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
“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?
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
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
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
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 […]
Banning U.S. imports of Russian fish could help Ukraine & help the fish too
Why was the U.S. still buying Russian fish while boycotting Russian oil, gas, coal, & even vodka? WASHINGTON D.C.––Fish were the last major category of U.S. imports from Russia not yet embargoed by the U.S. government in protest of the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden on March 8, 2022 […]
Ghost of seal hunt haunts Canadian trucker blockades over COVID-19 testing
Former seal hunt defender Brian Peckford, 79, makes political last stand at expense of cattle, pigs, & public health OTTAWA, Canada––Canadian cattle and pigs fed grain from the United States are going hungry. Some cattle and pigs en route from Canada to finishing and slaughter in the U.S. may be stuck aboard trucks. Entering a […]
Ninth Circuit verdict for rooftop solar is huge for fish & fish-eating animals too
Marine life––from fish to birds & otters––may be among the biggest beneficiaries of ruling on solar energy pricing SAN FRANCISCO––A January 31, 2022 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals appellate panel decision that never mentioned either animals, fish, or even marine life in general nonetheless could potentially save the lives of more marine life, fish especially, […]
If plants have feelings, how does this affect our advocacy for animals?
by Karen Davis, PhD, president of United Poultry Concerns Can a tree be “strategically responsive, and exhibit kinship, or a sense of self? Is a tree intelligent?” ––Rebecca Giggs, “The Trees Are Talking,” The Atlantic, July /August 2021, published online as A Better Way to Look at Trees. This intriguing article in The Atlantic recounts […]
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