Washington forced shutdown follows bans in California, Oregon, & Alaska OLYMPIA, Washington––Sea pen fish farming––if Cooke Aquaculture complies with a November 18, 2022 order from Washington state public lands commissioner Hilary Franz––is within two weeks of abolition along the entire west coast of the United States. The Franz order, unfortunately, may not be a win […]
The Coasts of California, ecological apocalypse, & evolution
Written & illustrated by Obi Kaufmann 639 pages $55.00 from HeydayBooks.com Yes, The Coasts of California would make an excellent holiday season gift for anyone interested in nature, ecology, hiking, or just in California generally, if only by reason of living there and wanting to understand the habitat and the socio-economic and political issues associated […]
Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities
Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years, most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan, 97, known to the world as Bill Jordan, wildlife veterinarian, author, and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe, died on July 5, 2022, at the SSM Health/St. […]
Rebuilding Neptune’s Navy: Captain Paul Watson post-Sea Shepherd
“Build me an ark!” or at least help to buy one, Watson tells supporters WOODSTOCK, Vermont––Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson on September 13, 2022 thanked Sea Shepherd France, Sea Shepherd UK, Sea Shepherd Brazil, Sea Shepherd Austria, and Sea Shepherd Tahiti for “loyal and much appreciated support for the establishment of the Captain Paul […]
Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project celebrates a triple dolphin release in Bali
Culminates 12-year campaign BALI, Indonesia––Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project on September 3, 2022 celebrated the release into the open ocean of the bottlenose dolphins Johnny, Rocky, and Rambo, after three years of rehabilitation and a decade-long campaign to free them from the captive dolphin exhibition industry. “We’re tracking them now,” Ric O’Barry emailed to ANIMALS 24-7. […]
PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds
Under new brass, it isn’t even the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society any more SOUTH WOODSTOCK, Vermont––Japanese and Russian whales, Atlantic Canadian sealers, and oceans of marine poachers in other parts of the world never succeeded in sinking Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, but the organization he founded in 1977 on […]
Getting Shelly Home, by Yasmin Mohamad (Wavy Adventures Book One)
Illustrated by Stephen Bibb. 80 pages, 2022. $15.99 paperback, ebook $7.99 Barnes & Noble, $8.99 Kindle. Reviewed by Beth Clifton. Getting Shelly Home author Yasmin Mohamad believes that children learn best when they are having fun. Mohamad wrote the children’s book Getting Shelly Home with this in mind. Getting Shelly Home is the first of […]
Florida paradox: Kill a fish, go to jail; kill a million fish, go to market
“These were not just animals” STUART, Florida––Florida authorities, for the fifth time in sixth years, are pursuing a case of alleged cruelty to fish, a category of offense barely recognized anywhere else. Paradoxically, four million Floridians fish, more than the fishing populations of California and Texas combined, and indeed more people than fish in any […]
Freya the walrus: sacrificed to save Norwegian whaling, sealing, & party in power
When was the last time a wild walrus ever injured anyone? OSLO, Norway––Was Freya the walrus killed by Norwegian directorate of fisheries on August 14, 2022 in Oslo fjord to protect herself, or to protect human swimmers and boaters, as the Norwegian government alleges? Or was Freya really killed to protect the heavily subsidized Norwegian […]
Yes, the Colombian Supreme Court banned sport fishing. What does that mean?
The verdict may be more symbolic than substantial BOGOTA, Columbia––Did the Colombian Supreme Court really ban sport fishing on May 2, 2022, or is that just the biggest fish story coming out of Colombia this fishing season? Word of the Colombian Supreme Court ruling percolated north three days later with the headline “Colombia bans sports […]
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