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Sea Shepherd Attends Whaling Conference

Critter News

This makes for an entertaining read. First up, Paul Watson goes through Portuguese Customs: At one point the officer came into the room and asked if I had ever been in trouble in Portugal and then added, “Something about a Dutch ship about 10 years ago?” Hmmm, I don’t know anything about a Dutch ship 10 years ago,” I answered.

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Finless Shark Found in the Phillipines

Critter News

Ironically, this was just after a conference on saving sharks held in the Phillipines. Eleven of them signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging to protect the whale sharks. Eleven of them signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging to protect the whale sharks. From Inquirer.net.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

It was the first time I went to a wildlife rehabilitators conference. author’s note: Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale by Ted Williams, is due out in late April, published by Storey Publ.]) Can you share your most memorable experience as a wildlife rehabber?