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18.02.2010 - ONLINE SPECIES GUIED
The WDCS (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society) elaborated a guied of 85 species of whales and dolphins. Come and have a look.
06.02.2010 - NEWS FROM ILLEGAL WHALING
The organisation Sea Shepherd is once again in the southern ocean to defend the whales against the illegal whaling activities from Japan and this year the whalers are getting very agressive. Read more here.
29.12.2009 - NOISE IN THE OCEANS
On youtube there’s a interesting video about what noise does to whales and dolphins. Have a look at it.
16.11.2009 - WORLD OCEAN DAY
Come and have a look at our exposition «The ocean is full of life… until when?» which takes place in the Centro Ciencia Viva in Porto Moniz
04.08.2009 - THE COVE
In the US these important film will start now, have a look at the trailer and even better don’t miss the film in the cinema
16.06.2009 - Photo Exposition
We had the inaugration of our photo exposition «the ocean is full of life - until when?» Very nice pictures of cetaceans are exposed in the conference room of the Hotel Jardim Atlantico till the end of July 2009
We want to show the beauty of the sealife to make people aware that we have to act to preserve this nature.
A very good article about «saving the sea for marine mamals» is on the BBC News, very important to read.
03.04.2009 - B L U E W H A L E
We’ve been with the biggest mammel on earth, the blue whale: a gigant body, a gigant blow, a gigant noise while breathing, a gigant feeling being so close. It’s the first photo-registered blue whale in the waters of Madeira.
See some of the photos in our fotoblog… from the days 3., 4. and further
24. 3.2009 - feeding from wild dolphins
Often People onbard our vessel ask me why don’t we feed the dolphins, so that they would approuch after a wile from alone to our boat. Feeding of wild animals is forbidden and there are several reasons. DOLPHINS HAVE TO STAY WILD.
07.11.2008 - TV on Animal Planet about «whale wars»
A serie of 7 days, every saturday at 9 pm, don’t miss the first one TODAY.During Sea Shepherd’s 2007/08 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo, an Animal Planet crew was on board our ship to document a campaign that saved the lives of nearly 500 whales, leaving the Japanese fleet with less then half of their self-imposed quota and costing them tens of millions of U.S. dollars.Look for mor informations by Sea Shepherd or on Animal Planet.
21.08.2008 - something different and very important
This video has to go around the world
25.06.2008 - have a look to Denmark
Read the oppinion of Capitain Paul Watson about what happens every year in the Faroer islands/Denmark
If you don’t want to read so much, have a look at this video. But this film is nothing for sensible people. Very shocking.
04.06.2008 - trip to Japan
You can build your own Oregami whale and put it on the way to Japan’s prime minister as a protest against whaling. I think this is a very nice way to do so. Let’s all join this nice protest campain from greenpeace.
21.05.2008 - hammer shark
Some days ago we watched instead of dolphins a hammershark. He was close to the boat and it was very interesting for all guest onbord our vessel. Perhups you will feel the same in realation to this film, which I recomend you to see in the cinema. Such as whales the sharks are suffering alot with us humans.
10. March 2008 - Sea Shepherd returns
The organisation in defense of whales, the Sea Shepherd, left the japanese whaling fleet and go back to Australia. Paul Watson is quiet happy about the efford they’ve done during this whaling season. Nearly 6 weeks no whales were killed by the japanese whalers. Watson and his organisation not only defend whales, as well they defend sharks or seals and all sealife that’s in danger.
Final sentence of Paul Watson: “We do this to defend the whales, not to offend Japan, but if we are offending Japan by defending the whales, then that is the way it must be”
8. March 2008 - Shooting Attemp against Paul Watson
The founder of the organisation Sea Shepherd, which fight peacefull for the rights of animals all over the oceans, has been shot from the japanese whaleing fleet. See more here.
13. February 2008 - Dolphins
Please have a look at the CNN chanel because they made a good reportation about the killing of dolphins in Taiji / Japan which is going on every year and costs the life of 25.000 dolphins.
The year of the dolphins 2007 is over but 2008 is an other year of the dolphins. Ric O’Barry from SaveJapanDolphins.org thinks that with your help they can stop the slaughter next year.
7. February 2008 - They are killing again
The japanese are shocking the world by killing again in the antarctic ocean. As the organization of Sea Shepherd and greenpeace had to leave them because of the fuel, they restarted their brutal killing of whales. Even mother and calf they kill in all their hunger of money. See this shocking pictures taken by an australien ship and read the articel.
The SEA SHEPHERD is getting ready to start again in direction to the japanese fleet. They want to leave in one week and stop the japanese by killing more whales, a tactic that resulted nearly the hole mounth January, no whale was killed while the organizations had been near the japanese fleet. Fuel, foot, some reparations and new voluntary crew members… and off they go. Read more.
29. January 2008 - Donations needed
In the antarctic ocean soon the whales will die again by japanese harpoons. Till now the japanese couldn’t kill a lot because they had to escape from greenpeace and sea shephard, but now the petrol of both organisations is at the end and the vessels have to return to an harbour. So the japanese killingfleat can begin their cruel work. WE CAN DO SOMETHING AGAINST IT, because Sea Shephard Organisation, with our help, could raise the money to put petrol and go to stop the whalers from killing whales. More infos here or go directly to the donation site.
24. January 2008 - shoot with camaras instead with harpoons
A Greenpeace makes a good campain and you can help to convice Mr. Mitarai, the director of Canon. It’s important that the japanese by themselfes change the atitude towards their «sientifical» whaling. Read more.
6. January 2008 - Antarctic news or where are the australiens?
Yesterday I’ve got a nice present from a friend of mine, a «sea shephard» T-shirt for all of our crew. This remebered me of the whales in the antartic ocean and the japanese whalers. Since we had so much work here in Calheta/Madeira I didn´t have time to think about but now I’m updated and shocked as well when I read the notice that the U.S. Naval Intelligence Civil Maritime Analysis Department (NIMA) which according to the website of the Cetacean Research Institute of Japan is monitoring the movements of Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace ships by Satellite and relaying the coordinates to the Japanese fleet. And what’s about the australien new goverment that promised before the election, they would take action against the illegal whaleing in the antarctic? Get more information on the Sea Shephard site.
21. December 2007 - No humpback whale will be killed by Japan
A good news and thanks to all the international protest that made Japan putting the very endangered humpbacks from their killinglist. Still remaining there 50 finwhales and hundrets of minkwhales. Keep on protesting… more informations here.
2. December 2007 - Interview with Paul Watson
Evana interviewed the founder of the Sea Shepherd, organisation that will defend the whales in the sactuary ANTARCTIC, where the Japanese want to kill this year more than 900 Minke whales, 50 Fin whales and 50 Humpback whales. See what Paul Watson thinks about the japanese whaling activities and what he and his crew will do against.
13. November 2007 - Dolphins: personalities without hands
You might be surprised to encounter the question, “Are dolphins persons?” because in everyday language, most of us use “human” and “person” interchangeably. But philosophers distinguish between the two, seeing “human” as a scientific concept and “person” as a philosophical concept. Human refers to any member of the biological category homo sapiens. Person refers more to the combination of advanced traits by which we define ourselves—things like self-consciousness, intelligence and free will. You can read more about the highly interesting book from the US philosph Thomas White «In defense of dolphins»
30. October - The murder in Taiji rebegan
Sea Shephert documented what’s is happening just now in Japan at the coast of Taiji. Have a look at it and then take action.
20. October 2007 - Pink Dolphin
Look at this, the text is in german and english but the photos say more than words:
17. October 2007 - Whale Trails
Follow the Great Whale Trail, that’s what greenpeace is doing now.
You only need to click the link below to join and have a chance to name a humpback whale.
Greenpeace is collaborating with scientists to satellite track humpback whales as they migrate to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Join the journey today and help us end whaling in the Southern Ocean forever.
Join greenpeace and this nice campain.
29. September 2007 - Toxic dolphins
Like I mescioned in July this year schoo chidreen in Japan are still feed with toxical dolphin meet. Several organisations protested against the behaviour of the Japan goverment, that seem to not care about their own childreen. Look at the news from Sea Shepherd.
7. September 2007 - Sadness in our waters around Madeira
Yesterday we saw a similar procedier like it was documented by a team of specialists in the waters of geece. There was a pilotwhale mother with her dead calf in compostation, allways it with herselfe. She never left it alone, nither on surface of the water, nither when she was diving. See some fotos on our fololog.
1. September 2007 - report of a death new born bottlenose dolphin
Dolphins use to get one new born every 3 or 4 years and the realation between mother and child is verry close, some of them feed their calf more than one year long. What happens when the baby dies you can read in this report and all the procidier was documented by fotos.
6. Augsut 2007 - young minke whale freed
Read how the youg whale was freed out of the harbour of Fraserburgh.
5. August 2007 - young minke whale in Fraserburgh harbour
The young whale is thought to have followed a boat into the harbour and is apparently unable to find a way back out to the open sea. See more informations on WDCS UK.
28. July 2007 - Japan killed a lot of pragnant minke whales
90% of the killed minke whales during the season 2006/2007 had been pragnant. The japanese still continue whaleing, they call it killing for sientifical reasons, but the meat is sold for lots of money. WDCS gives you more information.
20. July 2007 - Dolphins suffocated in fishing nets
A harrowing video clip aired on Brazilian television this week has revealed that 83 dolphins suffocated to death in the nets of a Brazilian fishing vessel. The killing took place at a point close to the mouth of the Amazon River and was captured on film by a researcher onboard making an undercover investigation into fish catches. More information here by WDCS.
Have a look at the shocking video.
13. July 2007 - Iceland begins comercial whaling again
See the news from WDCS that Iceland assumed their commercial whaling, which began in 2003 as a sientifical whaling
11. July 2007 - Conterminated pilot whale meat fed to japanise childreen
Shocking news from Japan: In Taiji, the villige where every year hundrets of dolphins are sloughtered brutally, whale meat conterminated with mercury was fed to school childreen. This was found out reasently and you can read more details at WDCS.
If you are strong enough you can have a look at this shocking video, a documentation for the dolphin sloughter in Taiji, Japan.
And here you can see a a documentation from Richard O’Berry, the former dolphintrainer from the famouse TV FLIPPER, that became a strong defender for the dolphins. Please get informed and active.
7. July 2007 - whales win in Alaska and in Den Haag
See the report from Sea Shephard about the positive decisions defending whales worldwide on the IWC in Alaska and on the CITES conference in Den Haag.
Which whale to see mounthly . . .
January: common dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale
February: common dolphin, striped dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale
March: common dolphin, striped dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphins, bottlenose dolphin, sperm whale, humpack whale, sei whale
April: common dolphin, striped dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, false killer whale, pilot whale, sperm whale, humpack whale, fin whale, sei whale, bryde’s whale
May: common dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphins, risso’s dolphin, rough toothed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale, fin whale, sei whale, minke whale, bryde’s whale
June: common dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphin, risso’s dolphin, rough toothed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale, fin whale, sei whale, minke whale, bryde’s whale
July: common dolphin, striped dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphin, risso’s dolphin, rough toothed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, false killer whale, pilot whale, sperm whale, minke whale, fin whale, sei whale, bryde’s whale
August: striped dolphins, atlantic spotted dolphin, risso’s dolphin, rough toothed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, false killer whale, pilot whale, sperm whale, fin whale, sei whale, minke whale, bryde’s whale
September: striped dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphin, , atlantic spotted dolphins, rough toothed dolphin, risso’s dolphin, botlenose dolphin, false killer whale, pilot whale, sperm whale, humpack whale, fin whale, sei whale, bryde’s whale
Oktober: striped dolphin, atlantic spotted dolphins, risso’s dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale, humpack whale, fin whale, sei whale, bryde’s whale
November: bottlenose dolphin, striped dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale, humpack whale, bryde’s whale
December: bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin, pilot whale, sperm whale, bryde’s whale