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Sea Shepherd Activist Could Face Jail Time in Japan

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Japan is formally charging Sea Shepherd Captain Peter Bethune with trespassing, carrying a knife, damaging property, forcible obstruction of business and one charge of causing injury. Japan has accused Bethune of illegally boarding (trespassing) the Japanese ship, Shonan Maru II, which is where most of the charges stem.

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I Remember Elephants

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Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. Because the advice, being non legally-binding is precisely – nothing.

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Sea Shepherd to Head to Mediterranean to Protect Tuna

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Announcing their venture into the Mediterranean, the organisation's founder and president, Captain Paul Watson, said: "We need to bring to the attention of the international public that one of the most unique fish species in the world, the Bluefin tuna, is on the brink of extinction due to the illegal fisheries driven by Japan's insatiable demand for (..)

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Guide to the Birds of China

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The 2000 MacKinnon guide is showing its age while my preferred choice for the Shanghai area, Mark Brazil’s “Birds of East Asia”, covers non-Chinese locations such as Japan and Korea while excluding Western China. But let us start with a few positive aspects.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Acariformes: Syringophilidae) from the Chestnut-eared Bunting (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Japan (morphology and DNA barcode data)” Ah, to be a scientist. Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ).

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Schulman The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) is the legislative implementation of the Migratory Bird Treaty negotiated with Great Britain, on behalf of Canada, in 1916 (subsequent treaties with Mexico, Japan, and Russia have been incorporated into the Act).