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New Report Finds Widespread Seafood Fraud in the US – February 21, 2013
One in three seafood samples mislabeled nationwide. Sushi outlets worst offenders.
Planning on a seafood dinner tonight? Be warned, what you see on the menu may not be what you get. Chances are that white tuna roll you are served is actually escolar, a fish that’s banned for consumption in Japan and Italy because it can do nasty things to your digestion. The red snapper could actually be rockfish and the braised seabass, Antarctic toothfish.
Photo by Mike SaechangNationwide, sushi restaurants mislabeled their fish 74 percent of the time.
A new report released today by the marine conservation group, Oceana, reveals widespread seafood fraud across the United States. The group spent two… more
by: Maureen Nandini Mitra
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Solomon Islands’ Dolphin Kill Spurred by Corrupt Dolphin Traders, Says Animal Rights Group – January 25, 2013
Island villagers captured and killed over 1,000 dolphins this week
A group of villagers in the Solomon Islands in Oceana captured and killed over 1,000 dolphins this week in the worst dolphin massacre in the region in recent years.
Photo by John NortonIMMP says that dolphin traders, who can make as much as $150,000 per dolphin sold to
aquariums and marine parks in China, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, may have
helped sabotage their conservation efforts.
The killings occurred in two spates — the first on Monday, when 700 dolphins including about 240 calves were killed, and the second yesterday that led to the death of 300 more dolphins.
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United Airlines Bans Shipping Primates for Lab Experiments – January 9, 2013
The last major North American commercial airline transporting monkeys for labs caves in following year-long PETA campaign
On Monday, following a year of sustained campaigning by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), United Airlines announced that it has banned the transport of primates to laboratories. "We do not book, accept or transport primates to or from medical research facilities," says the new airline policy.
Photo by Steven WorsterThe use of primates in lab experiments has been particularly controversial because they are humans’
closest relatives in the animal kingdom. But many scientists insist that their similarity to us also
makes them valuable for studying human diseases and treatments.
The announcement — following close on the heels… more
by: Maureen Nandini Mitra
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“Wildlife Trafficking Can’t be Eradicated Just by ‘Nice, Nice’ Campaigns” – December 16, 2012
A conversation with direct action conservationist Suwanna Gauntlett
Photos courtesy Wildlife Alliance
Suwanna Gauntlett, founder and CEO of Wildlife Alliance, likes to call herself “a direct action conservationist.” For over three decades now, Gauntlett has been working on the frontlines of efforts to protect endangered species and forests across the world.
Born in San Francisco and raised in Brazil and Europe, she has worked on a diverse range of conservation efforts — from fighting to protect dolphins from drift nets in the South Pacific, to saving the Amur (Siberian) Tiger population in the Russian far east (where she worked with Global Survival Network to bring the tiger population back from only… more
by: Maureen Nandini Mitra
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Caputuring the Insane Beauty of Climate Change – November 30, 2012
Film Review: Chasing Ice (Documentary)
What does climate change look like?
For decades now, scientists and environmentalists have been struggling to offer compelling, real world, visual examples of how global warming is altering our world. But what is considered rapid change in geological terms takes many years to occur and is, therefore, hard to capture visually (At least until extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts, and frankenstorms a la Sandy began showing up with increasing regularity in the past few years).
National Geographic photographer James Balog grappled with this problem too.
Somewhat of a climate change skeptic himself back in the early 2000s, Balog spent several years… more
by: Maureen Nandini Mitra
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