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Judge Rules Against US Def. Department Plans for Airbase in Habitat of Okinawa Dugong Federal Judge Rules Against U.S. Defense Department Plans for Airbase in Habitat of Okinawa Dugong;
Species Considered Cultural Icon by Okinawan People
For Immediate Release, January 24, 2008...
Posted: Thu, Jan 24, 2008 7:52pm PST
Yellowstone Bison Update 
AMERICAN BISON ELIMINATED from the last wild population in the U.S.
2007-2008: 70
Total Since 2000: 2,088
*includes lethal government action, quarantine, state and treaty hunts...
Posted: Thu, Jan 24, 2008 7:33pm PST
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa releases misleading report about the failure of Animal Services 
The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services just released their annual report for 2007. At first glance it seems euthanasia went down. If one looks at the actual underlying numbers, things couldn't be further from the truth. Thousands of animals were merely refused at the door and thousands more died from neglect....
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 5:41pm PST
Whaling Company in Tokyo served with Australian Court orders Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd (KSK), the company that operates the whaling fleet for the Japanese Government controlled Institute for Cetecean Research, was served Australian Court orders on January 23 to stop whaling in the Australian Whale Sanctuary....
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 5:16am PST
Sea Shepherd bushwacks Whaling surveillance vessel 
Sea Shepherd has challenged the Japanese surveillance vessel shadowing them, and has criticised the efforts of Greenpeace to disrupt the refuelling of the Nisshin Maru whaling factory ship. The refuelling procedure was done in the Antarctic Treaty Zone in violation of that treaty, which Japan is a signatory to....
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 1:36am PST
ALERT: Animal cruelty favored by Miami-Dade Commissioners - WRITE Please don't let this cruelty stand. On Jan. 22, the Miami-Dade County Commission turned its back on the suffering of chained dogs. Commissioners refused to vote on a tethering ban ordinance....
Posted: Tue, Jan 22, 2008 12:24pm PST
Greenpeace Blockades Refueling of Whaling Factory Ship 
The Nisshin Maru whaling factory ship met with the Panamanian-registered supply ship Oriental Bluebird in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica to refuel and transfer frozen whale meat. When they attempted to come alongside Greenpeace attempted to stop the refueling by placing their inflatable boats between the factory ship and the supply ship, hindering the refuelling for a time....
Posted: Tue, Jan 22, 2008 9:47am PST
Sea Shepherd Tailed By Japanese Mystery Ship 
For three days the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin has been tailed by a mystery ship. It’s not part of the whaling fleet but it is on a mission to keep on the tail of the Steve Irwin to report every movement of the Sea Shepherd ship....
Posted: Mon, Jan 21, 2008 11:20pm PST
Sea Shepherd website hacked 
The whale war in the southern ocean has leapt to cyberspace with the hacking of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society website: www.seashepherd.org....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2008 7:18am PST
Japanese Poachers Release Sea Shepherd Hostages 
Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane were transferred from the Yushin Maru No. 2 to the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking early in the morning at 0200 Hours Melbourne time (1300 Hours GMT). The two men were transferred to the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin at 0930 Hours Melbourne time (2030 Hours GMT)....
Posted: Thu, Jan 17, 2008 7:55pm PST
Australia to intercede in Safe Return of Sea Shepherd activists 
After two days being held hostage on the Yushin Maru No 2, two Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activists may be returned within the next day to the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin by the authorisation of the Australian Government to use the Customs and Fisheries patrol vessel Oceanic Viking as an intermediary....
Posted: Thu, Jan 17, 2008 6:10am PST
Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Antarctic Whale Hunt The Japanese hunt for endangered whales in the Southern Oceans Whale Sanctuary has been shut down....
Posted: Wed, Jan 16, 2008 10:42pm PST
Activists held Hostage by Whalers in Whale Sanctuary 
When the Captain of the Yashin Maru No 2 hunter killer ship refused to respond to any radio communication from the anti-whale activists on board the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin, a decision was made to send two crew members to board the Yashin Maru No2 with a written message to the Captain of the vessel....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 9:46pm PST
Japanese Whaling Found to be Illegal under Australian Law On January 15 in a landmark decision the Australian Federal Court ruled that whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary was illegal under Australian law. It is the first time a court of law has determined the legality of whaling....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 9:33pm PST
Sea Shepherd: Japanese Whalers Kidnap Whale Defenders 
Despite repeated demands by the captain of the Steve Irwin, the Japanese whaler Yushin Maru No. 2 has refused to release the two Sea Shepherd crewmembers he took hostage, after they personally delivered a letter to the Japanese whaling vessel....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 1:51pm PST
Sea Shepherd Joins the Chase for the Whalers The Japanese whaling fleet is on the run and the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin is pursuing....
Posted: Sun, Jan 13, 2008 3:02pm PST
Japanese whaling ships found and ON THE RUN! 
Shortly after 00 hours on Jan 12, the Greepeace ship Esperenza located the Nisshin Maru and the other 5 Japanese whaling ships near Antarctica. The Japanese immediately stopped killing whales and started running in a foolish attempt to escape. The Sea Shepherds are only a day from contact themselves and closing in fast....
Posted: Sat, Jan 12, 2008 5:28pm PST
Japanese Whaling fleet Found by Greenpeace in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary 
The Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza has located the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean whaling sanctuary. The whaling factory ship, the Nisshin Maru has taken flight and is being chased by the Esperanza. Sea Shepard ship Steve Irwin is also sailing towards the Whaling Fleet. While the factory ship flees it means the hunter/killer ships cannot hunt whales and transfer them to the factory ship for processing....
Posted: Fri, Jan 11, 2008 10:30pm PST
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