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De vergeten walvisslacht in de Middellandse Zee
31.01.2012 | Piep Vandaag
Soms is het moeilijk om de werkelijke schaal van dierenleed te bevatten wanneer je over de enorme aantallen leest in industrie-briefings en onderzoeksrapporten. De miljoenen dieren die hun dood vinden door menselijk handelen zijn een groot grijs gebied waar de meeste mensen moeilijk iets mee kunnen. Maar de cijfers zijn wel belangrijk, zeker als je praat over dierenleed binnen de visserij. En die cijfers, die liegen er niet om.
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Orca Morgan: the missed opportunity
22.11.2011 | theblackfish.org
Yesterday the Dutch courts ruled that orca Morgan is allowed to be transported to the entertainment park Loro Parque on the Spanish island of Tenerife. A missed opportunity because the orca was one of the best known candidates for release back into the wild. Although we are saddened by the outcome of the legal proceedings, we remain realistic and take a positive look at the work that lies ahead.
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Our legacy: a dead ocean?
20.06.2011 | theblackfish.org
Our oceans are dying at an incredible rate. A scientific report was published today which shows that our oceans are not facing a number of different threats but that many aspects of human activity such as overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change are all contributing to a giant unstoppable force of destruction. What's more, they are all speeding up the coming of a very significant extinction event.
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Maak werk van uitzetting!
08.10.2010 | Joop.nl
Er zijn vele wetenschappers, orka kenners, natuurbeschermings- en dierenwelzijnsorganisaties en financiers over de hele wereld die hun hulp al hebben aangeboden om orka Morgan het vrije leven weer te gunnen. Is er iets wat het dolfinarium belemmert om haar uit te zetten?
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Why anti-whaling campaigners are the bluefin tuna's last hope
18.06.2010 | The Guardian
Yesterday we freed several hundred illegally caught bluefin tuna, just a week after our ship the Steve Irwin left Malta. Having recently returned from an eventful anti-whaling campaign in Antarctic waters, I've discovered the Mediterranean brings different challenges.
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Operation Blue Rage
June/July 2010 | Red Pepper
With industrial fishing creating problems on a global scale, direct action conservationists from the Sea Shepherd group are turning their attention to the Mediterranean. Wietse van der Werf reports.
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When Whales Are in Danger
20.04.2010 | Indykids
Whales are the gentle giants that live in the oceans. Around Antarctica they search for food and in the Pacific Ocean they raise their young. Some whales, like the Blue Whale, are the largest animals ever to have lived on this planet.
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Cetacean Nation: Ocean Warriors Fight for Endangered Whales
02.04.2010 | The Indypendent
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society cruised into Hobart, Australia, in early March from an ambitious anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean. In this isolated part of the world with the Antarctic ice and rock as its backdrop, a fierce battle is being waged to stop Japanese whale hunters from poaching hundreds of piked whales and endangered fin whales inside the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
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Sea Shepherd seafarers battle sickness and Japanese whalers
25.03.2010 | The Guardian
Wietse Van Der Werf, the engineer on the ageing Steve Irwin ship, describes his role in chasing down whalers in the Southern Ocean.
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Battle for Bluefin Looms as Ban Fails
19.03.2010 | Indymedia
The United Nations wildlife conference in Qatar this week, where delegates from 175 countries gathered to make decisions on the protection of recently endangered species has pulled grey clouds over the world of conservation. The CITES meeting failed to add the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna to the Appendix I listing of the CITES legislation, which would have resulted in a ban on the international trade of the fish.
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Verslag van een zeeslag voor de walvis
23.03.2010 | Het Parool
De Amsterdams buschauffeur Wietse van der Werf is deze winter scheepstimmerman en machinist op de Steve Irwin, een schip van Sea Shepherd. In de Zuidelijke Oceaan rond Antarctica hindert deze milieuorganisatie de jacht op de walvissen door Japanse stropers. Een dagboek.
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At War For the Whales
2009/2010 | Amelia's Magazine
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is known for its direct action approach to stop illegal poaching and to protect marine wildlife and habitat. This year, Sea Shepherd's flagship, the Steve Irwin, along with two other vessels, is headed for a confrontation with a Japanese whaling fleet in the cold waters of the Antarctic.
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Sea Shepherd: Gevestigde Orde Op Zee
19.03.2009 | Buiten De Orde
Het is koud, er staat een strakke wind en als ik door mijn verrekijker kijk, zie ik niets anders dan dichte mist. Op de radar is een schip gesignaleerd en we varen er recht op af door een gevaarlijk gebied vol losse ijsschotsen en met weinig zicht. Ik kijk weer eens door de verrekijker. Alles is grijs. Af en toe komt een ijsschots onze richting op. De kapitein stuurt er moeiteloos omheen. Ik kijk nog eens. "Zien jullie nu al iets?" wordt er geroepen vanaf de brug. Ik blijf geconcentreerd vooruit kijken.
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Fishermen Eager to Hide Evidence of Illegal Porpoise Killings
17.03.2009 | seashepherd.org
An increasing number of mutilated carcasses of Harbor porpoises, on average 1.50 meters in length, have washed up on beaches in recent months at Texel, an island north west of the Dutch mainland. According to Just van den Broek, Director at the marine protection centre Ecomare, the killings of the animals found in recent months can be attributed to fishing vessels which operated along the Dutch coast over the winter period.
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Sea Shepherd: One To Defend Them All
23.04.2008 | The Mule Magazine
I had heard of the Sea Shepherd before. I knew they were renowned and feared at sea for ramming illegal fishing vessels and others exploiting the oceans. That the crew are passionate people and committed to what they do. That they have claimed the sinking of over 10 ships, many of them used to hunt whales, and that they have rammed numerous vessels at sea. They can also claim that no one has been injured in any of their campaigns in the last 30 years and that they have single handedly shut down illegal fishing operations around the world.
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