stop supporting the killing of whales which has witnessed a dwindling in their number in recent years.
A petition to President John Mahama on Friday by 150, 000 anti-Whaling activists called for Ghana’s backing for the creation of a whale protected area known as the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary (SAWS) …
StarAfrica.com – September 12, 2014 at 4:50 pm UTC
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PETA dish out Kindness Kits to teach kids ‚empathy for all beings’ after Manchester Dogs’ Home blaze
By Sian Broderick
PETA has dispatched hundreds of ‘Kindness Kits’ across the region in a desperate bid to teach kids they must have ‘empathy for all beings’, in the wake of the Manchester Dogs’ Home fire.
The educational packs are being rushed to schools across the city following the arrest of a 15-year-old boy who is being held on suspicion of setting the fire last night, which left more than 60 dogs dead …
Mancunian Matters – 12 Sep 2014 – 03:04 PM
www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/con…
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What’s the Difference: Vegan vs. Vegetarian
By Kylie Hargrave
Elm Staff Writer
My experience with a no-meat lifestyle began when I was thirteen and sat before a plate piled with different meats at my sister’s birthday party. The waiters carried it out on large skewers in classic Brazilian fashion, and I remember the meat seeming to ooze blood onto the expensive and supremely white plates, as if to mock me with its innocence. It was right then that it hit me like a ton of bricks: meat eating is definitely not for me. I was always the type of kid to get emotional to the point tears over the thought of animals dying for the sake of my yummy hamburger, but that had never completely stopped me until this particular incident …
Washington College Elm – September 12, 2014
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Japan’s ‘Scientific Whaling’ Under the Spotlight as Key Meeting of International Whaling Commission Convenes
IFAW
Clare Sterling
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired – Sept. 12, 2014) – As delegates from around the world converge on Portoroz, Slovenia for the opening of the 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Monday, pro and anti-whaling nations are set to clash over Japan’s ‘scientific whaling’.
The stage is set for a critical meeting of the IWC, the conservation body set up to protect whales, with up to 80+ member countries coming together for the first time in two years against the backdrop of a recent landmark judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which ruled that Japan’s ‘scientific whaling’ in the Antarctic was illegal and must stop …
Marketwired (press release) – September 12, 2014 14:34 ET
www.marketwired.com/press-rele…
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