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A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation provides a shocking look into one of the nation's largest pork producers -- Iowa Select Farms in Kamrar, Iowa. At this factory farm, mother sows and their piglets are forced to suffer brutal abuse and lives of unrelenting confinement and misery.
Between April and June of 2011, an MFA investigator documented:
- Mother sows confined to barren metal crates barely larger than their own bodies -- unable to turn around or lie down comfortably for nearly their entire lives
- Workers ripping out the testicles of conscious piglets without the use of painkillers
- Piglets suffering with herniated intestines, due to botched castration
- Conscious piglets having their tails painfully sliced into and yanked off with dull clippers
- Large, open, pus-filled wounds and pressure sores
- Sick and injured pigs left to languish and slowly die without proper veterinary care
- Mother pigs -- physically taxed from constant birthing -- suffering from distended, inflamed, bleeding, and usually fatal uterine prolapses
- Management training workers to throw piglets across the room -- comparing it to a "roller coaster ride"
Upon reviewing the undercover footage, world-renowned animal behaviorist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe denounced the facility, stating that "this video depicts scenes of unbearable suffering and inexcusable neglect. ... This farm should be closed down at once."
Veterinarian Dr. Armaiti May also condemned the operation, stating, "I was greatly disturbed and appalled to watch footage of such horrifying cruelty and neglect towards pigs." Dr. May further stated:
"I recommend group housing be instituted which allows enough space for pigs to turn around and extend their limbs without touching the sides of the enclosures or each other. All surgical procedures including castrations should be done only with the pigs anesthetized and using sterile technique."
Subjecting animals to a lifetime of confinement in crates so small they are virtually immobilized is perhaps the cruelest form of institutionalized animal abuse in existence. A growing number of animal welfare experts opposes the use of gestation crates, concluding what common sense should have told us all along: animals with legs should have room to move.
Dr. Temple Grandin, who is considered the world's leading expert on farmed-animal care and is an animal welfare advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the meat industry, asserts that "gestation crates for pigs are a real problem. ... Basically, you're asking a sow to live in an airline seat ... I think it's something that needs to be phased out."
Sadly, grocery giants Kroger, Costco, Safeway, and Hy-Vee condone confining animals in crates barely larger than their bodies by selling pork from producers who use gestation crates -- including Iowa Select Farms. These corporations have both the power and ethical responsibility to reject this abusive factory farming practice by immediately adopting policies that require suppliers to phase out their use of gestation crates.
Confining mother pigs in such crates is so patently cruel that the practice has been banned by the entire European Union, New Zealand, and the states of Florida, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, California, Maine and Michigan.
Yet, while other states make progress to prevent cruelty to farmed animals, legislators in Iowa -- the largest pork-producing state in the nation -- are actively working to conceal it. At the behest of factory farm interests, Iowa legislators are considering an "ag-gag" bill that seeks to silence and intimidate whistleblowers who document and expose animal abuse. As this new investigation graphically illustrates, with not a single federal law providing protection to animals on factory farms, and Iowa state anti-cruelty law largely exempting farmed animals, legislators should be working to enact laws protecting animals, not abusers.
As MFA works to expose and end the exploitation of animals at the hands of the meat, egg and dairy industries, consumers still hold the greatest power of all to prevent needless suffering of farmed animals by adopting a healthy and humane vegan diet.
To sign the petition to help end this cruelty, visit:
http://mercyforanimals.org/pigabuse/take-action.aspxvia http://www.mercyforanimals.org/
A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation... more
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Is your pooch lonely and craving some action? Well fret no more, the British Kennel Club is here to help you pimp your bitch/dawg. They have set up Mate Select, a online dating service for dogs who want to meet that special someone. The thinking behind the site is that dog owners will be able to find good matches for their dogs to ensure pedigree puppies are healthy and free from genetic problems. It's an interesting move from the Kennel Club whose chairman Ronnie Irving and other high profile members in 2008 admitted to promote incestral inbreeding (you can watch him say it at 21:45min below) in a controversial BBC documentary called "Pedigree Dogs Exposed." The film was so shocking to many that BBC decided to drop the annual Crufts dog show from it's schedule. The Kennel Club claims that the new online dating service will "promote in every way, the general improvement of dogs" and will also connect pedigree dog breeders.If you have a dog and you haven't watch this documentary - you need to now.
Is your pooch lonely and craving some action? Well fret no more, the British Kennel... more
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May 5, 2011 San Diego Comedy Fundraiser For Abused Animals @ The La Jolla Comedy Store
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A Bollinger County deputy resigned after an incident at a domestic violence call goes awry.
Sheriff Leo McElrath says Deputy Kelly Barks arrested the man at the scene, and then got his permission to search the residence.
When Barks went inside, she saw the man's three dogs growling at her. She thought one of them bit her, shot him, and went outside. After realizing she was fine, she went back into the residence where McElrath says the dog was still acting aggressive, so she shot him again. The dog then went into his kennel, where she shot and killed him.
But the aggressive dog, probably isn't what you would think.
"When I found out the dog that was shot was a Chihuahua, I really was upset," said McElrath.
And so were a number of other people.
"Shock, we really thought that the deputy that we were called about was in immediate life threatening danger so in that kind of instance I would always put a human life ahead of the viscous animal, but it seemed like there could have been a different course of action that resulted in a different outcome," said Veterinarian Dr. Colleen Retz.
McElrath says he too feels as though the situation could have been handled differently. He says the deputy could have used Mace pepper spray, a baton or stick, or even a slight kick.
"If it had been a bigger dog, then I would have thought that would have been the proper procedure, but since it was a Chihuahua, I told him I was just sick that the whole incident had happened," said McElrath.
Retz says it can be very difficult to tell the difference between a dog who is angry that you are on his or her territory, and a dog that has rabies.
"If you see a dog that starts acting funny, and you approach it and it starts to snarl, especially if it's unfamiliar, I would back away slowly," said Retz.
She says it is important to call the local authorities. But McElrath says the incident could have even been worse.
"It kind of worried me, that what would have happened if a little kid had jumped out from behind her, or something of that nature, or if there had been another person in the building," said McElrath.
McElrath says he had not had problems with Barks in the past. He says he was even surprised when she resigned.
"It's not one of those things, habitual problems or anything like that, no," said McElrath.
McElrath says the department is using this incident as a learning experience and reviewing protocol.
"Once he was arrested and secured, I think that probably should have been the end of the procedure at the house," said McElrath.
He says the will host a training course to reiterate with his officers what to do in this type of situation.
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=14362367A Bollinger County deputy resigned after an incident at a domestic violence call goes... more
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Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) released the video of pigs being dumped into a hole alive, calling for an immediate halt to the live burial. CARE said, "animals do feel pain like humans and the Korean government should seek an alternative mean to solve the problem.
Since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in late 2010, over 16 million animals have been killed when this infectious disease spread throughout crowded factory farms in South Korea. Instead of vaccinating animals to stop the spread of disease, officials have been killing them by burying them alive in mass graves. Large trucks dump hundreds of pigs into large pits, and the animals are covered in soil. Many slowly suffocate, while others are trapped in air pockets that keep the suffering animals alive but unable to move, sometimes for days, until they eventually die from trauma, starvation, or dehydration. Using live burial as a disease control method contradicts both the domestic animal protection law and Korea's obligations under the World Organization for Animal Health's Guidelines on the Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes.
Animals raised for food suffer from similar cruelty around the world. In the United States, more than 16 billion animals are killed for food every year, and these animals are abused in ways that would warrant felony cruelty-to-animals charges if dogs or cats were the victims. Please consider compassionate plant-based options when choosing your next meal.
You can help animals in South Korea and at home! Please contact the South Korean embassy in the United States and ask it to pressure the South Korean government to promise that it will never bury animals alive again.
"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form." ~William Ralph IngeCoexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) released the video of pigs being dumped... more
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The owl mascot of the Colombian soccer team Atletico Junior died on Sunday after being kicked off the field by Luis Moreno, a player for the opposing side.
Vet Camilo Tapia said the owl went into shock after having been taken in for treatment on Sunday.
The owl's injuries at first were thought to have been minor, including a small fracture to its right leg.
Pereira defender Luis Moreno walked over and kicked the owl about three metres to get it off the field.
The owl served as the mascot for Atletico Junior and Moreno later apologised to home fans.
Humberto Mendoza, the director of agency that oversees environmental issues in Barranquilla, said he was investigating possible sanctions against Moreno.
"We are gathering information to determine the level of aggression," Mendoza said.
Mendoza said Moreno would have to pay the cost of treating the owl and be required to visit a local zoo to do volunteer work.
Pereira club officials and officials of the Colombia football association said Moreno could also face a suspension or fine.
Fans at the match yelled "murderer, murderer" when Moreno kicked the bird, who was seen by supporters as a good-luck charm.
"I want to apologise to the fans," Moreno said after the match. "I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it to see if it would fly.
"What I wanted to do was get it off the field. The kick was a product of tension on the field at the time."
Atletico Junior defeated Pereira 2-1.
The Barranquilla newspaper El Heraldo said the owl would be preserved by a local taxidermist and put on display at the football stadium where it lived.
Source: APThe owl mascot of the Colombian soccer team Atletico Junior died on Sunday after being... more
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Just one week ago James Dickie, a 23 year old from New Mexico, made headlines when it was discovered he had burned his blind dog, Charlie. Dickie wanted to neuter his dog but claims he was unable to afford to pay for a vet to perform the procedure. Instead he did the most unthinkable thing - he set fire to his dogs scrotum and testicles. And now he has been allowed to keep 3 other pets...
http://www.pups-seeking-homes.com/blog/home/entry/animal_cruelty_man_allowed_keepJust one week ago James Dickie, a 23 year old from New Mexico, made headlines when it... more
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Actor Taraji P. Henson joins a growing list of compassionate celebrities who are speaking up for animals by refusing to wear fur. She bares all in a super sexy ad for PETA's iconic "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign and shows off her skin to help animals keep theirs.
"I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period," Henson proclaims. "End of story." Suffering and furs go hand in hand. Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages before meeting a painful death. Denied proper veterinary care, they languish with open wounds and sores in cages. These living conditions can cause the animals severe psychological distress, and consequently, many of the animals turn to self-mutilation and cannibalism. See the pain and suffering that animals on fur farms endure by viewing these shocking photos of a Swedish fur farm.
Henson shares with PETA, "When I realized what went into—not just, we're not just even talking about a full-length fur coat, I'm talking about just … fur on your gloves or on your jacket or—what goes into making that little piece of fur ripped my heart out. And as humans, we have control. What if someone said, 'Black skin is the new fur'?" Check out this exclusive behind-the-scenes video footage from Henson's naked photo shoot to learn more about why she refuses to wear fur.Actor Taraji P. Henson joins a growing list of compassionate celebrities who are... more
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The postal worker was stunned when the package moved by itself and fell to the floor. Then came the sounds of heavy panting.
Within minutes, she and co-workers had unwrapped a tightly sealed box and rescued a 4-month-old puppy that a Minneapolis woman tried to mail to Georgia.
"It's just crazy," said Minneapolis Police Sgt. Angela Dodge. The air holes the woman punched in the box were covered up with mailing tape, and the priority mail trip would have taken at least two days, she said. "It was supposed to be a birthday gift for a family member. It would have been kind of traumatizing to get a dead puppy,'' Dodge said. "If you don't identify it so that it can be handled properly, it goes into the cargo hold of an airplane. It gets 40 below in those cargo planes that get up 40,000 feet. And there was no food or water. Puppies can't go for long periods without food or water."
The dog would have been dead on delivery, agreed police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer. "I've been doing this for 17 years. This is a new one on me."
The woman, Stacey Champion, declined to tell police why she decided to mail the puppy, Dodge said.
Champion paid $22 to send the black poodle-Schnauzer mix puppy named Guess to Georgia via priority mail, said Thompson Ojoyeyi, supervisor at the Loring Station post office. The worker who accepted the package asked all the standard questions: Any perishables, liquids, hazardous materials?
Champion said no, but then she cautioned postal workers to "be careful, be careful" as they handled the box because "it was so delicate," Ojoyeyi said.
On the outside of the package Champion wrote "This is for your 11th birthday. It's what you wanted," he said. She also told the clerk that if sounds came from the package, not to worry, it just contained a toy robot, Ojoyeyi added.
When the box began moving and making noise, workers called a postal inspector -- the Postal Service's enforcement arm -- and got permission to open the package, Ojoyeyi said.
Guess "was so happy to get out," Ojoyeyi said. "We gave him water and he drank so fast."
"How could someone do this kind of thing?" he said. "For us, it was very unusual."
The Postal Service will ship some live animals such as bees, certain small and harmless cold-blooded animals, chicks and ducklings. But sending dogs and cats through the mail is a definite no, he said.
Champion was cited for misdemeanor animal cruelty and has 10 days to appeal. The dog is now at the city's animal control facility. If Champion declines or loses her appeal, Guess would go up for adoption. So far, Champion hasn't notified authorities that she wants the dog back, Dodge said.
She did, however, return to the post office to demand a refund for the $22 she paid to mail the puppy. She also wanted a small amount of money she had attached to a makeshift dog collar returned to her.
Postal workers nixed the refund and told her to contact law enforcement about the collar currency. "We asked her, don't you want to know about your puppy? But she said no. She just wanted her money back," Ojoyeyi said. "It's just weird to mail an animal like that in a package all covered up. We don't know what she was thinking about."
http://www.startribune.com/local/115011544.html
update
The Minneapolis woman who tried to mail a puppy wants him back.
"I'm just appalled," said Mitzi Carroll, who learned about the puppy's plight from a TV broadcast in Georgia, where she lives. "And now she wants it back? Really? I have a strong problem with that. How do you put a puppy in a box and try to mail it? That's just animal cruelty."
That's exactly what Minneapolis authorities thought. They charged Stacey Champion, 39, with animal cruelty and impounded Guess, a 4-month-old poodle-Schnauzer mix that postal officials said likely would have been DOA at its Georgia destination.
As word of the pup's discovery in a sealed box with no air holes spread across the country, concerned animal lovers began calling and e-mailing city officials with requests to adopt the black dog.
But Carroll, who already has adopted two dogs and three cats, and other would-be rescuers will have to wait for the outcome of an administrative hearing Monday, at which Champion is scheduled to plead for the dog's return.
That request itself is a bit unusual. "In the four years that I've been here, we never had a person appeal after an animal was impounded because of animal cruelty," said Dan Niziolek, manager for Minneapolis' Animal Care and Control. Of course, city officials can't remember ever handling a case in which someone tried to send a puppy through the mail, either.
In appealing the case, Champion had to pay about $250 in fees for the city to kennel and care for the puppy. If she loses her case before the administrative hearing officer, the puppy would be put up for adoption or she could take her case to the Court of Appeals, Niziolek said. But Champion would have to pay the city $15 a day for the puppy's care until her case was resolved.
The hearing is set for 11 a.m. Monday at City Hall, Room 314, said city spokesman Matt Laible.
Champion also needs to resolve the criminal case for animal cruelty in Hennepin County District Court. Even if she wins the puppy back during her appeal, a judge could restrict her ownership of animals, Niziolek said.
Champion didn't return calls asking about her plans for Monday's hearing.
"I would like to be at that hearing. I really would," said Sally Shortridge, who is outraged over the idea that an adult woman who put a puppy in the mail might regain custody.
"I have nieces and nephews at 12 and 14 who would know much better," she said. "She shouldn't get that poor little puppy back."The postal worker was stunned when the package moved by itself and fell to the floor.... more
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KANAB, Utah (AP) — At the Pro Bowl this weekend in Hawaii, Michael Vick will start at quarterback — an unmistakable benchmark for what has been a rapid, successful and, in some circles, surprising comeback.
A few thousand miles away in the wilderness of Utah, the pit bulls Vick once owned are making a comeback of their own, though theirs has been a much slower, steadier climb.
Take the case of Little Red. Three years ago, she would race to the nearest corner and cower, her face buried against the wall, at the sight of any human or dog. Or Ellen, who would growl at anyone who came near her, especially if they dared glance over at her food dish.
Both dogs had such bad problems, experts said, they’d be better off dead.
These days, though, Little Red wags her tail a mile a minute and is almost inseparable from her new, best buddy — a cattle dog mix named Google. And Ellen, a tannish-brown bundle of energy, still loves her food but loves her visitors even more — smothering them with kisses as soon as they walk through the door.
These dogs and 13 others are rehabilitating at the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, a world away from where their lives began, chained in basements and forced into dogfighting rings as part of the business bankrolled by Vick, the Eagles quarterback who has been out of prison for more than a year, and just this week received his first paid endorsement deal since his release.
On the one hand, the Vick dogs are all success stories — on the road to recovery and serving as ambassadors for a breed that has been widely derided as too dangerous.
In another respect, though, their recoveries are slow and sometimes painful, many filled with diseases, injuries and skittishness that manifested themselves under their stewardship of Vick.
“Some people might say, ’Three years, that seems like such a long time,”’ said John Garcia, a manager of the dog operation at Best Friends, who has done extensive work with the Vick pit bulls. “But we measure their progress in baby steps, especially when they were on the other side of this for as long as some of these dogs were.”
Much as it has been hard to fit the story of Vick’s comeback in a tidy little box, the trajectory of these dogs’ lives, their recovery and the message they send, is difficult to sum up.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/01/29/news/doc4d4488ce541e8731112977.txtKANAB, Utah (AP) — At the Pro Bowl this weekend in Hawaii, Michael Vick will... more
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Canadian authorities have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a dog was discovered encased inside a block of ice on a man's front lawn.
The dead dog was discovered by the homeowner on January 15 - and he has told authorities he did not know the black border collie and has no idea how the block of ice came to arrive on his property.
Marcie Moriarty, a spokeswoman from the British Columbia animal protection society, said: 'It's a bizarre and very upsetting case.
'Inside the block of ice, which looks to have been made from a large rubber bin, was the frozen corpse of a medium-sized black dog.'
Miss Moriaty told the Vancouver Sun that initial investigations suggested the animal was dead before it was placed in the ice.
'That's the only salvation,' she said. 'It had puncture wounds consistent with being in a dog fight.
'I thought I'd seen everything but when I opened the file I was blown away. It's so disturbing. Anyone who would do something so sick, I'm concerned if they have other animals in their custody.'
The Dawnson's Creek houseowner discovered the dead animal on January 15. He does not have any pets and is completely baffled why the dog was left on his lawn.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350940/Dog-entombed-ice-dumped-mans-lawn.html#ixzz1CECL3NzPCanadian authorities have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a dog was... more
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The RSPCA is today tweeting all their animal emergencies to highlight the massive number of calls about cruelty and neglect the charity receives in a day.The RSPCA's cruelty line received more than 1.25 million phone calls last year and, on average, the charity responds to about 1,000 wide ranging incidents a day.RSPCA inspector Tony Woodley set up the Twitter account feed to publicise the work of the organisation's 288 inspectors, 119 animal welfare officers and 74 animal collection officers."Following in the footsteps of Greater Manchester Police, who published details of every incident for 24 hours on Twitter, we plan to tweet as many incidents as possible," he said.Details of incidents tweeted are edited so no one is identified and will not include a location.To report animal suffering or cruelty to the RSPCA, call 0300 1234 999.
The RSPCA is today tweeting all their animal emergencies to highlight the massive... more
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Missouri Republicans are flocking to a call to fight socialism at all costs, even if it means killing a few puppies.
Republican State Senator Bill Stouffer filed legislation to repeal a bill aimed at curbing cruel and inhumane treatment of dogs by breeders last week.Missouri Republicans are flocking to a call to fight socialism at all costs, even if... more
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If you're a foodie, you might be tempted to seek out a sample of the culinary French delicacy foie gras. Literally translated, "foie gras" means "fatty liver," an unhealthy condition that's inflicted on them by the producers of this expensive product.
What those producers won't tell you is that ducks and geese must undergo cruel treatment and torturous force-feeding in order to create this delicacy for restaurants and chefs.
Former James Bond star Roger Moore has created the sad video above with the help of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, to show the public how birds are force-fed through long tubes to fatten their livers, a procedure that gives the birds a liver disease similar to cirrhosis in humans.If you're a foodie, you might be tempted to seek out a sample of the culinary... more
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WTF? Yes it is true and just a horrible idea. An online retailer is selling piggy banks made from real piglets and thinks it is ok to sell them for $4,000.
The issue is really not the cost, but wow!
Here is the defense from the online retailer:
"We're operating a business, it's no different than buying a leather jacket or a leather belt, or having bacon on your BLT. We're just adapting it to a different product."
Check out the full story at the link but would you even consider this as a gag gift for $4??
http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/11556-What-Piggy-Banks-Made-with-Real-Pigs-Selling-for-4-000WTF? Yes it is true and just a horrible idea. An online retailer is selling piggy... more
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This is from Elora's bog - a brave 16 year old blogging from Taiji about the dolphin slaughters:
I want to start this blog preaching to the choir a little. I might have already said most of this, but I don’t care, it’s on my mind and I want to put it out. They talk about “Culture” and “Tradition”… and yes, actually 400 years ago they did hunt whales, but it is different. Steven Nakada from Japan, showed us how to properly enter a place that was used to pray for the lives of the whales. Back 400 years ago, when the town was starving and there was no farm land, they would come and pray for the life of the Whale ( and the people who were sacrificing their life to bring it to the village). Steven N. told us about how they could loose up to ten men every time they tried to row in a Whale, because it is a large animal. The families would cry, but pray for their fathers, sons, husbands or friends that sacrificed to feed them. The promatory we are always talking about, is a old whale look out spot. The stairs would be used to watch for signs of a pod, there were thousands more back then, and then they as a village would pray at the small temple that is just behind the stairs. This is the way it was and should still be (if whaling must exist). Dolphins are Whales. The practice of driving them into the killing Cove with motor boats and metal poles started in 1972 ish. IT is not culture… it turned into a business. Do they really think they can use the excuse of “Culture” when they are capturing constantly and SELLING half the pods. If this was really the way that they need to feed the Japanese people still, they wouldn’t have sold over a hundred dolphins this season alone.
What really pisses me off, is the fact they think they own the animals! They do not have the right to pull them from their home, and sell them for profit and show. It’s slavery! Not only is this rape of our Oceans a holocaust, but a slave trade as well. “Dolphins are non human persons”-Thomas White, and need to be treated as such.
No one believes this bull about culture, except the un-educated people who do not know or chose not to care. That is who we need to reach out to… because the rest of the world views these excuses and the people who use them as uneducated pathetic liars. The hunters are molesters, and the government pays them to be… only the human species would.
Today we spread out all over town, the cove, and Le trail. There was no where they could go were there was not a camera. No place to hide, it was wonderful. We all updated each other on what was happening by phone and were able to set up an actual operation.
I have to get up at 3am tomorrow morning again, because they left over 100 dolphins in the Cove tonight, that we expect will be slaughtered. They captured 36 dolphins for the trade today, and took one baby to the whale museum.
Read more updates from the blog: http://eloramalama.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/culture-capture-and-sell-slaughter-and-poison/This is from Elora's bog - a brave 16 year old blogging from Taiji about the... more
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