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Advocate for shooting seals turns to pushing hunt for Sasquatch

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But seals are still getting shot GREENBANK, Washington––The hunt for whoever is shooting harbor seals,  apparently from a boat,  along the west side of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  intertwines with the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch,  but no,  Sasquatch is not shooting seals,  nor is Sasquatch in any danger of being shot. Yet another young female […]

“The poor fish were the real victims,” tank owner says after fire

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Beginnings of concern for fish suffering emerge even in the desert ST. GEORGE, Utah;  BERLIN, Germany––Josh Wilson of Scenic,  Arizona,  owner of Polaris Can-Am & Honda World in Mesquite,  Nevada,  a longtime sponsor of off-road races,  likely will never be mistaken for a bleeding heart animal rights activist. Yet it can be said that Wilson […]

Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.

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Seal hater even buys ammo for seal killers             DINES POINT, Washington––Who apparently cruised along the east shore of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  shotgunning pregnant harbor seals on or about January 24,  2023 is as yet officially unknown. ANIMALS 24-7 spent much of January 26,  2023 examining the bloated,  eagle-pecked remains of harbor seal victims,  and […]

Sea pen fish farming ordered to cease along entire U.S. west coast

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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 […]

PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds

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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 […]

Florida paradox: Kill a fish, go to jail; kill a million fish, go to market

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“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 […]

Yes, the Colombian Supreme Court banned sport fishing. What does that mean?

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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 […]

Russian war on Ukraine kills dolphins, but fishing kills more

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The Black Sea was hard habitat for dolphins even before the shooting started ISTANBUL,  Turkey––That war kills animals as well as humans is scarcely in doubt,  but whether war is worse than peace for Black Sea dolphins may be disputed. Nearly three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24  2022,  evidence is surfacing along […]

Sustainability: salmon taste, texture, odor replicated by pond scum

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And the pond scum will be healthier than salmon for you & Planet Earth             HERZELIA, IsraeI;  BATON ROUGE,  Louisiana;  WASHINGTON D.C.––Far from the longtime hubs of the salmon industry,  along the coasts of the North Sea and the Pacific Northwest,  the future of both canned and fresh salmon may be determined by desert greenhouses […]

CITES doomed the vaquita, sold the elephant in the room, & worse

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U.N. Environment Assembly calls for yet another report on “the interlinkages between animal welfare,  the environment and sustainable development” after ignoring a mountain of others produced at least since 1950             LYON, France––This is not just a fish story,  nor just a fish-and-elephant story,  nor even just another story about the failures and shortcomings of […]