The Vaquita porpoise may be living its last days in Mexicos Gulf of California. The demise of the species is imminent, says Chris Johnson, whos spent the last three years on a documentary, “Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise.” Johnson hopes the film, available online, will help change the practice of gill netting, which has been wiping out the Vaquita year-by-year, one-by-one. Johnson believes that every Tweet, Facebook share, Digg or green thumb on StumbleUpon about his project could make the difference between life and extinction for the little porpoise.
via Can Social Media Save Vaquita, the Worlds Rarest Porpoise? Video : TreeHugger.
Each year in early September, Japan opens season on dolphins, and today marks the start of the season in Taiji, a now notorious place for slaughtering cetaceans thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. And of course, activist Ric OBarry is on the move. He delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo signed by 1.7 million people from 155 countries demanding an end to the hunt. The embassy wasnt his first destination — the Japanese fisheries agency was. But death threats from a group known for violence kinda put a damper on that.
via Taiji Opens Season on Dolphins Today : TreeHugger.
Remember when the media, and then the government, announced that all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill was gone, and then we all rejoiced because the troubles of those sad weathered Cajun dudes Anderson Cooper kept confronting us with were finally over, and then Pegasus came to my house and asked me if I wanted to make out and made me a batch of hummus that was too refreshing and light yet robust to be believed?
via Found: BP’s Missing Oil | Mother Jones.
Remember The Cove? It exposed Japan’s dolphin and whale hunting practices to the world, revealing shamelful secrets of a tradition long past it’s usefulness in Japanese society. The Cove actually won an Oscar for it’s work (yes, it’s that good)!
But a movie can only cover so much in one sitting, so Animal Planet has put together a 3-show series on the subject of Dolphin Hunting.
Be sure to check it out! Coming to Animal Planet on Friday, August 27th – 11pm EST.
Earth Island Institute‘s Ric O’Barry, lead activist in the Oscar winning film, “The Cove,” and his son Lincoln have one message: save the dolphins. “Blood Dolphins” follows their experience as they travel worldwide to stop dolphin slaughter.
