Critter News
MARCH 13, 2010
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan. Oh look, more meetings. From Al Jazeera.
Critter News
JULY 24, 2009
Marine life. The protection of marine animals may fall under "environmentalism," but these are artificial divisions. Anything to do with an animal's survival or well-being, whether a species or an individual, should fall under animal rights. Here's a short opinion piece on plastics and marine life.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 1, 2009
Tags: marine life whales us endangered species. I don't feel too comfortable about this. Seems a little premature, even though the population has been recovering well.
Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." It's in response to the pathetic CITES conference which basically screwed marine animal protection. But jobs that depend on harvesting endangered species will quickly disappear if those species are not protected.
Critter News
MARCH 13, 2010
We hear about the problem with charismatic land species. It's those species that either have a powerful personality or a cute face that endear people to them and garner news attention. It's easier to motivate people to save them as opposed to other species that are vital, but either boring or ugly. So what happens to them?
Critter News
JULY 21, 2010
Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill fear a decades-long, “cascading” effect on marine life that could lead to a shift in the overall biological network in the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: marine life 2010 oil spill pollution Gulf of Mexico. From the Khaleej Times Online/AFP.
Critter News
JULY 20, 2009
We've been overfishing the bluefish tuna to near-extinction along with many other species. Tags: oceans bluefish tuna marine life seafood endangered species. I used to work for a seafood company and my current work still brings me in contact with the industry.
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