After a good day munching tuna and posing for photographs, Nellie had to pop her head up out of the water and tell them thank you for the treats in person and also wish them a delightful vacation with a safe drive home.
Photo by White Shark Adventures
Whalers in Iceland are preparing to begin the commercial slaughter of fin whales for export to Japan. This trade in an endangered species has increased despite the directives issued to Cabinet Members by President Obama to ensure that ending commercial whaling remains a priority. I am writing today to urge you to recommend trade sanctions on those responsible for Iceland’s commercial whaling and the international trade in the meat of these endangered animals.
The fin whale is still recovering from being hunted to near extinction in the 20th century. Whalers in Iceland are preparing to hunt these gentle giants, and almost 200 whales may be killed, despite a recent statement by the Icelandic Tourism Association condemning the decision to resume whaling. The good news is that you have the power to stop this cruel slaughter of fin whales by certifying Iceland and urging the President to impose trade sanctions on those responsible for Iceland’s fin whale hunt and trade. I’m asking you to take immediate action toward putting an end to this slaughter before whalers aim their harpoons at these endangered creatures once again.
I know, ‘Huggers, not a shark, but still… whales need some love too! <3
Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait (by JoMichelle00)
I feel like this is one of those videos that more people should take the time to watch because it is actually extremely important and informational.
Very good video - can’t not reblog. If you love sharks this is an excellent video to share and show around! Ramsay delves into sharks and finning issues in a 50 min documentary.
(via the-shark-blog)
LEAPING THRESHER!
Gorgeous animal <3
Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/thresher-shark-the-launch-of-the-subsonic-maneater/story-e6freuzi-1226363903574
Found some video of the recently murdered tiger lady known as ‘Holy Moly’
Sadly it is true and I now have the facts. It is now official that a fishing charter in Shelly Beach has killed a Tigershark. She was fondly named Holy Moly due to a scar that she had because of a bang stick attack that she survived. She interacted with the divers and,many of you have dived with her.
They cut off her head and threw her body back into the sea, because he(the fisherman) said she can now be eaten by her own kind……You know there is real meaning when you have a name and when people can recognize an individual animal. This really hits home for me. It makes me literally sick. :-(
It is - like a celebrity or ambassador of the species has been murdered. We get more info, videos, pictures, and first hand accounts of their personalities which make them more ‘real’ for us. They become more like people than just another fish in the ocean.
Very sad day, especially if she was a tourist favorite and good with people!
Found some video of the recently murdered tiger lady known as ‘Holy Moly’
Sadly it is true and I now have the facts. It is now official that a fishing charter in Shelly Beach has killed a Tigershark. She was fondly named Holy Moly due to a scar that she had because of a bang stick attack that she survived. She interacted with the divers and,many of you have dived with her.
They cut off her head and threw her body back into the sea, because he(the fisherman) said she can now be eaten by her own kind……
Sorry. Sorry, but I really have to say something about this.
If you feel this way, then you really don’t understand what conservation entails. Who’s responsible for the devastation and degradation of the planet, for the most part? Humans. Yes. So how do we fix these problems? By fixing the root of the problem: HUMANS.
You can make all the laws banning hunting/fishing/otherwise killing certain species of animals you want, but if you don’t fix the fact that finning sharks, for instance, is the only source of income a person/family/maybe an entire community has, is the only thing standing between these people and utter starvation, your laws won’t mean jack, because these people will risk breaking the law in order to survive. And then they are demonized for doing what any sane person would do, and has every right to do—make a living.
We NEED to care about human rights if we are to care about animal conservation. We need to create a better quality of life for people in some of these countries. We need to work with them to find sustainable alternatives for their ways of life. We need to find ways to make these sustainable lifestyles more advantageous to people so they will care about preserving the natural world around them, and willingly choose these practices over devastating poaching practices.
If your answer to this is “then we should just wipe out humanity” well… no. No, no, and no. It’s easy to forget, with our cities and computers and internet and smartphones, but humans ARE IN FACT a part of nature. We evolved from the same primordial ooze as everything else and we have every bit as much of a right to exist on this planet as other animals. Maybe we’ve made a mess of things, but… it’s not like the planet was always a happy, healthy, stable place to live until we came along and ruined it. There have been devastating natural catastrophes throughout the history of evolution, events causing mass extinctions and severely altering the face of the planet. Humans, being a natural evolutionary occurrence, could be considered another natural disaster. But we’re a natural disaster with a brain and the ability to see problems and fix them.
We are the problem, yes, but then we just need to fix ourselves if we are going to fix anything else.
Yes, but by the time we ‘fix ourselves’ there won’t be anything left. There are animals on this planet that don’t have that kind of time before they are wiped off the face of the planet.
For me that secret postcard holds the meaning that humans have voices and sharks do not. They rely on US not to slaughter them into non existence.
Also, the concept that shark finning is keeping communities alive is a myth - that fins are just byproducts when the poor fishing communities catch sharks to eat has been going around by the apologist community for a while. It’s all about greed and making quick money rather than trying to be sustainable - then turning the problem around and blaming poor people.
(Source: survivingltgs)
(Source: survivingltgs, via mustlovesharks)
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