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Marinelife. Here's a short opinion piece on plastics and marinelife. Tags: oceans marinelife environment plastic. First of all, it's gross (find your own planet to dump your trash on), but it's also dangerous for animals. And who ingests them?
So far, we're not seeing the large-scale impact of this oil spill on marinelife. Scientists fear the oil will make it difficult for marine animals to obtain the oxygen they need to survive. Tags: oil drilling marinelifemarine animals 2010 oil spill. But there are concerns out there.
The use of sonar is controversial because of its harmful effects on marinelife such as whales. Meanwhile, the Navy is also asking NMFS to allow incidental harm and fatalities to marine mammals from training exercises in a 122,400-square-mile section of the Pacific Ocean off the Northwest coast.
Tags: australia CITES marinelifemarine animals Japan. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban. Interesting to see Japan and Australia united on some issues, in contrast to their conflict over whaling.
It's the same problem with marinelife. Tags: marinelifemarine animals endangered species. It's easier to motivate people to save them as opposed to other species that are vital, but either boring or ugly. People want to save the dolphins and the sea otters, but what about the bluefin tuna?
Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill fear a decades-long, “cascading” effect on marinelife that could lead to a shift in the overall biological network in the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: marinelife 2010 oil spill pollution Gulf of Mexico. It's the "gift" that keeps on giving. From the Khaleej Times Online/AFP.
Tags: marinelife whales us endangered species. I don't feel too comfortable about this. Seems a little premature, even though the population has been recovering well.
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Tags: sea gulls seattle animal cruelty marinelife. Right in my own home of Seattle. Most rednecks wouldn't be so cruel or so stupid. I hope the allegations turns out to be false.
Humans are already responsible for marine animal habitat loss and overhunting. Marine animals are getting cancer as an indirect result of our pollution of the oceans. Tags: oceans marinelife pollution. We are now responsible for another problem.disease.
Tags: seattle animal rescue marinelife seals. The group is called Seal Sitters and they protect baby seals who have been left on the each while their moms fish. It's a nice story to offset the cruelty of the dead baby tiger in Hanoi.
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Tags: oil spill marinelifemarine animals turtles Gulf of Mexico. According to this article, "at least 25 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mississippi beaches over the past few days, according to multiple media reports. So far, there is no evidence that the oil spill killed the turtles, but tests are ongoing."
Tags: oceans marinelife environment pollution. And the problem is getting worse as we continue overfishing the oceans. It's easy to overlook ocean issues when there are so many other things to think about. But the oceans are also an ecosystem with living beings.).
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Lost sea life and a bleak future for the oceans. Tags: oceans corporate lies marinelife fishing. It's a rape of the seas, but this article is more polite by calling it a "sharecropping." Big companies using little guys to do their dirty work for them, but the end result is the same.
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Tags: oceans marinelife donations charities nonprofits. Here is a snapshot of their 2007 budget breakdown. The key is how big their program expenses are. Effective charities should spend the majority of their revenue on programs, not overhead.
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I understand that they are trying to encourage people to eat fish and other marinelife that are not part of a collapsing fishery. Tags: oceans marine animals. I was reading Ocean Conservancy's magazine today. For the past couple of issues I've read, it has had a "sustainable seafood recipe." But I may not find one.
Tags: captivity dolphin animal cruelty marinelife Japan. The rest are killed with spears, knives and clubs in an orgy of cruelty. As the film graphically shows, the sea water churns into a bloody froth. The cries of the dolphins are pathetic.
They’ve had to earn degrees in economics and sociology to learn to marry their causes with the human one – explaining, for instance, that humans depend on bats to pollinate or on coral reefs to support other marinelife that is advantageous to mankind. Tags: CITES marine animals Japan endangered species.
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