April 2013
1 post
Celebrating Earth Day: The Freedom Island coastal...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Save Dolphins’s insight: Published in the Philippine Online Chronicles Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:27 Angela Colmenares http://www.thepoc.net/poc-presents/the-oy-project/73-poc-youth-articles/... More than 200 people, mostly environmentalists, celebrated the Earth Day with a whole day coastal clean-up at the Las Pinas-Paranaque...
March 2013
4 posts
Travel tips: How to be a responsible backpacker
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Philippine Online Chronicles is a weekly online publication which features a new kind of news. POC presents a multiplicity of perspectives in a single article. Save Dolphins’s insight: Being a responsible traveller starts with planning ahead and having the right choices regarding where and how to go based on your objectives. Here are...
Responsible tourism: The right way to travel
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Philippine Online Chronicles is a weekly online publication which features a new kind of news. POC presents a multiplicity of perspectives in a single article. See on thepoc.net
Vote for Ric O'Barry to save more dolphins! |...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Save Dolphins’s insight: Ric O’Barry is now number 1 in the BiLLe Celebrity Charity Challenge! Thanks to you! Please keep on voting for the dolphins at http://www.celebcharitychallenge.org/. The contest prize money will support Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project. If you’re using iphone, you may download the application...
Green Groups Pursue Contempt Charges vs RWS &...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Save Dolphins’s insight: In a hearing last 8 March 2013, environmental groups and animal welfare organizations pursued contempt charges against Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) as well as the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for allowing the re-export of 25 dolphins last year. One dolphin...
February 2013
3 posts
Blog: Dolphin Traffickers Support Solomon Mass...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines David Phillips Solomon Islands captivity dolphin See on dolphinproject.org
Blog: Dolphin Traffickers Support Solomon Mass...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines David Phillips Solomon Islands captivity dolphin See on savejapandolphins.org
End the Slaughter End Captivity NOW PSA
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines A PSA produced by Earth Island Institute Philippines about dolphin captivity featuring messages from leaders of different environmental and animal welfare or… See on youtube.com
January 2013
8 posts
More damage on Tubbataha reef feared
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Pinangangambahang mas lumaki pa ang pinsalang idinulot ng pagsadsad ng isang US Navy ship sa Tubbataha reef, dahil naurong pa ng malalakas na alon ang barko. Nagpa-Patrol, Edinel Magtibay. See on abs-cbnnews.com
AnimalSpeak®: Fate of the Solomon Island Dolphins
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Save Dolphins’s insight: By Khrysta Imperial Rara Another year has begun but the issue of captive dolphins remains unresolved. There has been a paradigm shift in public opinion all over the world for the past several years but Philippine courts and government officials have yet to see the light. I wonder what it will take to make them...
Charity News: KOREA: Whale plans welcomed - Praise...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Charities have welcomed an announcement that Korea has abandoned its plans to commence scientific whaling… See on xperedon.com
Coral Fights Back Against Warming Seas
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines New genetic research shows we shouldn’t write coral off just yet. See on motherjones.com
wildsingapore news: Resorts World Sentosa dolphin...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Save Dolphins’s insight: Adrian Lim My Paper AsiaOne 4 Jan 13; SINGAPORE - The dolphin which died when it was transported from the Philippines to Resorts World Sentosa’s Marine Life Park on Nov 22 “succumbed to an acute bacterial infection”, the resort said in a blog post yesterday. Revealing the findings of a final...
Third annual Positive Change for Taiji going...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines For the past three years, the annual Positive Change for Taiji event has raised awareness for the plight of dolphins outside of the Consulate General of Japan in Miami. This year will incorporate a parody of Psy’s, Oppa Gangnam Style. See on digitaljournal.com
Blog: Taiji Dolphins in Captivity |...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Cynthia Fernandez Taiji captivity dolphin Japan See on savejapandolphins.org
World's Largest Shark Sanctuary Established |...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines The Cook Islands recently announced the creation of a new shark sanctuary in its waters. See on marinesciencetoday.com
December 2012
1 post
ACTIVISTS HOLD MEMORIAL FOR DEAD DOLPHIN, BLAMES...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Environment and animal welfare activists in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand held simultaneous memorials today for Wen Wen, the 10-year old male dolphin that died enroute to Singapore from the Philippines last 22 November 2012. Wen Wen, one of 25 dolphins from the Philippines is currently the subject of an on-going case for...
November 2012
11 posts
Dolphin’s Demise Reignites Sentosa Controversy -...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Dolphin’s Demise Reignites Sentosa Controversy - posted in Dolphins in Captivity: http://blogs.wsj.com…osa-controversy One of the 25 bottlenose dolphins slated to be part of a new attraction at the luxury Resorts World Sentosa casino resort… See on internationalwhaleprotection.org
Singapore resort faces contempt charges in...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Singapore resort faces contempt charges in Philippine court over dolphins… See on english.sina.com
Activists to file charges over death of dolphin...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Environment and animal rights activists plan to file charges against the people responsible for the death of one of the 25 dolphins recently shipped from Ocean Adventure in Subic, Zambales to Singapore. See on philstar.com
Subic dolphin dies on flight to Singapore
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Wen Wen, one of 25 dolphins transferred from Subic in the Philippines to a Singapore oceanarium despite protests from activists, died during its flight to the city-state on Thursday, the resort said. See on lifestyle.inquirer.net
ACTIVISTS CONDEMN RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA, DA & BFAR...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines The worst fears of environmentalists and animal welfare advocates have come true. A dolphin has died on its way to the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) Park in Singapore. Environmentalists say this may only be the beginning. According to the press release of RWS, Wen-wen, a ten-year old male dolphin suddenly died an hour before reaching Singapore....
MoodMeter = Inspired to fight for the dolphins
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Prompted by her school’s plan to go on a field trip to an open-water marine park, 13-year-old Christel Lejano speaks up for the dolphins… See on rappler.com
Behind the Faroe Grind
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Located northwest of Scotland between Norway and Iceland lie the Faroe Islands a magical archipelago in the North Atlantic ocean. The inhabitants of this beautiful place are the Faroese. Proud desc… See on championsforcetaceans.com
Voice of the Orcas: World's Largest Aquarium...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta has applied for a federal import permit on behalf of a group of marine parks, saying the aquariums need the Arctic whales for captive breeding efforts, research and education. See on voiceoftheorcas.blogspot.fr
Costa Rica passes ban on taking of shark fins
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines MANUEL ANTONIO, Costa Rica, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Costa Rica onWednesday passed a blanket ban on shark finning, in which thefins are sliced off sharks, often while they are alive, beforethe fish are thrown… See on reuters.com
Shark finning hitting Persian Gulf sharks hard
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines “The government will not react unless we give them actual data,” said Jabado, as she raced to take genetic samples from the sharks before their carcasses were carted off and fins auctioned to the highest bidder. See on google.com
Previously unseen whale species washes up on New...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Not one but two specimens of the world’s rarest known species of whale have been discovered on a New Zealand beach, according to a report published Monday in the journal Current Biology. See on latimes.com
October 2012
75 posts
New dolphin capture angers Makili
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines SEVEN bottle nose dolphins were last week captured outside the Lunga river mouth by fishermen and then reportedly sold to a local businessman in Honiara. See on solomonstarnews.com
Shark finning hitting Persian Gulf sharks hard
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines “The government will not react unless we give them actual data,” said Jabado, as she raced to take genetic samples from the sharks before their carcasses were carted off and fins auctioned to the highest bidder. See on google.com
Dolphin export issue still hangs as Quezon City...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines A Quezon City court postponed on Monday the hearing on the motion for reconsideration to ban the export of 25 show dolphins to Singapore. See on globalnation.inquirer.net
Just Checked-In : X with the dolphin painter AG...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Environmental activist and Filipino artist AG Sano led the mural painting of endangered species in Katipunan Road, Balara, Quezon City. See on youtube.com
NO TO THE CAPTIVE INDUSRTY
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines I think the pictures above say it all! CLEANING POOLS WITH CHEMICALS WHILE DOLPHINS LAY IN WAIT???? See on ireport.cnn.com
And the beluga whale factory farm era begins -...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines While Russia continues to capture more beluga whales, the U.S. aquarium industry may be considering its next chess move: beluga whale factory farming. See on coveblueforjiyu.com
Whale 'makes human-like sounds'
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Researchers in the US are shocked to hear a whale making vocalisations similar to human speech in frequency and cadence. See on bbc.co.uk
Philippine activists defiant on dolphins - World...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines The most comprehensive geo-political news service available on the Internet, covering over 263 countries and regions, all U.S. States and Industries. See on world.einnews.com
Society in new campaign against RWS dolphins
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines SINGAPORE - The Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES) yesterday launched a new video about the capture of wild dolphins as it continued its campaign against Resorts World Sentosa’s (RWS) acquisition of 25 dolphins for its Marine Life Park - an effort the park dismissed as “online antics”. The initiative...
Animal rights groups in Philippines resist export...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Environmental and animal rights groups in the Philippines are refusing to concede defeat in their fight to prevent 25 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from being re-exported to the Marine Life Park at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). See on straitstimes.com
ACTIVISTS FILE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION TO HALT...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines 19 October 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Believing that they will be deprived of due process, Philippine groups led by Earth Island Institute (EII), the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and the Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA) filed today a Motion for Reconsideration, urging a Philippine court to grant an Environmental Protection...
Animal rights groups in Philippines resist export...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Philippine News… See on philippinenews.com
wildsingapore news: ACRES to appeal against...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines See on wildsingaporenews.blogspot.fr
Video: ACRES to appeal against dolphins being sent...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines SINGAPORE: Animal rights groups in Singapore and the Philippines have appealed to the Philippine court to prevent 25 dolphins from being exported to Singapor… See on youtube.com
Motion to block export of RWS dolphins to...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines SINGAPORE - A Motion for Reconsideration has been filed in the Philippines to block the export of… See on todayonline.com
Block on S'pore-bound dolphins not extended
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines A Philippines court decided not to extend the 72-hour temporary environment-protection order. See on asiaone.com
Animal rights groups in Philippines resist export...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Environmental and animal rights groups in the Philippines are refusing to concede defeat in their fight to prevent 25 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from being re-exported to the Marine Life Park at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). See on straitstimes.com
Animal welfare group pushes for dolphins' release
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines See on france24.com
Activists vow to continue the fight to stop export...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines Animal rights activists say they will continue the fight to stop the export of 25 dolphins from the Philippines to Singapore, and have them returned to Solomon Islands. See on radioaustralia.net.au
After TRO lapsed, PH dolphins on to Singapore
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines There may be no stopping the re-export of 25 bottle-nose dolphins from Subic to Singapore. A day after a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) that a Quezon City court issued against shipping off the dolphins lapsed, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Asis Perez confirmed that the government has given its go signal....
RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA PUSHES INDO-PACIFIC...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines SINGAPORE, 19 October 2012 – ACRES today released a new campaign video, “Pillaging the Solomons”, highlighting the fact that Resorts World Sentosa’s (RWS) acquisition of 27 wild-caught dolphins from the Solomon Islands between 2008 and 2009 contributed to the depletion of this species there. A recent scientific report confirms that previous...
ACRES to appeal against dolphins being sent to RWS...
See on Scoop.it - Earth Island Institute Philippines The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Singapore) or ACRES, is asking a Philippine court to reconsider its decision to lift an order to block 25 dolphins from being exported to Singapore’s Marine Life Park. See on channelnewsasia.com
