Yahoo: Stop Selling Dolphin And Whale Meat

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if anyone would like to sign this petition,maybe at least if the demand for their meat is less by reducing advertising for their meat,it would make a difference,

http://www.change.org/petitions/yahoo-stop-selling-dolphin-and-whale-meat?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&me=aa&utm_campaign=PJOeHEiTTs&alert_id=PJOeHEiTTs_UfOsHHxEXQ

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"While waiting for EII-Phils. to brief us participants about the Save Japan Dolphins rally last Sept. 1, I struck up a conversation with a Journalism professor from UP Diliman. She asked, “Why are you here if your primary area of concern is the Philippine seas? This rally is about dolphins in Japan.” I explained that if the biggest dolphin hunt can finally be stopped, it can greatly boost dolphin conservation all over the world. It could send a strong message to those who keep it going".

From Save the Philipinnes Seas

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Stop the Slaughter

"As a surfer and scuba diver, people think I am the least likely candidate to champion sharks. But it is precisely because I feel a deep connection to the ocean – to nature – that I fight for their rights. To see a nurse shark sleeping in a cave or to glimpse at the sleek shape of a black tip while it glides past some coral never gets old. And yes my heart begins beating faster whenever someone says they’ve spotted a fin in the water when I am surfing. I do not claim to be unafraid. Sharks freak me out, I wont lie about that. But that is no reason for me to think it is okay for their slaughter to continue.

In the Philippines, a trade in shark’s fins runs rampant and unchecked. Sharks are gathered and killed in areas as close as Real, Quezon and as far as the Babuyan Islands. Its fins are lopped off, its liver cut out and the rest of the shark is left to die a slow and agonizing death either on the sand or as it sinks to the bottom of the ocean. The photos that accompany this entry are from a fellow advocate named A.G. Sano who is one of the leading voices in the campaign to conserve and preserve our marine habitats and creatures. In his own words: “I was with the humpback whale research team when we found sharks being slaughtered on the beach in Cagayan, near Aparri. There were about 16 of them. Then in a few minutes, another boat came with about 32 more dying sharks. They were butchered in front of us and the fishermen told us the fins will be brought to (a restaurant) in Manila while the livers will go to Taiwan.”

From Save the Philippines Seas
http://savephilippineseas.com/2011/08/10/stop-the-slaughter/

http://savephilippineseas.com/sps_300.jpg

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nice one lastlid, iv signed it, couldnt view terms of service it came up error, but i signed anyway and put it on facebook:xxgrinning--00xx3:

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nice one lastlid, iv signed it, couldnt view terms of service it came up error, but i signed anyway and put it on facebook:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Sorry. What did you sign? The Yahoo petition?

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Sorry. What did you sign? The Yahoo petition?

no i already had signed the yahoo petition before posting that one on here,

i signed the one from your post, Save the Philippines Seas:xxgrinning--00xx3:

and is this you?( the surfer and scuba diver,)or the txt pasted from the site?

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no i already had signed the yahoo petition before posting that one on here,

i signed the one from your post, Save the Philippines Seas:xxgrinning--00xx3:

and is this you?( the surfer and scuba diver,)or the txt pasted from the site?

LOL. I am like a fish out of water, in water. I was always hopeless at the aptly named HUET Survival School in Aberdeen. I have a special empathy for and suffice to say a loose connection with the Save The Philippines Seas campaign.

I also tend to think that we all live in the same world and what's going on in Japan affects us all to some degree.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCqPXhhxZIg&feature=player_embedded

http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/tag/hb-174.....

"There Should Be a Law
Actually, there is a proposed law on the killing of sharks [ GMA seeks ban on sale of shark fin soup ] House Bill 174, filed by former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, seeks to protect sharks and stingrays by prohibiting the killing, destroying, selling, purchasing, transporting and exporting of these endangered species. If this bill is passed, Sharks Fin Soup will be a thing of the past, at least in the Philippines.

I think it is important for the Philippines to pass such a law. The country benefits from eco-tourism, and sharks are an integral part of the marine ecology – without them, our corals and seas’ ecological balance will suffer, and we stand to lose potential eco-tourism income. The whalesharks of Donsol, the Butanding, are also sharks, and they are a big source of tourism money.

Sharks, of course, are valuable beyond their eco-tourism potential. We should protect the world’s many species of animals simply because we need to be good stewards of nature, and we should not crowd out other species who share this world with us – especially not for a simple bowl of soup."

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LOL. I am like a fish out of water, in water. I was always hopeless at the aptly named HUET Survival School in Aberdeen. I have a special empathy for and suffice to say a loose connection with the Save The Philippines Seas campaign.

I also tend to think that we all live in the same world and what's going on in Japan affects us all to some degree.

yes we should as humans be the caretakers of sea and land creatures, and anything that grows, if we dont we loose it to extinction,it has a knock on effect to everything else in the chain,theres been so much lost already, the seal culling sickend me, that was the first i saw of anything like that on such a cruel scale, on film i saw not live thanks god, but it hit home on my feelings about these terrible deeds

aberdeen thats a cold cold north sea for scuba, i wont dip my feet in it lol

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aberdeen thats a cold cold north sea for scuba, i wont dip my feet in it lol

Tell you what. I dont miss the Aberdeen sea gulls. One species I would gladly see extinct.

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Tell you what. I dont miss the Aberdeen sea gulls. One species I would gladly see extinct.
me too they are like rats with wings, but people feed them despite being warned, it brings them further inland, scavengers , they will swoop and snatch from you your food

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me too they are like rats with wings, but people feed them despite being warned, it brings them further inland, scavengers , they will swoop and snatch from you your food

Yes. Like rats with wings and a beak. :icon_lol: The biggest ones are offshore.

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there big ones that come inland now, nasty boogers

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there big ones that come inland now, nasty boogers

Actually, where I was working in Dyce, my previous employer used to fire guns at the time they were nesting (springtime), to frighten them away. Such was there nuisance value. Sometimes they have been known to swoop on folk.

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they do swoop, iv been attacked for my hot dog just at the foresterhill hospital main entrance, second swoop i punched it as it got close enough to my head,

previous work i was doing satellite installations, roof tops in aberdeen , wicked they protect their nests , isnt a safe place to be

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they do swoop, iv been attacked for my hot dog just at the foresterhill hospital main entrance, second swoop i punched it as it got close enough to my head,


:icon_lol: Not funny eh....

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:icon_lol: Not funny eh....

they are wicked beasts, i prefer crows at least all they do is squak and pooh on your head as you pass the under the trees, now they are clever, some say they are spirits,

i have large trees at the back of my house where hundreds of then nest, they are good alarms at night if they hear anybody around, they make sure you hear :icon_lol:

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all they do is squak and pooh on your head as you pass the under the trees,

And boy, do they do that like cows.....

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A lawmaker wants to criminalize the act of catching, selling and importing of sharks and stingrays in the country.

"Rep. Rex Gatchalian (1st District, Valenzuela City) filed House Bill 5880 making it unlawful for any person or corporation to catch sharks and stingrays in Philippine waters or to sell, purchase, possess, transport and export these endangered species.

Gatchalian said the measure also makes it unlawful to wound or kill sharks and rays, unless there is a threat to human life and limb, even in the course of catching other species of fish".

From....http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=5986

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"Sabah may be first in Asia to ban shark trade

By Oliver Majaham
Pictures by Ille Tugimin

Campaign heats up to save millions of sharks from being killed for food"

Sabah Malaysia...almost a stones throw from its neighbour, the Philippines.

http://insightsabah.gov.my/article/read/1509

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looks like theres hope for those amazing creatures

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looks like theres hope for those amazing creatures

Yes. I think the time will come where the approach in Malaysia will be followed in many other countries.

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"The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International applaud the Maryland state Senate for passing landmark legislation that will end Maryland’s contribution to the cruel, wasteful and unsustainable trade in shark fin. If enacted, Maryland will join four Pacific states – California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington – and the U.S. territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands in similar actions to provide critical protection to sharks and preserve the health of the world’s ocean ecosystems by banning the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins"

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/maryland-senate-passes-bill-ban-shark-fin-trade

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"The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International applaud the Maryland state Senate for passing landmark legislation that will end Maryland’s contribution to the cruel, wasteful and unsustainable trade in shark fin. If enacted, Maryland will join four Pacific states – California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington – and the U.S. territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands in similar actions to provide critical protection to sharks and preserve the health of the world’s ocean ecosystems by banning the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins"

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/maryland-senate-passes-bill-ban-shark-fin-trade

73 million sharks per year, i didnt imagine there were so many in total , thats a lot of slaughter:NoNo: